Feb. 17-19, 2006, Hotel Laguna

Program 

Friday � February 17

Session I  (9 am -12 pm)

Sandy Mitchell, �Contingency in Complex Biological Systems�

Steve Frank, �Cancer and Some Problems of Inference�

 

Session II  (2 pm -5 pm)

Andre Ariew, �Explaining Trait Prevalence vs. Explaining Adaptation�

Bruce Glymour, �Wayward Modeling�

 

Saturday � February 18

Session III  (9 am -12 pm)

Alan Love, �Reductionism, Development, and Time�

Michael Rose, �Living Through a Scientific Revolution:  The Last 40 Years of Aging Research�

 

Session IV  (2 pm -5 pm)

Paul Griffiths, �Function, Homology, and Character Individuation�

Elliott Sober, �Which Similarities Provide the Best Evidence of Common Ancestry?�

 

Sunday � February 19

Session V  (9 am -12 pm)

Steve Downes, �What is Heritability Analysis Good For?�

Francisco Ayala, �Darwin�s Revolution:  Design Without a Designer�

A continental breakfast will be available each morning of the conference beginning at 8 am in the Catalina meeting room.