New Philosophy of Biology Forum 26 Jun 20074 Oct 2017 Run by Matt Haber at Utah, it’s a forum for discussions of work in progress, student matters like employment, tech issues and biology and society topics, to mention only a few. It’s in alpha form now, but expect it to grow. The sidebar blurb is this: Thank you for visiting the Philsophy of Biology Cafe. Our forums are currently under construction and are in ALPHA testing stages. This forum is a place to come, sit down, and have a hearty swig of the many topics concerning philosophy and biology. We try to keep things in a coffee-house theme (in case you didn’t notice) so if you have any concerns, please contact one of our baristas (moderators). We expect our forums to be ready for Beta testing by the beginning of June and we expect the forums to be fully operational by the end of July Please feel free to post, and thanks for stopping by Via Rob Skipper’s hpb etc. Evolution General Science Logic and philosophy Species and systematics
General Science Journals object to index metrics 1 Oct 2008 In the light of the ongoing automation of impact factors, usually by somewhat opaque algorithms or procedures, a number of editors of various biomedical jounrals have asked to be taken off a new European reference index. I have taken the liberty of formatting the text below the fold in paragraphs…. Read More
Epistemology Pattern cladism and the myth of theory dependence of observation 4 Mar 2011 A new paper has been published in the History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences, entitled “Pattern Cladism, Homology, and Theory-Neutrality” by Christopher Pearson. Either the journal has done something horrible to the text, or the author doesn’t know the difference between Willi Hennig and William Hennig, or between Gareth… Read More
Biology More on reductionism 26 Jan 201326 Jan 2013 I am presently teaching in a history subject dealing with ideas of nature, and I notice that the historians we are using often refer to a distinction between reductionism and holism. The former is the Bad Old Science (“we murder to dissect”) and the latter is the New Improved Science. This… Read More