Robert McCleery, Ara Monadjem, L. Mike Conner, James D. Austin, and Peter J. Taylor: Methods for ecological research on terrestrial small mammals

Boyd, Robert and Richerson, Peter J

This book is a must-have for philosophers of psychology, philosophers of biology, philosophers of the social sciences, and, more generally, anybody who is interested in the evolution of mind and behavior. The anthropologists Robert Boyd and Peter Richerson have collected twenty of their most important articles written between 1987 and 2003. This collection is an excellent initiative, since thes...

& James J . Elser : Ecological Stoichiometry

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J. L. Austin and Literal Meaning

Alice Crary has recently developed a radical reading of J. L. Austin’s philosophy of language. The central contention of Crary’s reading is that Austin gives convincing reasons to reject the idea that sentences have context-invariant literal meaning. While I am in sympathy with Crary about the continuing importance of Austin’s work, and I think Crary’s reading is deep and interesting, I do not ...

James Taylor

Mycobacteria in Terrestrial Small Mammals on Cattle Farms in Tanzania

The control of bovine tuberculosis and atypical mycobacterioses in cattle in developing countries is important but difficult because of the existence of wildlife reservoirs. In cattle farms in Tanzania, mycobacteria were detected in 7.3% of 645 small mammals and in cow's milk. The cattle farms were divided into "reacting" and "nonreacting" farms, based on tuberculin tests, and more mycobacteria...