One man's struggle against impermanence
John Wilkins is an aged, eternal student, who thinks philosophy of biology is at least as interesting as politics or sport and twice as important. He has a PhD from the University of Melbourne and a position as a Postdoctoral Fellow Sessional Lecturer at the University of Queensland, in Australia. After a varied career, involving factories, gardening, civil service, publishing, graphics, public relations but not, unfortunately for the CV, driving a truck, John finally completed his thesis on species concepts in 2004, which he has worked into two books. Species Definitions: A Sourcebook (Peter Lang) will come out in 2008; Species: A History of an Idea (University of California Press) will appear, it is hoped, in early 2009. He is also interested in cultural evolution, philosophy of religion, Macintosh computers and his kids.
If anyone knows of a tenurable, or even medium term, job in philosophy of biology, let me know. Have library, will travel. The contract ran out ...
This blog is designed to host any random thoughts that happen to be passing through my forebrain at a given moment. So there will be errors...
Foundations of Systematics and Biogeography
Re-Engineering Philosophy for Limited Beings: Piecewise Approximations to Reality
Adaptive Thinking: Rationality in the Real World (Evolution and Cognition Series)
Conceptual Issues in Evolutionary Biology, 3rd Edition (Bradford Books)
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The previous instantiation of this blog is accessible here.
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Category: Administrative
Posted on: September 28, 2006 12:32 AM, by John S. Wilkins
I keep seeing all these carnivals that I don't find myself on. So here's a note for all those hardworking carnival coordinators looking for stuff. If you or a reader thinks something of mine is worthwhile (email me for a list of suggestions), just link to it. I don't do administrative stuff all that well. And anyway, I'm covered by a Creative Commons license that permits this without further effort.
Go on, make me famous. I know you want to...
YES! Send me a free issue of Seed.
If I like what I see, I'll receive 5 more issues (6 in all) for just $14.95. That's 50% off the cover price! If I'm not completely satisfied, I'll simply write "cancel" on the invoice and owe nothing. The free issue is mine to keep.
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Comments
Oh, you can send your own stuff once you see a reminder...
Posted by: coturnix | September 28, 2006 12:45 AM
That's outside my comfort zone. Besides, I never know what's worth reading of my own stuff. I need someone else to decide for me :-)
Posted by: John Wilkins | September 28, 2006 1:34 AM
Shameless self-promotion is outside your comfort zone?
Posted by: Zarquon | September 28, 2006 4:44 AM
The vast majority of carnivals are set up such that bloggers submit their own work to the host. Certainly the carnival that I run (The Skeptics' Circle) is set up that way. If you don't submit, the chances of your showing up are low to nonexistent, as hosts only start looking for extra articles if they don't get enough submissions.
The History Carnival is the only one where, when I hosted, I got a lot of nominations that didn't come from the bloggers who wrote the pieces themselves.
Posted by: Orac | September 28, 2006 8:06 AM
The other thing you can do is host one. There are Tangled Bank slots available as of February...
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September 28, 2006 8:50 AM
An excellent idea. You could also host the Skeptics' Circle, as well; I have a slot available in late March, if memory serves me correctly.
Posted by: Orac | September 28, 2006 9:16 AM
i feel your pain john. alwayz forget this stuff....
Posted by: razib | September 28, 2006 3:44 PM
The other thing is, when the commenters really rave over a particular post, submit that post to whichever Carnival it seems to fit.
Posted by: David Harmon | September 28, 2006 6:01 PM
Well that rules out any of my posts being suitable, doesn't it :-)
Posted by: John Wilkins | September 28, 2006 7:11 PM
So, which carnival is going to get this post to advertise?
Bob
Posted by: Bob O'H | September 30, 2006 3:10 AM