Category Archives: Natural Classification
The first phylogeny
The only diagram in the Origin is famously the hypothetical series of species forming a tree structure, but it isn’t an actual classification based on his…
Posted by Evolution, Natural Classification, Systematics
inDraft of talk, for comment
I will be presenting this talk in Brisbane in a few weeks. Have a look and make suggestions.
Posted by history, Natural Classification, Species and systematics, Systematics
inJohn Ray
This has been submitted as an entry in the Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science, and it is offered here for your delectation and delight… Title…
50 words for snow 5: constructing phenomena
There is a naive empiricist view held by nobody on close inspection, that phenomena merely present themselves to the observer, and call for explanation. At least since Kant, such a view has been untenable, as Michela Massimi has shown. As she notes, it is well understood that phenomena are underdetermined by observational data, and she Read More...
Posted by Epistemology, Natural Classification, Philosophy, Species and systematics, Theories
in50 words for snow 4; species
All classificatory terms are impossible of exact definition. Their use always has and always will depend upon the consensus of opinion of those best qualified by wisdom, experience and natural good sense. They will never become stable; we shall never cease to amend, to change, to repudiate old and propose new, because we shall never Read More...
Species: The evolution of the idea
My revised book is now titled Species: The evolution of the idea, and now contains a philosophy section as well as a complete list of species concept[ion]s and an appendix of all taxonomic levels I could locate. It is due out in February 2018 from CRC Press. I have done a complete revision of all sections Read More...