Philosophy of Biology Postgraduate Workshop
Event: WorkshopStart date: 24 May 2005 00:00
End date: 28 May 2005 00:00
A three day workshop in the philosophy of biology, taught by Professor John Dupré, Dr Christine Hauskeller, Professor Paul Griffiths and Dr Staffan Mueller-Wille, all respected academics in the field. The workshop will provide postgraduate students with an opportunity for an in-depth discussion of recent literature in the field that addresses classical topics of philosophy of science —classification, conceptual change, and causation— in a fresh way.
More details and POB PG call for papers: [ pdf ]
POB PG programme: [ pdf ] last updated 19th April 2005
POB PG outline: [pdf] last updated 19th April 2005
Conference papers
Genes Made Molecular[pdf] - C Kenneth Waters
Philosophy of Science, Vol. 61, No. 2 (June., 2004), 163-185
Type Specimens and Scientific Memory[pdf] - Lorraine Daston
In Defence of Classification[pdf] - John Dupre
Stud. His. Phil. Biol &.Biomed. Sci., Vol 32, No.2, pp203-219, 2001
General Information: A Metaphor In Search of a Theory[pdf] - Paul E Griffiths
Philosophy of Science, Vol. 68, No. 3 (Sep., 2001), 394-412
Genes [pdf] - Phillip Kitcher
The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, Vol. 33, No.4 (Dec., 1982), 337-359
Joining Lapland and the Topinambes in Flourishing Holland[pdf] - Staffan Muller-Wille
Science in Context, 16(4), 461-488 (2003)
Further details: Contact the Egenis Communications Officer, Claire Packman on c.h.packman@ex.ac.uk or on 01392 269126 for further information.
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