Travel and stuff 30 Jul 20074 Oct 2017 So the ISHPSSB Conference is done, and here I sit in the University of Exeter Library getting some internetting done for the first time in a week. Great conference. I got to meet Scibling John Lynch and his colleagues and drink much beer of various UK kinds. I got to meet Massimo Pigliucci and his colleague Jon Kaplan (I had met Jon earlier). And a host of other names who mean a lot more to me than to you. My talk denying Essentialism ever existed went down as well as a 20 minute presentation of a 300 page argument can, with historian Jon Hodge chatting to me enthusiastically over the rest of the day, while we had a Devonshire Tea (when in Rome…) at our host, John Dupré‘s home. Then more beer and the best Indian meal I’ve ever had (Ganges Restaurant, if you’re in town). Enough name dropping. That’s what conferences are for. A blog that has long been moribund – by Sahotra Sarkar – has been reactivated to deal with the recent election of creationists to the Texas school board. Sahotra has a recent book out on ID, too. Another day spent here in sunny (for the moment) England and then to home, to teach, perchance to dream… Administrative
Administrative Back in the saddle 16 Jul 2009 So, my conferencing has finished, and I’ve even managed to catch up on some sleep. The Ish conference was amazing: I got to hear a lot of papers on topics I am working on and I got to meet some of the people whose work has strongly influenced me, especially… Read More
Administrative Hi. I’m John, and I Tweet 22 Sep 2009 Yeah, I know, I’m a follower, not a leader these days*. You note that I have given into the Twitterpated Tsunami, in the side bar. My username is john_s_wilkins, because I’m really, really unimaginative. I still don’t know what it’s all about, but I will learn. * I knew that… Read More
Administrative Does anyone want to pay me for this blog? 22 Mar 2013 I will have received a lot of requests to revive the blog, which is very gratifying, but to be venal about it puts no money in my pocket. So if anyone wants a philosophy of science, especially biology and the social aspects of science, blog for their stable, the way… Read More
Sahotra has a recent book out on ID, too. I read it, liked it (mostly) and noted a number of references to one antipodian philosopher. I thought his explanation of what he called “the central argument” of ID was particularly helpful. I keep meaning to do a review.
I have been lucky enough to visit the Ganges myself, an unforgettable curry, although it did stem my Ale intake for the rest of the night – it was worth it.