Murio D. Hull, uno de los primeros filósofos que contribuyó al cladismo

Hoy se ha distribuido la noticia que David Hull ha muerto.
Les recomiendo dos notas en el blog Evolving thoughts, al respecto.

David Hull is dead

Posted on August 12, 2010 by John S. Wilkins

My mentor, hero and I hope friend, David Lee Hull died this morning, at the age of 74, according to Jay Odenbaugh.

If not for the fact that David marked my masters thesis and remarked that he hoped to see some of it published, I would never have considered myself competent enough to publish, and hence would never have ended up an academic (at the tender age of 48).

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David Hull’s philosophy

Posted on August 12, 2010 by John S. Wilkins

David Hull was one of the first graduates from the University of Indiana’s HPS program. During that program he attended a seminar with Karl Popper in the course of which he wrote a paper on essentialism in biology. Popper took it upon himself to send this, without telling Hull, to the BJPS, and the first David knew of it was when the proofs arrived. He hurriedly rewrote it (in ways Popper would not have approved, but Popper never read the final version, apparently) and it became the most cited paper of its time in the philosophy of biology.

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IAPT Research Grants in Plant Systematics

IAPT Research
Grants in
Plant Systematics
2011
The IAPT announces a competitive grants program in plant systematics, with emphasis on funding students and young investigators in developing countries, but open to applicants world-wide. The program is based on the submission of research projects, taking into consideration the following guidelines:
1. The grant application period is open until 31 December 2010.
2. The award should be preferably used for supporting field work, travel to institutions, or laboratory investigations.
3. General information should be always included on the front page (complete name of the applicant, country, institution, project title, academic degree, telephone, fax and e-mail).
4. The projects should include brief ideas of an introduction, materials, methods, objectives, literature citation and other relevant information, especially noting if any other financial support for the project exists.
5. The length of the proposals should not exceed three pages.
6. In the case of Ph.D. students, in addition to the proposal, two recommendation letters should be included.
7. The projects are to be submitted to:

Patricia Dávila-Aranda
preferably by e-mail (pdavilaa@servidor.unam.mx)

or by regular mail:

Facultad de Estudios Superiores, Iztacala, UNAM
Av. de los Barrios no. 1
Los Reyes Iztacala, Tlalnepantla
Edo. de México 54090
México

8. Applicants will be informed by e-mail of receipt of their proposals.
9. The total amount to be awarded is: US$10,000.
10. The maximum individual award is US$1,000.
11. The awarded projects will be announced on the IAPT web page and by e-mail to all the applicants on March 1, 2011.
Deadline: 31 December 2010

My-Plant.org: Phylogenetically Based Social Network for the Plant Sciences

My-Plant.org Launched!

Posted on Jul 28, 2010

The My-Plant.org Team is happy to announce that we are officially launched! My-Plant is more than just another social networking site, it provides users with a unique mechanism for finding and associating with others who share common interests in specific plant clades.

My-Plant.org is not meant to supplant other networking, web or data sites. Rather, My-Plant.org is designed to bring together the people, tools and repositories of information from across the plant science community as a whole. My-Plant.org is an evolving community and we welcome feedback from the community.

https://my-plant.org/