Author: Carlos Mariscal

Hi all, I know the weather seems to be against us, but it looks like the worst of it will pass by tomorrow. So let’s still try to meet then. Our next set of papers will be Elliott Sober’s “Trait fitness is not a propensity, but fitness variation is” from a recent Studies in History… Continue reading Is Organismic Fitness at the Basis of Evolutionary Theory?

Hello everybody, Duke Grad and Notre Dame assistant professor Grant Ramsey is in Durham this semester. We are taking advantage of his presence with two distinct events. First, he’s going to be giving a talk this Friday on “Human nature in a post-essentialist world.” That talk will be held in West Duke 202 from 3:30-5:30… Continue reading Is Cultural Fitness Hopelessly Confused?

Happy new year, all, Let’s start the semester on the right foot by meeting next Tuesday. Let’s read Ellen Clarke’s “Multiple Realizability of Biological Individuals” from a recent issue of the Journal of Philosophy. What can count as a biological individual (and what that says about evolution) is a hot topic of concern among some… Continue reading Multiple Realizability of Biological Individuals