Louise Roth on Homology
The next meeting of the Philosophy of Biology Reading Group will take place on Tuesday, October 9th, at 7:30 in the Duke Philosophy Department lounge. We will be reading two of Louise Roth’s papers on…
“Are Homologies (S-E or CR) Function-Free?”
The next meeting of the Philosophy of Biology Reading Group will take place on Tuesday, September 18th, at 7:30 in the Duke Philosophy Department lounge. We will be reading Alex Rosenberg’s and Karen Neander’s “Are…
“Conditions for Evolution by Natural Selection”
The next meeting of the Philosophy of Biology Reading Group will take place on Tuesday, March 6, at 7:30 in the Duke Philosophy Department lounge. We will be reading Peter Godfrey-Smith’s “Conditions for Evolution by…
“Live together, die alone: Levels of selection in the transition to coloniality and sociality”
The next meeting of the Philosophy of Biology reading group will be Tuesday, February 20th in the Duke philosophy department lounge at 7:30pm. Carl Simpson, Leonore Fleming, and Dan McShea will present their new paper…
“Biological Altruism Reconsidered”
The next meeting of the Philosophy of Biology reading group will be this coming Tuesday, January 23rd at 7:30 (Room TBA). Philosophy graduate student Grant Ramsey will be giving a talk entitled “Biological Altruism Reconsidered.”
“The Strength of Phenotypic Selection in Natural Populations”
The next meeting of the Philosophy of Biology reading group will be this coming Tuesday, November 28th. We will be reading Kingsolver et al. (2001) “The Strength of Phenotypic Selection in Natural Populations.” American Naturalist…
“Signatures of Selection in the Human Genome”
The next meeting of the Philosophy of Biology reading group will be this coming Tuesday, November 14th. We will be reading Bamshad & Wooding (2003) “Signatures of Selection in the Human Genome.” Nature Reviews Genetics…
“Replaying Life’s Tape”
The next meeting of the semester for the Philosophy of Biology reading group will be Tuesday Oct. 17 at 7:30 in the Philosophy Department lounge We will discuss John Beatty’s “Replaying Life’s Tape”.
“Why the Long Face? Biological Natural Kinds without (Many) Tears”
Prof. Matthew Slater (University of Idaho) will be giving a paper to the philosophy of biology reading group on Wednesday, October 4th at 7:30 in the Philosophy Department lounge. The title of his talk is…
“Contingency and Determinism in Replicated Adaptive Radiations of Island Lizards”
The next meeting of the semester for the Philosophy of Biology reading group will be Tuesday Sept. 26 at 7:30 in the Philosophy Department lounge We will discuss Losos, J. et al (1998) “Contingency and…