Greetings all,
Next Monday's current projects seminar, 1.00-2.30 in the philosophy common room will be Lenny Moss talking about " Meta-reflections on ‘The Philosophy of Biology,’ New Challenges from Biology and a Theory of ‘Natural Detachment’."
As a sub-discipline within philosophy ‘The Philosophy of Biology’ is a very young field which is still highly influenced by the proclivities of its founding members. It is no secret that practicing philosophers of biology have taken a particular interest in matters relating to the ‘principle’ of natural selection. There are various reasons, or explanations, why this has been the case, but these would not include the fact it reflects the interests of most working biologist (which it doesn’t). A positive explanation might be the belief that there are no properties of the living state as such that can’t ultimately be understood in terms of natural selection. This question will be further explored by considering possible challenges from new developments within biology such as theories of facilitated variation, adaptive developmental recombination, comparative genomics, and my proposal for a theory of ‘natural detachment.’
For further information visit the current projects website at: http://homepage.mac.com/centre.for.time/KristieMiller/Kristie/Home_Page.html Dr. Kristie Miller University of Sydney Research Fellow School of Philosophical and Historical Inquiry and The Centre for Time The University of Sydney Sydney Australia Room 411, A 18 [email protected] [email protected] Ph: 02 93569663 http://homepage.mac.com/centre.for.time/KristieMiller/Kristie/Home_Page.html _______________________________________________ SydPhil mailing list: http://sydphil.info 879 subscribers now served. To UNSUBSCRIBE, change your MEMBERSHIP OPTIONS, find ANSWERS TO COMMON PROBLEMS, or visit our ONLINE ARCHIVES, please go to the LIST INFORMATION PAGE: http://sydphil.info
