Whewell’s Ghost, a HPS blog 7 Sep 2010 In conjunction with John Lynch and Rebekah Higgit, a new blog has been launched for history and philosophy of science posts, entitled Whewell’s Ghost. Rebekah and I have kicked it off with a couple of posts. Anyone may contribute to this, on the history and philosophy of any aspect of science, including medicine, physics or even (shudder) math. All you have to do is ask to be made a contributor. You can post the entire post there, or just the opening section with a link to you own blog, or double post. It’s a clearing house so that people can find good posts on HPS. The only thing I would ask is that a certain degree of scholarship is maintained. Don’t post things you aren’t up on, because those commenters, they’re vicious! I know from bitter experience… Administrative History Philosophy Science AdministrativeHistoryPhilosophy
Administrative Wilkins in UK 11 Apr 2010 Just a general alert for civilisation and sanity: I will be in the UK briefly in late May, and wandering around the south of England for a few days. Anyone who may want to guard their country against colonial incursion should drop me a note and we can coordinate. I… Read More
Metaphysics Descartes before the horse – does information exist? 8 Mar 201122 Jun 2018 I have been kind of busy with actual, you know, work, which is ironic because I do not actually have, you know, employment. But I am teaching. Anyway this is by way of being an apology and apologia for not having posted lately. Be assured much Wilkinsy goodness is being… Read More
Administrative The hiatus 20 Jun 2012 I have been filling a badly needed gap in the blogosphere lately, for which I apologise. My work situation has been extreme (we had two weeks to organise an international workshop, prepare a textbook draft and do various other things associated with navigating the US military bureaucracy. By the way,… Read More