Dear all
This wed 28 may at 3.30 in the Refectory we have James Justus, who has
recently joined the Department.
Please come along to welcome him and hear
"A Theory of Stability"
Abstract: There are several distinct stability concepts in science.
Ecologists in particular have presupposed several incompatible senses
of the stability of biological communities and the concept has been
criticized as incoherent for that reason. Some philosophical issues,
such as what counts as a natural law, are also claimed to depend upon
stability properties. To clarify relations among different stability
concepts, I show how they can be unified into a common definitional
framework. Specifically, I argue three unproblematic concepts are
jointly sufficient and individually necessary for stability. This
account clarifies philosophical claims concerning stability. It also
helps show why the most common definitions and empirical measures of
ecological stability are inadequate.
Grad student pre-talk at 2PM in dept common room
see you there
d
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