Podblack Cat 8 May 2008 … is a blogger on the paranormal and skeptical stuff. She has some nice posts on Women and superstition (parts one and two) and Skeptical Books for Children (parts one, two, three and four). Go check them and her out. General Science Social evolution
General Science Some more on Toulmin 12 Dec 2009 The History of the Philosophy of Science list has been unusually active, and even more unusually fairly restrained and complimentary, in discussing Stephen Toulmin’s significance. One point, made by Avner Cohen, is that Toulmin himself had given an assessment of his work and his modus operandi in an interview in… Read More
Evolution Philosophy is to science, as ornithologists are to birds: 1. Introduction 4 Jun 200724 Nov 2022 This three-part series is a talk I gave a while back to some ecologists and molecular biologists. It is a brief overview of the aims and relationship between science and philosophy of science, with a special reference to the classification wars in systematics, and the interface of science and the… Read More
General Science Bright flash on Australian mountain 19 Jun 2009 A bright flash has occurred near Gin Gin in Queensland, followed by a fire on the mountain. Authorities are not saying what it was, but the locals have come up with the most likely explanation: space junk, rubbish that has re-entered. About ten years ago I was driving my kids… Read More
Cuttlefish, OM reads your blog! You have hit the big time. There has to be a Philosophers Epic that Cuttlefish can put into verse for you.
Cuttlefish, OM reads your blog! You have hit the big time. There has to be a Philosophers Epic that Cuttlefish can put into verse for you.
Okay – Digital Cuttlefish – who has read my blog from the start – HAS just written a poem for me! Waitaminute – this was written last year and they only wrote a poem for me now. Gah, I am no muse! 🙁 BUT I am horrified to only discover this post, today! So, I guess it’s a belated Valentine’s day present. Big smoochy kisses to John Wilkins and please, come along to the next Australian Skeptics conference! 🙂