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Sunday, 12 July
16:00-20:00	Conference registration
18:30-20:00	President's Plenary: Honoring Marjorie Grene Dining Hall
20:30	BBQ River Terrace

Monday, 13 July
	Monday Session I
Monday/9:00-10:30	I.1. Ecological Language Games and Concepts for Innovation Stevens Bonnin Room
	I.2. Contested Objects: X, Y and Other Chromosomes Riverview
	I.3. The Relevance of Psychological (Cognitive) Perspectives to Biology, I. Kyle
	I.4. Altruism Seminar 1
	I.5. Training and the Development of Specialty Cultures Seminar 2
	I.6. Epistemological Integration Kings College Chapel
10:30-11:00	Coffee break
	Monday Session II
Monday/11:00-12:30	II.1. Emergence, Essentialism, and Natural Kinds Stevens Bonnin Room
	II.2. History of Biology from a Long Durée Perspective Riverview
	II.3. The Relevance of Psychological (Cognitive) Perspectives to Biology, II Kyle
	II.4. Realist and Functionalist Issues in Biology, I Seminar 1
	II.5. Information and Function Seminar 2
	II.6. The Sociality of Biology Kings College Chapel
12:30-15:30	Lunch break
13:30-14:30	Graduate Student Meeting
	Monday Session III
Monday/15:30-17:30	III.1. Human Embodiment and Cultural Evolution Stevens Bonnin Room
	III.2. Extending the Boundaries of Development Riverview
	III.3. Mechanisms of Cognitive Neurobiology Kyle
	III.4. Fitness and Heritability Seminar 1
	III.5. Critical Issues in 20th Century Genetics Seminar 2
	III.6. The Challenges of Scientific Biography Kings College Chapel
	Monday Session IV
Monday/18:00-19:30	Roundtable: Quo Vadis ISH? Riverview
19:30	Dinner Dining Hall

Tuesday, 14 July
	Tuesday Session V
Tuesday/9:00-10:30	V.1. Aimless Models: Biologists' Use of Non-Target-Directed Models in Theorizing Stevens Bonnin Room
	V.2. Darwinian Sociocultural Evolution, I: Beyond the Modern Synthesis Riverview
	V.3. The Manipulated Mechanism and its Discontents: Problems of Discovery, Modularity, Causation and Explanation Kyle
	V.4. Issues in Explanation, Models, and Data Collection in Biology Seminar 1
	V.5. Darwin and Philosophy Seminar 2
	V.6. Naturalizing the Normative in Nature, I: The Place of Teleology and Normativity in Biology Kings College Chapel
10:30-11:00	Coffee break
	Tuesday Session VI
Tuesday/11:00-12:30	VI.1. Trends in the History of 20th Century Genetics Stevens Bonnin Room
	VI.2. Darwinian Sociocultural Evolution, II: Beyond the Modern Synthesis Riverview
	VI.3. Digital Dissemination Roundtable Kyle
	VI.4. Evolution in History Seminar 1
	VI.5. Science and the Public Seminar 2
	VI.6. Naturalizing the Normative in Nature, II: Historical Perspectives on the Naturalization of Teleology Kings College Chapel
12:30-15:30	Lunch break Dining Hall
Tuesday/12:30	Council Meeting I Davies Room
	Tuesday Session VII
Tuesday/15:30-17:30	VII.1. Species and Taxonomy Stevens Bonnin Room
	VII.2. The Genial Gene: Author Meets Critics Riverview
	VII.3. Values in Environmental Science and Policy Kyle
	VII.4. History of Developmental Biology and Genetics Seminar 1
	VII.5. New Directions in the Philosophy of Biology Seminar 2
	VII.6. Darwinism, Genetics, and Medicine in Society Kings College Chapel
17:30-18:00	Coffee break
	Tuesday Session VIII
Tuesday/18:00-19:30	VIII.1. Biology and Ethics Stevens Bonnin Room
	VIII.2. How to Really Talk about Cognition across Phyla Riverview
	VIII.3. Close Analysis of Darwin's Theory Kyle
	VIII.4. Philosophical Issues in Evolutionary Biology Seminar 1
	VIII.5. Understanding Evolutionary Patterns and Biological Discovery Seminar 2
	VIII.6. Naturalizing the Normative in Nature, III: The Relation between Mechanism and Teleology Kings College Chapel
19:30	Dinner Dining Hall
Tuesday/20:30	Workshop. Future Perspectives for Graduate Students and Post-Docs Kyle
Tuesday/20:45	Workshop. Heterogeneity and Heritability: Responses from Sociology, Philosophy, and History of Biology Riverview

Wednesday, 15 July
	Wednesday Session IX
Wednesday/9:00-10:30	IX.1. Systems Biology and Artificial Life Stevens Bonnin Room
	IX.2. Nurture Goes Molecular, I: Epigenetic Mechanisms and the Innate/Acquired Distinction Riverview
	IX.3. Museum-Based Field Natural History and Biological Phenomena Kyle
	IX.4. Adaptation, Constraint, and Functional Design Seminar 1
	IX.5. Human Evolution, Psychology, and Culture Seminar 2
	IX.6. Wrangling with the Umwelt: Every Body Has To Do It Kings College Chapel
10:30-11:00	Coffee break
	Wednesday Session X
Wednesday/11:00-12:30	X.1. Thus From the War of Nature: Caprice, Contingency and the Dreadfulness of It All Stevens Bonnin Room
	X.2. Nurture Goes Molecular, II: Epigenetic Mechanisms and the Innate/Acquired Distinction Riverview
	X.3. Rethinking Vitalism: Case Studies from the History and Philosophy of Medicine Kyle
	X.4. Developmental Systems and Generative Entrenchment Seminar 1
	X.5. Theoretical Biology and Artificial Life Seminar 2
	X.6. Biology of Man: Race, Sex, and the State Kings College Chapel
12:30-15:30	Lunch break Dining Hall
	Wednesday Session XI
Wednesday, 15:30-17:30	XI.1. Ecology, Belief and Environmental Policy: Finding Ways Forward in the Atomic Age Stephens Bonnin Room
Wednesday/15:30-17:30	XI.2. Representing the History of Life by Trees: Scientific, Historical and Philosophical Issues Riverview
	XI.3. Economical Concepts, Evolutionary Biology, and Adaptive Rationality: Exploring the Interplay Kyle
	XI.4. Mechanisms and Mechanistic Explanations Seminar 1
	XI.5. Biological Theory and Conceptual Power: Studies in Scientific Practice Seminar 2
	XI.6. Conceptual Issues in Evo-Devo Kings College Chapel
17:30-18:00	Coffee break
18:00-19:30	ISHPSSB Members Meeting Riverview
19:30	Conference Banquet Hillstone Country Club

Thursday, 16 July
	Thursday Session XII
Thursday/9:00-10:30	XII.1. Theoretical Biology and Biosemiotics Stevens Bonnin Room
	XII.2. The Evolution of the Capacity of Culture, I Riverview
	XII.3. Themes in the History of Molecular Biology and Immunology Kyle
	XII.4. Topics in Conservation Biology Seminar 1
	XII.5. Historical Issues in Twentieth Century Biology Seminar 2
10:30-11:00	Coffee break
	Thursday Session XIII
Thursday/11:00-12:30	XIII.1. Realist and Functionalist Issues in Biology, II Stevens Bonnin Room
	XIII.2. The Evolution of the Capacity for Culture, II Riverview
	XIII.3. Thinking Formally About Evolutionary Change: Detection and Ontology Kyle
	XIII.4. Topics in the History of Ecology Seminar 1
	XIII.5. The Developmental Synthesis Seminar 2
12:30	Lunch break Dining Hall
Thursday/12:30	Council Meeting II Davies Room

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Program Outline

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Download PDF Progam Summary with rooms and times CLICK HERE

Link to Online Conference Program
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Download PDF Progam Summary with rooms and times
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