Ehud Lamm

Darwinian Populations and Natural Selection

This seminar will be dedicated to a close and critical reading of Peter Godfrey-Smith’s Darwinian Populations and Natural Selection (Oxford University Press, 2009).

If you want to know more about the book, here are a few reviews to get you started:

Massimo Pigliucci in NDPR

Richard Burian in Analysis

Anya Plutunski in Philosophical Books

Daniel Dennett in Biology and Philosophy

If you have trouble accessing these reviews, let me know.

Requirements

Participating in class. Leading the discussion of one paper or book chapter during the semester. Written short paper (referat).

Syllabus

Full reading list will be posted at a later date.

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