PoMo, Oh No! A comment on The Logic of Chance
For a long time I was meaning to write a review of Eugene Koonin’s The Logic of Chance: The Nature and Origin of Biological Evolution. The book has been out for over 6 years now. In lieu of an actual review, I’d like to discuss Koonin’s characterization of an emerging view of evolution as a “post-modern” alternative to the “Modern” synthesis. What could that mean?