New book contract 29 Jul 201930 Oct 2019 Well CRC Press haven’t learned their lesson yet, and have given me, Frank Zachos (Vienna) and Igor Pavlinov (Moscow) a contract for an edited book of science and philosophy dialogue entitled Species and Beyond. Anyone who wants a particular topic to be covered, leave it in the comments. I won’t promise it’ll get covered but it might. Ecology and Biodiversity Epistemology Evolution Genetics Metaphysics Natural Classification Philosophy Science Speciation Speciation Theory Species and systematics Species concept Systematics
Administrative Back in the saddle 16 Jul 2009 So, my conferencing has finished, and I’ve even managed to catch up on some sleep. The Ish conference was amazing: I got to hear a lot of papers on topics I am working on and I got to meet some of the people whose work has strongly influenced me, especially… Read More
Humor Heh… 17 Aug 20084 Oct 2017 Want this, from Systematic Biology on your t-shirt? Stephen Colbert wants you to, and that is enough… Hat tip Henry Simon Read More
Philosophy You can’t explain a variable with a constant 12 Jan 2012 Courtesy of reader Jocelyn Stoller, comes this video, of respected philosopher of science Jim Woodward discussing whether or not religious beliefs explains things like suicide bombing and the moral right in the US. Answer: not likely. Watch part 2 at Youtube. Read More