Neuroscience
Susan Oyama, "Incidence, Essence, and Developmental Systems: Biologos
in Action"
Time: 4/19/12 - 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Location: Juan Ramon Jimenez, Room 0150
Trained at Harvard University and now Professor Emeritus at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice and The Graduate School and University Center (both of the City University of New York), Susan Oyama has written widely on the nature/nurture opposition and on the concepts of development, evolution, and genetic information. She is probably best known for her work on Developmental Systems Theory, to which many were introduced by her 1985 book, The Ontogeny of Information:
Developmental Systems and Evolution. In 2000, that work was reissued in an expanded edition, along with her essay collection Evolution's Eye: A Systems View of the Biology-Culture Divide. With Paul
Griffiths and Russell Gray, Oyama has also edited Cycles of Contingency, a volume of papers on developmental systems by scholars from many fields. In more recent years, she has spoken and written on essentialism and representationism in biology.
Sponsored by the Honors Humanities program and the Integrated Life Sciences program.
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Neuroscience
Psychologist and Philosopher of Science Susan Oyama to speak this Thursday, April 19!
Susan Oyama, "Incidence, Essence, and Developmental Systems: Biologos
in Action"
Time: 4/19/12 - 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Location: Juan Ramon Jimenez, Room 0150
Trained at Harvard University and now Professor Emeritus at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice and The Graduate School and University Center (both of the City University of New York), Susan Oyama has written widely on the nature/nurture opposition and on the concepts of development, evolution, and genetic information. She is probably best known for her work on Developmental Systems Theory, to which many were introduced by her 1985 book, The Ontogeny of Information:Developmental Systems and Evolution. In 2000, that work was reissued in an expanded edition, along with her essay collection Evolution's Eye: A Systems View of the Biology-Culture Divide. With Paul
Griffiths and Russell Gray, Oyama has also edited Cycles of Contingency, a volume of papers on developmental systems by scholars from many fields. In more recent years, she has spoken and written on essentialism and representationism in biology.
Sponsored by the Honors Humanities program and the Integrated Life Sciences program.
- Upcoming Event: Newcastle University, 07 September 2009
An upcoming presentation at the Newcastle University Institute of Neuroscience: IoN Seminar: The evolution of brain systems for vocal learning Erich Jarvis (Duke University) Venue: Room 218, Henry Wellcome Building Date: 7th September 2009 Time: 13:00...
- Obit: Irving Diamond
James B. Duke professor emeritus dies at 81: Irving Diamond researched brain evolution, structure and function. The Chronicle Online: The Independent Daily at Duke University From Staff and Wire Reports 17 September 2004 ...
- Evolution For Everyone!
Have you heard about David Sloan Wilson's new book Evolution for everyone : how Darwin's theory can change the way we think about our lives ? I saw him speak at Hampshire back in February, and he was great. Natalie Angier reviewed the book in...
- "an Evolving Collection"
The Sept. 1 issue of Library Journal addresses Evolutionary Biology in its Collection Development feature. It includes older books that shouldn't be weeded such as Ronald A. Fisher's The Genetical Theory of Natural Selection and Julian S. Huxley's...
- How Information Gets Its Meaning (specification Ii)
Gibson proposed that specification was required in order for perceptual information to have meaning that was tied to the world in a manner an organism could use. The concept of specification has been placed back under the microscope by recent theoretical...