HPS Events May & June CORRECTION

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Apologies.  Robinson's talk is on May 2 (not May 3).  -Marc

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History and Philosophy of Science Research Group May and June 2011 Events

May 2, Monday 3 - 4:30 pm, Social Sciences 1253

Daniel Robinson, Oxford University

“BIG BRAINS AND BOSKOPS: PHRENOLOGY LIVES!”

Daniel Robinson is a Faculty Fellow of Philosophy at Oxford University and
distinguished Professor Emeritus at Georgetown University. His most recent
books are The Mind: An Oxford Reader (1998) Oxford University Press,
Praise and Blame: Moral Realism and Its Applications (2002) Princeton
University Press, and Consciousness and Mental Life (2008) Columbia
University Press.


June 22, Wednesday 3 – 4:30 pm, Social Sciences 1253

Makmiller Pedroso, University of Calgary

“DOES KRIPKE’S ARGUMENT FOR ORIGIN ESSENTIALISM APPLY TO BIOLOGICAL SPECIES?”

Makmiller Pedroso is a PhD. candidate in the Philosophy Department at the
University of Calgary.  He works in the philosophy of biology, focusing on
philosophical issues concerning biological taxonomy.