My species book receives a Choice award 11 Feb 202011 Feb 2020 I am delighted to tell you that my book Species: The Evolution of the Idea has received a 2019 Choice Reviews Outstanding Academic Title Award! The book met the meticulous Choice criteria from originality, uniqueness, and importance in building undergraduate library collections, to overall excellence in presentation and value to undergraduate students. Eleven of my publisher Taylor & Francis’ [CRC Press] books received the 2019 Outstanding Academic Title Award and, of these, two were from the Species and Systematics book series: Species: The Evolution of the Idea – John S. WilkinsWhat Species Mean – A User’s Guide to the Units of Biodiversity – Julia D. Sigwart Julia will be a contributor to the edited book I am presently working on with Frank Zachos and Igor Pavlinov – Species and Beyond also with CRC Press. Congratulations to her. Philosophy Science Species and systematics Species concept
Biology Social dominance psychology in humans 2 Jul 200922 Jun 2018 There is a syllogism I call the Phylogenetic Inference: All members of clade X are F Species S is a member of clade X S is F It’s not infallible, but it is a good inductive rule, because monophyly acts as a kind of Straight Rule for biological induction. Let’s… Read More
Epistemology Spirits and Souls 18 Jun 201122 Jun 2018 Does Calamities of Nature read this blog? Or just Sean Carroll? Read More
Evolution On the problem of the problem of evil and Darwin 15 Mar 2011 In yet another essay reprising his argument that theists can be good Darwinians (a position I concur with, incidentally), Michael Ruse makes the following comment, based on a book by Karl Giberson and Francis Collins, The Language of Science and Faith: Straight Answers to Genuine Questions: Where I do want… Read More
Looks like a useful award to win – I presume it means the university libraries will all get a copy now.