Stephen Jay Gould was very aware of the cultural influences on scientific ideas. But that very awareness, I argue, constituted something of a bias in Gould’s own thought.
This essay won the 2013 Academische Boekengids / Vrij Nederland Essay Prize.
Stephen Jay Gould was very aware of the cultural influences on scientific ideas. But that very awareness, I argue, constituted something of a bias in Gould’s own thought.
This essay won the 2013 Academische Boekengids / Vrij Nederland Essay Prize.