Ecology and Biodiversity New paper by moi 12 Aug 2007 I have a review of the centenary festschrift for Mayr, published by the National Academies of Science, in the latest Biology and Philosophy here. I worked pretty hard on this one, so it’s more than your average dashed off review article… Hey, Jody; Fitch, Walter M.; Ayala, Francisco J., eds…. Read More
Evolution Some hominid evolution items 19 Aug 2009 Two items worth reading: Mailund notes that the 2006 claim of complex speciation, involving gene exchange for some time after the chimp and hominid lineages split, has been argued against on the grounds that high rates of sperm production in humans and chimps could generate the effect. Pleiotropy discusses the… Read More
Biology Hunting for the Hat Gene 16 Nov 2009 Mark Liberman has a good essay on why we shouldn’t be seeking genes for X here. Read More
My copy of THE BOOK arrived today. Now if I’d known it was on sale already.. Given what you philosophers get up to on other threads however (NP? Lowenheim paradox?), how much will I take in, I wonder. But nothing venture… (Nothing venture, nothing win Blood is thick but water’s thin. In for a penny, in for a pound, It’s love that makes the world go round. WS Gilbert) Sorry, the second glass of wine and a liberal ingestion of red dust has strange effects…
It’s OK, I don’t do any serious metaphysics in that book. You can read it for enjoyment. I thought Sydney had just reacted to my spring cleaning.