POBAM
Philosophy of Biology at the Mountains
2-day workshop (May 17-18)
Workshop presenters
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)