An open letter.
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Dear Natural Selection, Can we have a chat about weeds?...
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 11:26 PM • 16 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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Janet D. Stemwedel (whose nom de blog is Dr. Free-Ride) is an associate professor of philosophy at San Jose State University. Before becoming a philosopher, she earned a Ph.D. in physical chemistry. Email her at dr.freeride@gmail.com.
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Evolution:
Celebrating the Year of Science.
Category: Blogospheric science
I've been derelict in my duty to inform you that 2009 has been declared the Year of Science, which is, of course, just an excuse to celebrate science-y goodness every day. Each month has a theme and a variety...
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 8:19 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Panda and philosophers meet paparazzi.
Guest Blogger: Prof. Steve Steve My adventures with John Wilkins at the PSA meeting in Vancouver continue. Last evening, Wilkins brought me to a reception where I had the pleasure of mingling with a great many philosophers who have made...
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 6:42 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
A panda's-eye view of the PSA.
Guest Blogger: Prof. Steve Steve My esteemed Panda's Thumb colleague John Wilkins invited me to attend the PSA meeting in Vancouver. It seemed like a good idea at the time, so I agreed. Last evening started pleasantly enough. I met...
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 1:59 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Biological knowledge and what humans value.
Following up from yesterday's post about how knowledge about the biological basis for X doesn't tell us whether X is to be valued or pathologized, I need to put a few more points (including some questions) on the table. First,...
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 12:57 PM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Lancaster follow-up: the Antelope Valley Press gets it.
You'll recall that the Lancaster(California) school district has recently adopted a "science philosophy" that calls for critical thinking about evolutionary theory ... but no other scientific theory in the curriculum. You'll recall that the school district trustees didn't seem to...
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 11:38 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
If you really want critical thinking, why restrict where you're calling for it?
Category: Education
Hey, guess what? A California school district has adopted a new science policy aimed at getting students to think more critically ... about evolutionary theory. It is not entirely clear whether members of the Lancaster School District board of trustees...
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 8:18 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Belated Darwin Day post
Category: Evolution
I meant to post yesterday on Darwin Day, but I was swept up in doing tasks around the house that some have posited women are better at and/or care about more for reasons that lie deep in our evolutionary past....
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 6:39 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Dover Ruling
Category: Evolution
It's here. The AP story, via Yahoo News: Dover Area School Board members violated the Constitution when they ordered that its biology curriculum must include the notion that life on Earth was produced by an unidentified intelligent cause, U.S. District...
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