tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post5583027513139243092..comments2024-02-29T03:57:00.088-05:00Comments on The Mermaid's Tale: Is genetics still metaphysical? Part VI. What might lead to a transformative insight in biology today--if we need oneAnne Buchananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09212151396672651221noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post-41409244551013194662016-12-30T11:14:03.018-05:002016-12-30T11:14:03.018-05:00Hope you find the series at least interesting (be ...Hope you find the series at least interesting (be kind, as an English professor, about the Christmas doggerel and its deconstruction the following day!).Ken Weisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02049713123559138421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post-62850121392809922912016-12-30T09:55:44.624-05:002016-12-30T09:55:44.624-05:00Great post, Ken. As you probably know, you are in...Great post, Ken. As you probably know, you are in (implicit) conversation with so much of contemporary feminist science studies (Sarah Richardson, Evelyn Fox Keller, Karen Barad). Your question about whether genetics is still "metaphysical" brings me right back to Waddington's comments at Serbelloni, about the impact of "some metaphysical concepts" on his work as a geneticist. I am coming in late on this, but look forward to reading the previous five (!) posts, and to re-following this really enjoyable blog. And to seeing both of you in the New Year.Susan Merrill Squierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15782848905918774238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post-49994840737824954922016-12-27T08:53:53.685-05:002016-12-27T08:53:53.685-05:00I neglected to add a thanks to Michael Joyner for ...I neglected to add a thanks to Michael Joyner for suggesting that homeostasis be in a list of relevant phenomena. It is a, if not by far the, most important examples of the fundamentally 'trans' nature of life, and occurs all the time and at many levels of gene action.Ken Weisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02049713123559138421noreply@blogger.com