To explain the origin of any transition, it is necessary to
identify some phenotypic change that brings about a new fitness benefit.
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Wednesday, 26 November 2014
Wednesday, 19 November 2014
Evolvability ascends...
Congratulations to the awesome Rachael Brown for winning this year's Sir Karl Popper Prize for her paper 'What evolvability really is'.
The BJPS editors say that Brown's paper brings "the technical, scientific and philosophical features of the issue together in a deft and thought-provoking manner" and "represents an important contribution to the foundations of evolutionary biology."
Definitely time for a re-read.........
The BJPS editors say that Brown's paper brings "the technical, scientific and philosophical features of the issue together in a deft and thought-provoking manner" and "represents an important contribution to the foundations of evolutionary biology."
Definitely time for a re-read.........
Brown's
paper represents an important contribution to the foundations of
evolutionary biology - See more at:
http://thebjps.typepad.com/my-blog/2014/11/the-sir-karl-popper-prize-for-2014-.html#sthash.rtuKH8su.dpuf
Brown's
paper represents an important contribution to the foundations of
evolutionary biology. - See more at:
http://thebjps.typepad.com/my-blog/2014/11/the-sir-karl-popper-prize-for-2014-.html#sthash.rtuKH8su.dpuf
Brown's
paper represents an important contribution to the foundations of
evolutionary biology. - See more at:
http://thebjps.typepad.com/my-blog/2014/11/the-sir-karl-popper-prize-for-2014-.html#sthash.rtuKH8su.dpuf
Thursday, 13 November 2014
Hangin' out with Jeremy B
Other urgent questions we discussed on the day were: Is the legal profession imposing unreasonable demands for standardisation on science? Was it really all Koch's fault? Why did Jeremy Bentham wear such odd clothes? Do parents inevitably catch nits when their toddlers have them? Many thanks to Phyllis Illari, Emma Tobin, Jack Stilgoe, Brendan Clarke, Donald Gillies, Joe Cain and everyone else who came.
Tuesday, 11 November 2014
Sad news
It is with much sadness that I note the passing of Prof. Werner Callebaut (1952-2014). He was the jovial stalwart of my former workplace, the Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research, Editor-in-chief of Biological Theory, Philosopher of Biology, Riedl scholar and also rather a lot of fun. He worked tirelessly, but he also gave me a taste for slivovitz that I'll never forget and often had a mischeivous glint in his eye as he regaled an audience with tales of philosophical punch-ups.
He will be widely missed by all the young academics whose early careers he helped to shelter and by the international philosophy of biology community in general.
http://www.kli.ac.at/callebaut
Monday, 10 November 2014
UCL STS Talk
12 Nov
Ellen Clarke (Oxford)
'On the subject of bacteriology'
Tea/Coffee 4pm, talk 4:30
UCL STS London
Ellen Clarke (Oxford)
'On the subject of bacteriology'
Tea/Coffee 4pm, talk 4:30
UCL STS London
Thursday, 6 November 2014
ToddlerFail
ToddlerCalmTM: A guide for calmer toddlers and happier parents
by Sarah Ockwell-Smith, Piatkus 2013.
I shouldn't have bought this book. My amazon app makes it far too easy to impulse buy. If I'd looked at a big enough picture to have spotted the 'Foreword by Dr Oliver James' on the cover then I wouldn't have gone near it. Doh.