POBAM

Philosophy of Biology at the Mountains

2-day workshop (May 17-18)

Aleta Quinn

Species in the Time of Big Data

Abstract

Ryan Ketcham

Eusocial insects and the research questions that target them: How to let go of ‘division of labor’

Abstract

Lauren Ross

Causal concepts in biology: Distinguishing pathways from mechanisms

Abstract Paper

Stefan Linquist

The genome as ecosystem: Clarifying a novel approach to the study of “jumping genes”

Abstract

William Bausman

Methodologies Order Factors

Abstract Paper

Patrick Forber & Rory Smead

Out of spite? On the evolutionary origins of punishment

Abstract

Workshop schedule

All sessions in CTIHB 101 unless otherwise noted

(Download the POBAM 2018 workshop program)


Thursday, May 17

9:00-10:15

Species in the Time of Big Data (Aleta Quinn, University of Idaho)

10:45-12:00

Eusocial insects and the research questions that target them: How to let go of ‘division of labor’ (Ryan Ketcham, Indiana University)

1:30-2:45

Out of spite? On the evolutionary origins of punishment (Patrick Forber, Tufts University; Rory Smead, Northeastern University)

4:00-5:30

KEYNOTE (@ Squatters Pub Brewery)

Can ecological theory accommodate urban nature? (Diane Pataki, University of Utah)


Friday, May 18

9:00-10:15

The genome as ecosystem: Clarifying a novel approach to the study of “jumping genes” (Stefan Linquist, University of Guelph)

10:45-12:00

Causal concepts in biology: Distinguishing pathways from mechanisms (Lauren Ross, University of California Irvine)

1:30-2:45

Methodologies Order Factors (William Bausman, University of Geneva)

3:15-4:45

KEYNOTE

Creationism, Intelligent Design, the Demarcation Problem, and the US Constitution (Elliott Sober, University of Wisconsin Madison)