Konrad Lorenz – a lecture 24 Sep 2009 As I noted before, Paul Griffiths gave a lecture on Konrad Lorenz. The podcast is up now. Sydney Ideas Key Thinkers: Konrad Lorenz Professor Paul Griffiths delivers his 2009 Sydney Ideas Key Thinkers lecture on the remarkable life and legacy of Konrad Lorenz (1903-1989), Austrian zoologist, animal psychologist, ornithologist, and Nobel Prize winner. (September 09, 2009. Running time 59min, 28mb MP3) Ecology and Biodiversity Evolution History Philosophy
Philosophy David Hull Prize 23 Oct 2010 The ISHPSSB Committee has just announced a prize in the name of the late David Hull, which is both appropriate and one that will contribute to the profession. Details under the fold. Read More
Greek Words Greek words used in classical philosophy 21 Feb 202225 Apr 2022 I prepared this for an undergraduate class last year. I’m putting it up under the Creative Commons license here for people to use. If you have any suggested terms to add, let me know. I’ll keep it up to date. Read More
Evolution Speciation – a brief history: The eighteenth century evolutionist Lamarck 5 May 20146 May 2014 Eighteenth century ideas From Buffon we see that geographical factors are what caused novel forms for eighteenth century naturalists. Buffon’s view is a degenerative view of transformism. “Species” for him are degenerate forms of the premiere souche or first stock. The varieties we see around us are caused by local adaptation,… Read More