THE PHILOSOPHY OF BIOLOGY
SPRING 2000
THE PHILOSOPHY OF BIOLOGY
SPRING 2000
VISITING PROFESSOR: Sylvia Culp
Humphrey House #203
Phone # 337-7075
Office Hours (TBA)
REQUIRED TEXTS:
1. Sex & Death, Kim Sterelny and Paul Griffith.
2. Unto Others: Evolution and Psychology of Unselfish Behavior, Elliot Sober & David Wilson.
3. Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny, Robert Wright.
COURSE GOALS:
In this course, we will study the conceptual and theoretical problems that arise from contemporary biology. These problems include: What is a gene? Are species real? Is adaptationism a "just so" story? What are biological functions? Is there a human nature? Is genuine unselfish behavior possible? What should conservationists conserve? Is there an arrow to the history of life?SCHEDULE OF READING (TBA)
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