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
Cognition 50 words for snow 3: what are phenomena? 27 Sep 20171 Mar 2019 Series Conceptual confusion The economics of cultural categories What are phenomena? What counts as sociocultural? Species Constructing phenomena Explanations and phenomena If experienced observers are trained to observe natural phenomena in their environment, pace the “interference” of cultural accidents, what is it they observe? As I mentioned before, we are not… Read More
Evolution Evolution quotes: Darwin on randomness 25 Jun 2010 Some authors have declared that natural selection explains nothing, unless the precise cause of each slight individual difference be made clear. Now, if it were explained to a savage utterly ignorant of the art of building, how the edifice had been raised stone upon stone, and why wedge-formed fragments were… Read More
Ecology and Biodiversity Small world 31 Oct 2007 Here is an article in Harvard Magazine on bacteria and other wee beasties that make up the bulk of the living world, that is worth reading. It’s called “The Undiscovered Planet”. Hat tip to Jason Grossman. Read More
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/