Since philosophers are very often beholden to a particular biological writer or tradition (especially Mayr, who overcame his adversaries by the dual … - John S. Wilkins
" "Since philosophers are very often beholden to a particular biological writer or tradition (especially Mayr, who overcame his adversaries by the dual strategies of prolixity and longevity), they tend to see the issues in terms specified by those particular authorities.
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About John S. Wilkins
Dr John S. Wilkins works in the fields of history and philosophy of science, focusing on evolution, systematics and the concept of species. He also works on the cognitive science of religion. He gained his PhD from the University of Melbourne in 2004, and has taught at the Universities of Queensland, Sydney, NSW and Melbourne.
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Generally, scientists have a “rolling wall of fog” that trails behind them at various distances for different disciplines, above which only the peaks of mountains of the Greats can be seen. In medical biology, for instance, this wall is about five years behind the present. Little is cited before that, and those works that are, are cited by nearly everyone. So there is a tendency for what Kuhn called “textbook history” to become the common property of all members of the discipline.
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