THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY PRESENTS
Edges Boundaries and
of Biological Objects
March 13- 15 LNCO 2110 University of Utah
Schedule of Events
Thursday, March 13
Friday, March 14
9:00 - 10:30am Keynote Address Michael Ghiselin, Cal Academy
9:00 - 10:10am Barcoding Taxa Monica Piotrowska, Utah Brent Mishler, UC Berkeley
10:45 - 11:55am Characters, Character States, & Homologies Marc Ereshefsky, Calgary Eric Harris, UC Berkeley 12:55 - 2:05pm Microbes Maureen O’Malley, Exeter TBA 2:20 - 3:30pm Immunology & Infectious Disease Constance Orzechowski, Utah Julio Tuma, Chicago 3:45 - 4:55pm Taxa Kirsten Fisher, NESCent Joseph LaPorte, Hope College
10:35 - 11:45am Origins, Major Evolutionary Transitions, and Cultural Evolution Jim Griesemer, UC Davis Bill Wimsatt, Chicago 12:45 - 1:55pm Ecosystems Jay Odenbaugh, Lewis & Clark Steven Peck, BYU 2:10 - 3:20pm Paleontology Julia Clarke, NC State Todd Grantham, Charleston 3:35 - 4:45pm Populations Roberta Millstein, UC Davis Jon Seger, Utah
Saturday, March 15 | 10:00 -11:30am Scientific Perspective and the Value of Boundaries Chris Di Teresi, Chicago Elihu M. Gerson, Tremont Beckett Sterner, Chicago
Special thanks to the NSF Science & Society Program and the Tanner Humanities Center for support and sponsorship, and to the faculty, staff and students of the Department of Philosophy at the University of Utah.
