Category Archives: Species and systematics
A local talk
HPS book celebration at the University of Melbourne
Species-related publications
What’s a personal blog for, if not to blow my own horn? Well, it can only be to blow the horns of those who I…
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Operative concepts
Gave a talk “The Good Species” yesterday (26 April 2022) to the HPS crowd at UniMelb. The discussion went a way I didn’t expect: classification…
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My species book receives a Choice award
I am delighted to tell you that my book Species: The Evolution of the Idea has received a 2019 Choice Reviews Outstanding Academic Title Award!…
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Putnam on taxonomic terms
Terms with respect to which we defer to experts include both technical terms in science and such terms as ‘elm’ or ‘beech’ (in the United…
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Is racism Christian?
I was taught that racism developed out of Johannes Blumenbach’s Anthropological Treatises in the late eighteenth century, specifically his doctoral thesis On the Natural Variety…
Posted by in history, Philosophy, Race and politics, Religion, Species and systematics, Systematics
Draft of talk, for comment
I will be presenting this talk in Brisbane in a few weeks. Have a look and make suggestions.
Posted by in history, Natural Classification, Species and systematics, Systematics