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Author of Remapping Biology with Goethe, Schelling, and Herder: Romanticizing Evolution (2024). Admin @uStMikes. (he/him) #RemappingBiology
Toronto, Ontario
Joined November 2016
It's here! Remapping Biology with Goethe, Schelling, and Herder: Romanticizing Evolution is shipping out, starting today! Check out the book using the link below, and search the hashtag #RemappingBiology for book-related tweets. https://t.co/0QpZkG1ghy
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Vertebrate paleontology has an ontogeny problem. I think I've solved it. NEW PREPRINT and THREAD 🧵 (link to preprint at the end) (Picture from Tetrapod Zoology, images owned by authors cited therein)
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Bergson supported the idea of evolution but was critical of how it was studied, arguing that the evolutionary theory of his time overlooked the historical and creative capacities of living beings New monograph by @mathildetahar
https://t.co/qaUO2xIH5S…
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If you are a Bertrand Russell enjoyer, don't talk to me or my son ever again
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Join us tomorrow for the 2024 Christianity and the Arts Lecture presented by Tomson Highway, best-selling author, playwright, musician and director.
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A lovely review of my book in @PublishersWkly "This scintillating debut depicts Henri Bergson (1859–1941), the Belle Époque philosopher of “flux,” as a countervailing force against turn-of-the-century certainties about technological progress" https://t.co/BWUbuAtfd5
publishersweekly.com
This scintillating debut depicts Henri Bergson (1859–1941), the Belle Époque philosopher of “flux,” as a countervailing force ag...
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My biography of French philosopher Henri Bergson is out in the US in ONE MONTH! Pre-order to find out about his family ties to Proust, his secret meeting with President Wilson during WWI, and why he caused the 1st ever traffic jam on Broadway https://t.co/7mfAyz6S1u
@BasicBooks
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The first English-language biography of Henri Bergson, the French philosopher who defined individual creativity and transformed twentieth-century thought—a...
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🦀🐝🧠🤖 How should we make decisions when faced with systems of uncertain sentience? My new book The Edge of Sentience: Risk and Precaution in Humans, Other Animals, and AI is available online for free at https://t.co/e6zdAJ6KYy. Please download it! Just click on PDF to get a
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Forthcoming Oct 21st, 2024. Art, Nature, & Self-Formation in the Age of Goethe. "This volume underscores the interdisciplinary impact of Goethe’s thought and work. Of particular note is Goethe's unified & non-reductive account of nature, human education, social life, & reason."
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Only people with fish surnames are allowed to write biographies of French philosophers it turns out
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Call for Applications: Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the History of Philosophy The position begins Aug. 1, 2025 and is renewable up to three years. Application Deadline: Nov. 1, 2024
historyofphilosophy.nd.edu
We are pleased to announce that the History of Philosophy Forum is welcoming applications for the position of Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Histor...
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Check out this great element on “teleology” by Matt Tugby!
CUP have experienced some delays in publishing, but very pleased to see the next title in the Elements in Metaphysics series out: Matt Tugby on "Teleology". Free to download until 24th September!
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The University of St. Michael’s College offers heartfelt congratulations to Professor Mark McGowan on being elected to the Royal Society of Canada. A much-deserved honour for a pillar of St. Mike’s.
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The Royal Society of Canada (RSC) and its Members have elected this year’s new Fellows and named the incoming class of the RSC College. One hundred four new Fellows have been elected by their peers
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Kevin Lala in @dialectical_sys reflects on the impact philosophers have had on his approach to biology, especially his new book Evolution Evolving. I know the first guy he mentions quite well 👀
In this article in 'Dialectical Systems', Kevin Lala describes how conversations and collaborations with philosophers shaped his scientific thinking and influenced the arguments made in his forthcoming book 'Evolution Evolving'. "I believe firmly that collaborations between
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