Do you remember a series of posts I did on microbial species? Well it evolved into a paper that has just been accepted, with some very constructive criticisms by a reviewer, for History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences. I thank all my commenters for suggestions and help.
This paper had a rough history - it was supposed to be included in another journal's special edition but the editor and reviewers seemed not to get the point of it (and, to be fair, a lot of the early drafts were a bit sloppy). But in the revision process I worked out some clearer ideas than I started with, and I am now a partisan for a current species "concept" - Alan Templeton's cohesion concept.
Comments
Woot! Yeee-haaaw!
Posted by: coturnix | May 25, 2007 10:57 PM
Congratulations!
Posted by: Monado | May 25, 2007 11:39 PM
Congratulations. Would you comment on the role working over these ideas on the blog played?
Posted by: Andrew Staroscik | May 26, 2007 7:57 AM
It helped me clarify my ideas enormously, but then that is a major reason for this blog. You all think I'm here to entertain you lot. It's actually the other way about...
Posted by: John Wilkins | May 26, 2007 10:03 AM
Excellent (hear that in Monty Burns'voice).
Posted by: Neil | May 26, 2007 8:23 PM