CHANCE IN EVOLUTION
“I am inclined to look at everything as resulting from designed laws, with the details, whether good or bad, left to the working out of what we may call chance.”
– Charles Darwin
The aim of the 2007 Conference in Philosophy and Biology is to explore the role of chance in evolution at the molecular and macro levels, and every level in between.
April 6th – 8th, 2007
Duke University
Durham, NC
Speakers:
John Beatty (University of British Columbia)
The Details Left to Chance
Robert Brandon (Duke)
Drift Driven Diversification
Werner Callebaut (Konrad Lorenz Institute)
Contingency and Inherency in EvoDevo
Richard Lewontin (Harvard)
The Role of Chance in the Evolutionary Occupancy of Phenotypic Space
Francesca Merlin (Institut d’histoire et de philosophie des sciences et des techniques)
The ‘Biased Chance’ of Genetic Mutations
Roberta Millstein (UC Davis)
Demonstrating Chance in Evolution: Lessons From an Early Drifter
William Provine (Cornell)
Random Genetic Drift: A Critique in Historical Perspective
Robert A. Skipper (University of Cincinnati)
Genetic Drift vs. Genetic Draft
Steve Wang (Swarthmore)
Markov Monte Carlo: Taking Advantage of Chance
Jason Zinser (Florida State University)
Chance as a Modal Concept
and more…
Organizers:
Chris Haufe, Bre Kerchner, Russell Powell, Grant Ramsey, Leonore Fleming
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