The ecological equivalent of Evolving Thoughts 29 Oct 201129 Oct 2011 I have been casting my beadies over this blog, Oikos Blog, which looks to take a critical and philosophical eye to ecology. It appears to have some careful and deep critics on it, and what is more, at least one of them likes Evolving Thoughts. What better recommendation? Ecology and Biodiversity Philosophy
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Thanks for the shout-out! I’m sincerely flattered that a proper philosopher would find the Oikos Blog careful and deep. 😉
Proper philosopher? [Looks around] Where? Thanks for the intro post below. I will be reading all the posts when I get time. Just read the r/K post and finally understand why I have always been uncomfortable about it (it is all in the interpretation of the variables, yes).
I now have a post up with some recommendations for folks coming over to the Oikos blog from Evolving Thoughts: http://oikosjournal.wordpress.com/2011/10/29/recommendations-for-new-readers-arriving-from-evolving-thoughts/