Knowledge, Value, Evolution:

An international conference on cross-pollination between life sciences and philosophy. Prague, November 23-24, 09.

 


Conference Program



Invited speakers:

Jonathan KNOWLES (Trondheim, NTNU)

David PAPINEAU (King’s College)

John WORRALL (LSE)

Franz M. WUKETITS (Uni. of Vienna)




  1. *    Traditions of evolutionary epistemology

  2. *    Evolutionary explanations of mind, language and consciousness   

  3. *    The evolutionary origins of morality and the concept of human nature

  4. *    Darwin’s place in philosophy

  5. *    Reduction and emergence in biological sciences