Wilkins on radio 12 Dec 2010 Here. The actual recording is not being played until 23 January… History Species and systematics Species concept History
Biology A not terribly good post on the species problem 18 Jul 2019 As a biological phenomenon the species problem is worthy of serious study as an end in itself, and not as a mere corollary to work in some other field. It is, to be sure, a problem so fundamentally important that it touches many such fields. Workers in any one of… Read More
Evolution Verne Grant died 24 Aug 200718 Sep 2017 I’m very late to this, but one of the significant figures in the synthesis, Verne Grant, died in May. Grant’s book The Origin of Adaptations (1963) was one that influenced a lot of theorising about evolution. His essay on species concepts in 1957 pointed out that botanical notions of species… Read More
Wow, that’s weird. I mean, publishing the transcript of an episode that won’t be broadcast for a month and a bit. What’s weirder is that “Past Programs” is highlighted in the tab menu. Has the distinction between past and future been explained to them?