Launching Species 14 Feb 201827 Feb 2019 WorldCat•LibraryThing•Google Books•BookFinder It’s out! Get it here. Hardback and Ebook. Administrative Science Species and systematics Species concept
Administrative Icons for peer-reviewed blogging 29 Oct 200718 Sep 2017 The above are icons to be used when blogging on actual peer-reviewed research (as opposed to popular reports or kookery). I had a marginal involvement in this (I made some passing comments early on) so it is with great pride… no, actually, it’s all down to Dave Munger, who was… Read More
Biology Paul Griffiths on Human Nature 6 Aug 200922 Jun 2018 Below the fold is a notice for a lecture by my friend and colleague Paul Griffiths that anyone in Sydney ought to go to. Sydney, Australia, not Sydney in any other country that seems to use all other countries’ placenames… Read More
Administrative Admin notice 8 Mar 20218 Mar 2021 Just so you all know: I have been given a part-time formal position for a couple of years teaching at the University of Melbourne. Concurrently, I have been preparing two book chapters, editing a book, and writing a book. So ET has been rather neglected. My apologies. It will resume… Read More
Dear John, Now that the comic strip SMBC has convinced me that qualia don’t exist, I realized that pain is a qualia. There is a problem because the usual refutation of solipsism is to drop a brick on the solipsists feet or other painful operation. This doesn’t work logically because the solipsist will state that he or she or whatever has no control over the alters. Anyway enjoy you last life as much as you can. Perhaps listen to F. J. Haydn’s String Quartets, they have been making me much happier and sadder, IOW alive. Yes, I’m Walter from TO, lost track of you. The group is just little fun without you.