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International Society for the History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Biology INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR THE HISTORY, PHILOSOPHY, AND SOCIAL STUDIES OF BIOLOGY 2003 Meeting JULY 16-20 KLI and University of Vienna Vienna, Austria FULL PROGRAM International Society for the History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Biology President (2001-2003) – Lindley Darden Past President (1999-2001) – Richard Burian President Elect (2003-2005) – Michael R. Dietrich Secretary – Chris Young Treasurer – Keith Benson Executive Council Executive Council 2003 2005 Jane Maienschein Ana Barahona Greg Mittman Christiane Groeben Lenny Moss Hans-Jörg Rheinberger Program Committee Local Arrangements Rob Skipper (Chair) Astrid Juette Werner Callebaut Werner Callebaut Heather Douglas Joan Fujimura Christiane Groeben Tom Kane Michael Lynch Phil Sloan Betty Smocovitis Newsletter – Chris Young Webmaster – Rob Skipper Student Representative – Terry Sullivan Education Committee – Steve Fifield, Peter Taylor Membership – Keith Benson ISHPSSB ONLINE: http://www/phil.vt.edu/ishpssb ii THE PROGRAM AT A GLANCE ______________________________________________________________ Wednesday, July 16 9-3 PM Teaching Workshop (Rooms LR3, LR4) 3 PM Registration Begins (Aula) 3 PM ISHPSSB Council Meeting 1 (LR8) 6 PM Welcome Reception (Garden) Thursday, July 17 8-5 PM Registration (Aula) 9-10:30 AM Presidential Plenary (LH) 11-12:30 PM Parallel Sessions 2-3:30 PM Parallel Sessions 4-5:30 PM Parallel Sessions 8 PM Town Hall Reception Friday, July 18 8-5 PM Registration (Aula) 9-10:30 AM Parallel Sessions 11-12:30 PM Parallel Sessions 12:00 PM Backstage at the Journals (Aula) 2-3:30 PM Parallel Sessions 4-5:30 PM Parallel Sessions 5:30 PM ISHPSSB Business Meeting (LH) Evening Various tours Saturday, July 19 9-10:30 AM Parallel Sessions 11-12:30 PM Parallel Sessions 12:00 PM ISHPSSB Council Meeting 2 (TBA) 2-3:30 PM Parallel Sessions 4-5:30 PM Evening Plenary: Stephen J. Gould’s The Structure of Evolutionary Theory (LH) 8 PM Banquet Sunday, July 20 9-10:30 AM Parallel Sessions 11-12:30 PM Parallel Sessions 2:30 PM KLI tour: bus to Altenberg leaves 3:00 PM Konrad Lorenz Research Station (KLF) tour: bus to Grünau leaves Tuesday, July 22 9:30 AM Mendelianum tour: bus to Brno leaves iii PROGRAM SCHEDULE ______________________________________________________________ Wednesday, July 16 9-3 PM Teaching Workshop (Rooms LR3, LR4) 3 PM Registration begins (Aula) 3 PM ISHPSSB Council Meeting 1 (LR8) 6 PM Welcome Reception (Garden) Thursday, July 17 8-5 PM Registration (Aula) 9-10:30 AM Presidential Plenary (LH) 11-12:30 PM Parallel Sessions I Interpreting Evolutionary Theory (LR1) II Biologists in Policy-Making (LR4) III Biological Information (LR7) IV Reconfiguring Knowledge (LR2) V Biology and Gender (LR8) VI Zoos in Central Europe (LR6) VII Making Sense of Interlevel Causation (LR9) VIII Fifty Years of the Molecular Biology of Behavior (LR10) IX History and Philosophy of Neuroscience (LR3) X Genetics in History (LR5) 2-3:30 PM Parallel Sessions I Experiments in Experimentalism I (LR4) II History of 20th Century Biology (LR8) III A Cultural History of Heredity I (LR1) IV Picturing Eggs, Embryos, and Cells I: Eggs and Embryos in Situ (LR2) V Complexity: What is it Good For? I (LR5) VI Konrad Lorenz and Company (LR6) VII Genetics and Policy-making (LR10) VIII The Extended Phenotype Revisited I (LR9) IX Biological Modeling I (LR7) X Ecology Transformed (LR3) 4-5:30 PM Parallel Sessions I Experiments in Experimentalism II (LR8) II Contingency and Explanation (LR6) III A Cultural History of Heredity II (LR1) IV Picturing Eggs, Embryos, and Cells II: Cells and Tissues in Motion (LR2) V Complexity: What is it Good For? II (LR7) VI Women in Early Genetics (LR3) VII The Extended Phenotype Revisited II (LR9) VIII History and Philosophy of Anthropology (LR5) IX Biological Modeling II (LR10) X Biology and ‘Naturalness’ in Organic Agriculture (LR4) 8 PM Town Hall Reception iv Friday, July 18 8-5 PM Registration (Aula) 9-10:30 AM Parallel Sessions I Radiobiology in the Atomic Age (LR1) II Evolution and Development I (LR7) III Philosophy of Cognitive Science I (LR8) IV Modes of Research in Biology (LR2) V Animal Communication (LR6) VI Metaphor and Communication I (LR10) VII Genes, Genomes, and Genetic Elements I (LR9) VIII Functions and Teleological Explanation I (LR3) IX Biology and Ethics/Epistemology I (LR5) 12:00 PM Backstage at the Journals (Aula) 11-12:30 PM Parallel Sessions I Karl Pearson, Ronald Fisher, and the Statistical Roots of Biology (LR7) II Evolution and Development II (LR1) III Philosophy of Cognitive Science II (LR8) IV Endangered Species, Threatened Paradigms (LR4) V Recent Work on Pluralism and the Levels of Selection (LR6) VI Metaphor and Communication II (LR10) VII Genes, Genomes, and Genetic Elements II (LR9) VIII Functions and Teleological Explanation II (LR3) IX Biology and Ethics/Epistemology II (LR5) X History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of 18th-19th C. Biology I (LR2) 2-3:30 PM Parallel Sessions I Biology and Anthropology I (LR8) II The Mutual Shaping of Science and Science Education I (LR5) III Visual Zoology on Wall Charts (LR6) IV Biology, Biotechnology and Policy (LR4) V Evolution and Politics I (LR9) VI Lorenz’ Concept of Instinct (LR7) VII Life, Metaphysics, and Biosemiotics I (LR10) VIII Developmental Regulation I (LR1) IX Fitness, Drift, Evolutionary Theory (LR2) X History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of 18th-19th C. Biology II (LR3) 4-5:30 PM Parallel Sessions I Biology and Anthropology II (LR8) II The Mutual Shaping of Science and Science Education II (LR5) III Exhibiting Humans and Animals (LR7) IV Digital History of Biology (LR6) V Evolution and Politics II (LR9) VI Philosophy and Ecology (LR3) VII Life, Metaphysics, and Biosemiotics II (LR10) VIII Developmental Regulation II (LR1) IX Science in its Social Context (LR4) X Metascience from a Biological Point of View (LR2) 5:30 PM ISHPSSB Business Meeting (LH) Evening Various tours v Saturday, July 19 9-10:30 AM Parallel Sessions I Issues in Sociocultural Evolution I (LR1) II Biology of Human Behavior I (LR2) III Challenging the Essentialist Story about the History of Taxonomy I (LR6) IV Indeterminism and Evolution (LR7) V European Roots of Evolutionary Psychology (LR8) VI Biology and Education I (LR4) VII Trajectories of Drugs (LR3) VIII Topographies of Knowledge Production in Aquatic Ecology I (LR5) IX William Bateson and the Suppression of Epigenetic Biology (LR9) X Biosemiotics (LR10) 12:00 PM ISHPSSB Council Meeting 2 (TBA) 11-12:30 PM Parallel Sessions I Issues in Sociocultural Evolution II (LR1) II Biology of Human Behavior II (LR2) III Challenging the Essentialist Story about the History of Taxonomy II (LR6) IV Perspectives on Population I (LR9) V Microbial Challenges (LR3) VI Biology and Education II (LR8) VII Bioinformatics and the Transformation of Biomedical Research (LR7) VIII Topographies of Knowledge Production in Aquatic Ecology II (LR5) IX Biology and Metaphysics I (LR10) 2-3:30 PM Parallel Sessions I The Romantic Conception of Life (LR6) II Ecology and Environmental Values (LR8) III Inheritance and Evolution (LR7) IV Perspectives on Population II (LR9) V Naples as an Evolutionary Niche (LR5) VI Beyond Lorenz (LR1) VII Sex, Gender, and Immunology (LR2) VIII Emergence and Mechanisms in Biochemical Networks (LR3) IX Biology and Metaphysics II (LR10) 4-5:30 PM Evening Plenary: Stephen J. Gould’s The Structure of Evolutionary Theory (LH) 8 PM Banquet vi Sunday, July 20 9-10:30 AM Parallel Sessions I Darwin (LR1) II Biohistory – Neo-Darwinism’s Last Frontier (LR2) III Alternative Evolutionary Theories I (LR5) IV Autonomy: A Key Concept I (LR6) V 'Race' in Theories of Human Origins and Diversity (LR7) VI Science and Policy: International Perspectives I (LR3) VII Dimensions of Genomics (LR9) VIII Biology and Meaning I (LR8) IX Biological Hierarchies I (LR10) 11-12:30 PM Parallel Sessions I Boundaries in Biomedicine (LR1) II Scientific Change from a Biological Point of View (LR2) III Alternative Evolutionary Theories II (LR5) IV Autonomy: A Key Concept II (LR6) V Is There a Kantian Tradition in Biology? (LR9) VI Science and Policy: International Perspectives II (LR3) VII Between Gender, Politics, and Biology (LR7) VIII Biology and Meaning II (LR8) IX Biological Hierarchies II (LR10) 2:30 PM KLI tour: bus to Altenberg leaves 3:00 PM Konrad Lorenz Research Station (KLF) tour: bus to Grünau leaves Tuesday, July 22 9:30 AM Mendelianum tour: bus to Brno leaves vii ABSTRACTS ______________________________________________________________ Wednesday, 16 July 9-3 PM, LR 3, LR4 Teaching Workshop 'Biology and Society' Programs: Preparing Students for Biology in Social Context _______________________________________________________________________________ In a variety of local and global issues, including environmental quality, agriculture, health care, biotechnology, and international relations, the biological sciences are interwoven with social, eco- nomic, and political concerns. Traditional undergraduate biology programs fail to critically address the social contexts of science, and programs in the history, philosophy, or social studies of biology may not foster adequate understandings of biology subject matter. Are 'biology and society' pro- grams promising ways to prepare future policy-makers, educators, biologists, and citizens to un- derstand and constructively influence the complex issues of biology in social context? In this interactive workshop, participants will examine a variety of goals, topics, instructional approaches, and challenges for biology and society programs.
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