Our next meeting will be on Tuesday, November 11, at 7:30PM, in 2nd floor lounge of West Duke Bldg, East Campus. This time we will be reading the following papers: – Nowak, M. A., &… Evolution of Indirect Reciprocity
Our next meeting will be on Tuesday, October 28, at 7:30PM, in 2nd floor lounge of West Duke Bldg, East Campus. This time we will be reading the following papers: – Bshary, R., & Grutter,… Cooperation in Fish
Our next meeting will be on Tuesday, October 7, at 7:30PM, in 2nd floor lounge of West Duke Bldg, East Campus. This time we will be reading Aryn Conrad’s paper “Squids, Sharks, and Beavers in… Squids, Sharks, and Beavers in Cave & Symbiosis, Lateral Gene Transfer and the (Many) Saplings of Life
Welcome back to the philosophy of biology reading group! Our first meeting this fall will be on Tuesday, September 16, at 7:30PM, in the McShea Lab, 223 BioSci. We will be discussing the following paper:… An Evolutionary Paradox for Prosocial Behavior
Our next reading group is meeting will be next Tuesday, April 22, at 7:30 p.m. in the McShea Lab, 223 BioSci. We will be reading Maureen O’Malley and Russell Powell’s paper, “Major Problems in Evolutionary… Major Problems in Evolutionary Transitions: Toward a Metabolism-Based Account of Macroevolution
Our next reading group is meeting Tuesday, April 8, at 7:30 p.m. in the McShea Lab, 223 BioSci. We will be reading Pierrick Bourrat’s “Levels of Selection are Artefacts of Different Fitness Temporal Measures,” attached.… Levels of Selection are Artefacts of Different Fitness Temporal Measures
Our next reading group is meeting Tuesday, March 25, at 7:30 p.m. in the McShea Lab, 223 BioSci. We will be reading Jessica Bolker’s “Model species in evo-devo: a philosophical perspective.” Many thanks to Dan… Model Species in Evo-Devo
Hi all, I know the weather seems to be against us, but it looks like the worst of it will pass by tomorrow. So let’s still try to meet then. Our next set of papers… Is Organismic Fitness at the Basis of Evolutionary Theory?
Hello everybody, Duke Grad and Notre Dame assistant professor Grant Ramsey is in Durham this semester. We are taking advantage of his presence with two distinct events. First, he’s going to be giving a talk… Is Cultural Fitness Hopelessly Confused?
Happy new year, all, Let’s start the semester on the right foot by meeting next Tuesday. Let’s read Ellen Clarke’s “Multiple Realizability of Biological Individuals” from a recent issue of the Journal of Philosophy. What… Multiple Realizability of Biological Individuals