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At Why Evolution Is True, Jerry Coyne has tackled yet another foofaraw among philosophers; this particular topic is one of frequent appearance, being Does science assume naturalism? And ever so typical of philosophy, it begins with traditional assumptions and goes even further off course from there. The duel comes over the various definitions of [...] April 2nd, 2013 | Tags: a priori, methodological naturalism, naturalism, ontological naturalism, worthless philosophy | Category: Critical Thinking, Rants, Reference, Science & Evolution |
 Leave a commentI didn’t initially intend it this way, but we’ve been working through a scale of increasing difficulty and effort in this series, starting with insects, then working through birds, then reptiles, and come finally to mammals. In my journeys, mammals have been the hardest to photograph and observe, for a number of reasons. So [...] Our next topic in the series is reptiles – you can also refer back to the posts about insects and birds if you like. Reptiles (and amphibians, which I’ll also refer to here but will use the same term for each just for convenience) are perhaps the most misunderstood of animal classes, which is [...] This follows on from the series I began here – the topic of this installment is birds. There are some basic observational guidelines contained in that first post, so I’d recommend skimming that one too, even if bugs aren’t your thing (sounds strange, I know, but the possibility exists.) Now, bird-watching is a common [...] In an earlier post, I mentioned encouraging kids to keep a journal about their insect observations, and at that point (the first draft of this is being typed immediately after I published that post) decided to create a series dedicated to this subject. So, welcome to the first of the Amateur Naturalist posts, this [...] September 2nd, 2011 | Tags: amateur naturalist, insectivora, insects, naturalism, observation, wildlife observation | Category: Amateur Naturalist, Nature, Photography, Science & Evolution |
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