Join Us Elsewhere!
Recent Comments
Archives
- September 2016 (4)
- August 2016 (5)
- July 2016 (4)
- June 2016 (5)
- May 2016 (4)
- April 2016 (2)
- March 2016 (4)
- February 2016 (4)
- January 2016 (4)
- December 2015 (5)
- November 2015 (4)
- October 2015 (4)
- September 2015 (4)
- August 2015 (5)
- July 2015 (3)
- June 2015 (4)
- May 2015 (3)
- April 2015 (4)
- March 2015 (5)
- February 2015 (5)
- January 2015 (4)
- December 2014 (5)
- November 2014 (4)
- October 2014 (4)
- September 2014 (5)
- August 2014 (4)
- July 2014 (5)
- June 2014 (3)
- March 2014 (1)
- January 2014 (1)
- November 2013 (1)
- October 2013 (2)
- September 2013 (2)
- August 2013 (1)
- June 2013 (1)
- March 2013 (1)
- February 2013 (3)
- January 2013 (3)
- December 2012 (7)
- November 2012 (9)
- October 2012 (8)
- September 2012 (8)
- August 2012 (14)
- July 2012 (6)
- June 2012 (10)
- May 2012 (11)
- April 2012 (7)
- March 2012 (10)
- February 2012 (12)
- January 2012 (12)
- December 2011 (9)
- November 2011 (12)
- October 2011 (8)
- September 2011 (10)
- August 2011 (13)
- July 2011 (27)
- June 2011 (17)
- May 2011 (13)
- April 2011 (12)
- March 2011 (11)
- February 2011 (20)
- January 2011 (18)
- December 2010 (21)
- November 2010 (16)
- October 2010 (23)
- September 2010 (37)
- Administrative Astrology astronomy Biology Book Book Reviews Chemistry Early Scientific Printing Environmental History Epistemology Evolution Exploration General Science Geology Giants' Shoulders Historiography History Humour? Institutions Links mathematics Museums Philosophy Physics Religion Reviews Science Space Exploration Teaching HPS
History of Biology
History of Physics
History of Science: General
Philosophy of Biology
- Biology and Philosophy journal
- Center for Philosophy of Biology at Duke
- Consortium for the History and Philosophy of Biology
- History and Philosophy of Biology at Exeter
- History and Philosophy of Biology Resources
- Philosophy of Biology Web Pages
- PhilPapers
- Stanford Encyclopedia: Philosophy of Biology
- The International Society for History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Biology (ISHPSSB)
- The philosophy of biology: a selection of readings and resources
Philosophy of Physics
Philosophy of Science: General
Philosophy of Technology
Science Wars
Follow me on Twitter
My TweetsFollow me on Twitter
My Tweets
Monthly Archives: December 2010
Philosophising scientists or scientific philosophers in the 17th century
Mark Perakh made a very silly comment at Panda’s Thumb about the philosophy of science, on which I briefly comment.
Posted in History
Leave a comment
The greatest show on Earth
In antiquity malformations on both men and animals were regarded as warnings from the gods, this old belief still today survives in the word “monster”, from the Latin verb “monere” – meaning “to warn”. Collected first in Cabinets of Curiosities, … Continue reading
Posted in Biology, Biology, Geology
Leave a comment
Attacks on philosophy by scientists
Reposted from my home blog. Something that I never really fully understand is why academics feel the need to denigrate other academic disciplines. Just because one happens to think something is so worthwhile that they devoted their lives to it … Continue reading
Somewhere in space …
Just a brief notice that, over at Vintage Space, our blogmate Amy Teitel has some recent posts up on the X-15 craft and the Apollo 8 mission.
Posted in Space Exploration
Leave a comment
The “missing” Darwin-Mivart letters
I’ve been examining the life and work of St George Jackson Mivart for some time now, so the following caught my eye. Creationist journalist, Denyse O’Leary is making much of a claim that the correspondence between Mivart and Darwin has … Continue reading
Posted in Biology, History
8 Comments
Whewell on Epochs of Induction
When William Whewell set out to write his history of the inductive sciences, he was writing at a time at which it was not uncommon to see history in terms of the actions of ‘Great Men’. The temptation to do … Continue reading
