I think your thread is spot on, James.👍

Yes, really. I was surprised to receive it so early.

Well, I'm excited too! I received a copy of your book in the mail today, and I'm greatly looking forward to reading it. 🙂

Thank you, Lorne. I do remember your visit here as an Erskine Fellow under Garth's sponsorship, and attending a talk of yours on close relationships.

Greetings, Lorne. I too have benefited from Bruno's kindness and intellectual generosity (most recently on a paper of mine on construct validity). I've never met him in person, but we have corresponded over the years. We were both students of Bill Rozeboom at the University of Alberta.

Yes. "In the history of science, one even finds instances of successful scientific advance that relied on poorly replicated evidence. An instructive example is Bogen’s (2001) rich case study of John Jackson’s successful nineteenth-century investigations of ... ." (my 2022 paper on replication)

Please would you add me. I do applied philosophy of science stuff. Thanks

Uljana, the table of contents looks great! I've preordered your book and am really looking forward to reading it.

Yes, it was (and I still have my own copy).

Thank you, Bruno. 🙂

I too was impressed by Smith's book -- as was Skinner himself, who reviewed it positively.

Thanks for your interest, Uljana. For some reason I couldn't get the link to my article to take on my work computer. I'll send you a pdf of my article via email. There, I say some things about interpreting some of Skinner's work as a global theory. Here's the link, now. doi.org/10.1080/1047...

Welcome, Bruno! It's nicer, though quieter, over here.

Amen to that!

Wimsatt's (1994) paper on the ontology of complex systems is wonderfully suggestive, so its good to see its value recognized.

Many thanks, Eiko.

Thank you Uljana! Our theory group have just read your forthcoming replication paper with interest and profit.