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“The Nature of Developmental Constraints.”

The next Philosophy of Biology Reading Group meeting will be Tuesday November 11th at 7:30pm in the philosophy department lounge in the West Duke building. We will be discussing Roger Sansom’s paper, “The Nature of… 

Robert Brandon on the ZFEL

Our first meeting of the semester will take place on Tuesday, September 16th at 7:45 in room 204 (down the hall from the lounge). Robert Brandon will be giving a talk on the ZFEL and… 

Three papers

The next Philosophy of Biology Reading Group meeting will take place on Tuesday, March 4th, at 7:30 in the Duke Philosophy Department lounge. We will be reading three papers: Morowitz and Smith’s “Energy flow and… 

“Three Paradigms of Evolution”

The next meeting of the Philosophy of Biology Reading Group will take place on Tuesday, January 29th, at 7:30 in the Duke Philosophy Department lounge. We will be reading Leigh Van Valen’s “Three Paradigms of… 

McShea and Brandon on the ZFEL

The next meeting of the Philosophy of Biology Reading Group will take place on Tuesday, November 27th, at 7:30 in the Duke Philosophy Department lounge. We will be reading 3 chapters from Dan McShea and…