Should You Read Stephen Jay Gould?
In this video I discuss Stephen Jay Gould's gigantic book "The Structure of Evolutionary Theory" and why you might want to read it. I've always found Gould's writing difficult to understand, but also had an appreciation of his paleontological and evolutionary ideas and theories.
Here are some of Gould's other classic papers and books that might be worth checking out:
"The spandrels of San Marco and the Panglossian paradigm: a critique of the adaptationist programme" available here: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/do...
Here is a critic of Gould's, the paleontologist Phil Gingerich who takes on Gould's ideas presented in the book:
"https://palaeo-electronica.org/2007_3..."