Pragmatism & Evolutionary Biology Colloquium, Southern Illinois University - Carbondale
Mark Tschaepe welcomes audience to the colloquium on Friday, February 16th.
Hugh McDonald (CUNY) presents "In Defense of Species".
Graduate Panel (left to right):
Kelly Booth (SIU-C): “G.H. Mead and the Evolutionary Biology of Language"
John Shea, S.J. (Loyola University - Chicago): "Reconciling Evolutionary Ethics with an Objective and Universal Ethical System"
Tommy Curry (SIU-C): “Is Race a Social Construct?"
Mahesh Ananth (Chicago State University) opens the Saturday morning session with his paper, "Biological Function".
Randy Auxier (SIU-C) fields questions after presenting his paper, "The Death of Darwinism", as co-organizer Justin Bell moderates.
Mike Ventimiglia (Sacred Heart University) presents "Pragmatism and the Problem of Altruism".
Following a tour of the Center for Dewey Studies and lunch, Pete Gunter (University of North Texas) presented "Quantum Biology: A Striking New Possibility".
Undergraduate panel presenters:
Andrea Arnieri: "Perceived Problems and the Ends in View for Hearing Parents of Deaf Children"
Ryan Severs: "A Critique on Innate Differences Biologically Inherited"
Garland Allen (Washington University, St. Louis) presents the Ley's Lecture, "The Pragmatics of Social Control: From Social Darwinism to Eugenics and the 'Control of Human Evolution'."
Hugh McDonald appropriately serenades graduate students from SIU-C's philosophy department before the close of the reception.
Thank you to everyone who contributed to the organization of this event. Thanks also to all of you who attended and participated. Everything went beautifully and even better than I had originally planned.
M.D.T.
