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Nobel Laureates Nikolaas Tinbergen (left) and Konrad Lorenz (right) who were acknowledged for work on animal behavior.
“In the distant future I see open fields for far more important researches. Psychology will be based on a new foundation, that of the necessary acquirement of each mental power and capacity by gradation.” ~ Darwin, Charles, . p. 488.
Some books authored by Richard Blackwell.
(Update – Professor Blackwell died on October 10, 2021, at age 92. Here is an obituary with a photograph.)
Richard J. Blackwell directed my doctoral dissertation at St. Louis University and later wrote the Foreword, “Piaget as a Philosopher,” for my book, Piaget’s Conception of Evolution. Continue reading Evolution and Philosophy: Things I Learned From Richard J. Blackwell
Yesterday’s post discussed Teilhard de Chardin’s The Phenomenon of Man. While I do think the cosmic evolution holds the key to understanding if life is Continue reading P. B. Medawar: Critique of Teilhard de Chardin
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881 – 1955), a Jesuit priest trained as a paleontologist and geologist, was one of the most prominent thinkers who tried to reconcile evolutionary theory, religion, and the meaning of life Continue reading Pierre Teilhard de Chardin: Universal Progressive Evolution
Julian Huxley
We now ask whether we should believe grand cosmic visions like those of Teilhard, Julian Huxley, or E. O. Wilson. Continue reading Should We Believe in Progressive Cosmic Evolution?
