Roundup 3 Jan 2008 Some bloggable items not worth a post on their own: George MacDonald Fraser died. The author of the Flashman series, which I loved. Creating one of the best rogues in literature, Fraser also managed to get the history right. Peter Hare died. Hare was one of the leading moral philosophers of the 20th Century. Bradie and Harms have updated the excellent SEP entry on evolutionary epistemology. Godfrey-Smith and Sterelny have updated their excellent piece on biological information also in SEP. I missed this at the time (October). Evolution History
Evolution Lynch’s challenge to the Orang crowd 7 Jul 2009 Further to the claim I mentioned a while back, on orangutans being the closest species to humans, not chimps, John Lynch has a post up on the phylogeny of ERV sequences in the great apes which show, independently of the methods that Grehan and Schwartz criticised. He asks how they… Read More
History Bones of the founder of Christianity confirmed 29 Jun 2009 The bones are likely to be Paul’s, says the Pope. Who did you think I was talking about? Read More
Administrative Miscellany 8 Nov 2007 Some things that piqued my interest without triggering a full post: Read More