Parrots of the Wild: A Natural History of the World's Most Captivating Birds Catherine A. Toft and Timothy F. Wright. 2015. University of California Press, Oakland, CA. 346 pages. ISBN 9780520239258. $39.95 (Hardcover). Also available as an e-book.

2016 ◽  
Vol 87 (2) ◽  
pp. 222-223
Author(s):  
Jessica R. Eberhard
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
University Of California ◽  
History Of

Collections-Based Research at Berkeley’s Museum of Vertebrate Zoology

2012 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 83-113 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary E. Sunderland
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Life Sciences ◽  
Reproductive Physiology ◽  
University Of California ◽  
Technological Changes ◽  
Vertebrate Zoology ◽  
History Of ◽  
New Perspective ◽  
The University

Recognizing natural history collections as dynamic scientific tools that enable unique forms of comparative analysis, theorizing, and questioning offers a new perspective on the history of the life sciences in the twentieth century that emphasizes the important role that collections played in the transformation of biology. To build an understanding of “collections-based research,” this paper focuses on the career of Alden Holmes Miller, who led the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at the University of California, Berkeley through significant institutional, disciplinary, and technological changes (1940–1965). This paper examines how Miller’s efforts as researcher, administrator, and teacher enabled him to foster collections-based research. Miller’s own research into speciation and reproductive physiology are examples of collectionsbased work, incorporating concepts, theories, practices, and tools from the laboratory, museum, and field.

How is the moral stance related to the intentional stance and group thinking?

2020 ◽  
Vol 43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hannes Rakoczy
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Social Cognitive ◽  
Intentional Stance ◽  
Cognitive Capacities ◽  
Shared Intentionality ◽  
History Of ◽  
Group Thinking ◽  
Moral Stance

Abstract The natural history of our moral stance told here in this commentary reveals the close nexus of morality and basic social-cognitive capacities. Big mysteries about morality thus transform into smaller and more manageable ones. Here, I raise questions regarding the conceptual, ontogenetic, and evolutionary relations of the moral stance to the intentional and group stances and to shared intentionality.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document