POBAM
Philosophy of Biology at the Mountains
5-day seminar (May 14-18)
In addition to the 2-day workshop, the University of Utah’s Department of Philosophy is hosting an overlapping 5-day seminar that will include readings and discussion on topics relevant to the workshop talks. The seminar is designed for advanced undergraduates, graduate students, postdocs, and other junior scholars working in philosophy and biology---and is especially encouraged for those seeking deeper engagement with the topics and speakers at the workshop. The seminar begins Monday, May 14 and concludes with the workshop talks on Thursday and Friday, May 17-18.
Enrollment in the seminar is open to everyone. Registration for the workshop is included when you enroll in the seminar. Please see the registration page for details about how to enroll in the seminar and register for the workshop.
Seminar topics and instructors are listed below. For a full list of readings, please visit the seminar Canvas page.
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Seminar schedule
All sessions in CTIHB 101
Monday, May 14
10:00-11:30
Why you should care about Genealogical Discordance (Matt Haber, University of Utah)
1:00-2:15
Why you should care about the Evolution of Language (Carlos Santana, University of Utah)
2:45-4:00
Why you should care about the Missing Heritability Problem (Lucas Matthews, University of Virginia)
Tuesday, May 15
10:00-11:30
Why you should care about Specimen Collection and Function (Joyce Havstad, Oakland University)
1:00-2:15
Why you should care about Aristotelian Biology (Anne Peterson, University of Utah)
2:45-4:00
Why you should care about the Evolution of Cooperation and Punishment (Patrick Forber, Tufts University)
Wednesday, May 16
10:00-11:30
Why you should care about Conservation Biology (Jay Odenbaugh, Lewis & Clark College)
1:00-2:15
Why you should care about Transposable Genetic Elements (Stefan Linquist, University of Guelph)
2:45-4:00
Why you should care about the NIH's 'All of Us' Research Program (Jim Tabery, University of Utah)
Thursday and Friday, May 17-18
Workshop
