Syllabus for Monkey Business

SYLLABUS FOR MONKEY BUSINESS

DATE TOPIC READING INTRODUCTION 1/19 (Tues) Course Overview & None Episode of "The Day the Universe Changed" SITUATING EVOLUTION 1/21 (Thurs) Philosophy & Evolution In NCE: pp. 511-517 (De Waal) pp. 517-524 (Ridley) 1/26 (Tues) Psychology & Evolution In NCE: pp. 409-414 (Wilson) pp. 415-419 (Gould) pp. 465-477 (Pinker) pp. 477-480 (Jones) DARWIN & DARWINISM 1/28 (Thurs) Evolution in Gestation: In NCE: E. Darwin, Lamarck, Malthus, & Co. pp. 33-39 (De Beer) pp. 39-40 (Malthus, 1798) pp. 44-49 (Lamarck, 1809) 2/2 (Tues) Introducing C. Darwin In NCE: pp. 61-64 (Wallace, 1858) pp. 23-29 (Mayr) pp. 67-81 (Darwin) pp. 85-87 (Darwin) On Sakai: "Darwin's Delay" (Gould) (There’s also an extra Gould piece in this PDF, which you’re welcome to read) 2/4 (Thurs) Darwin Breaks Through In NCE: pp. 95-115 (Darwin) DATE TOPIC READING 2/9 (Tues) The Origin of Species In NCE: pp. 133-147 (Darwin) In BB: "The Panda's Thumb of Technology" "Glow, Big Glowworm" FILM NIGHT: Tuesday, February 9 @ 7:30 p.m. “Darwin’s Darkest Hour” on Nova (location TBA) 2/11 (Thurs) The Descent of Man In NCE: pp. 175 - 213 (Darwin) 2/16 (Tues) Descending Further... In NCE: pp. 213 - 254 (Darwin) 2/18 (Thurs) In Darwin's Wake In NCE: pp. 287-288 (Wallace) pp. 289-300 (N. Acad. Sci.) pp. 319-325 (Bowler) In BB: "Kropotkin Was No Crackpot" APE LANGUAGE? 2/23 (Tues) “Apes have language!” On Sakai: “Bringing up Kanzi” (Savage-Rumbaugh & Shanker) 2/25 (Thurs) Kanzi, the movie star None 3/2 (Tues) “No, they don’t!” On Sakai: “First Words” (Wade) “The Human Paradox” (Deacon) ADAPTATIONISM & ANTHROPOMORPHISM 3/4 (Thurs) Adaptationism On Sakai: “Introduction: Evolutionary Psychology and Conceptual Integration” (Cosmides, Tooby, & Barkow) “The Spandrels of San Marco and the Panglossian Paradigm: A Critique of the Adaptationist Programme” (Gould & Lewontin) DATE TOPIC READING 3/9 (Tues) More on Adaptationism & Other Challenges On Sakai: “Why Pigs Don’t Have Wings” (Fodor) “More Things in Heaven and Earth” (Gould)

3/11 (Thurs) Anthropomorphism On Sakai: Excerpts from The New Anthropomorphism (Kennedy) "Anthropomorphism, Primatomorphism, & Mammalomorphism" (Keeley)

3/16 (Tues) SPRING BREAK 3/18 (Thurs) SPRING BREAK THE MISSING LINK: DEVELOPMENT!!

3/23 (Tues) Evolution ←and→ Development: A bit of history On Sakai: “Individual Development and Evolution” (Gottlieb)

3/25 (Thurs) Some Mechanics of Heredity On Sakai: “Dependent Genes” (Moore) “Running Noses, Smelling Feet” (Moore)

FILM NIGHT: “What Darwin Never Knew” on Nova (Week of 3/29) 3/30 (Tues) The Importance of Development On Sakai: “A Turtle in the Shade” (Moore) “The Dutch Hungerwinter and The Cat in the Hat” (Moore) “Chicken Shoes and Monkey Foods” (Moore) In BB: “Here Goes Nothing”

4/1 (Thurs) Developmental Systems Theory On Sakai: “Developmental Systems and Evolutionary Explanation” (Griffiths & Gray) DATE TOPIC READING THE SPECIES PROBLEM 4/6 (Tues) Problems with the Species Concept On Sakai: “Species” (Sterelny & Griffiths) “On the Impossibility of a Monistic Account of Species” (Dupré) “On the Plurality of Species: Questioning the Party Line” (Hull) 4/8 (Thurs) Problems with the Species Concept, continued None CREATIONISM & INTELLIGENT DESIGN FILM NIGHT: Inherit the Wind (Week of 4/12) 4/13 (Tues) Scopes Monkey Trial In NCE: pp. 542-549 (Scopes transcript) In BB: "Genesis and Geology" "William Jennings Bryan's Last Campaign" 4/15 (Thurs) Creationism, Old School In NCE: pp. 555-557 (I.C.R) pp. 557-564 (Morris) pp. 564-569 (Wheeler) pp. 534-541 (Scott) FILM NIGHT: Flock of Dodos (Week of 4/19) 4/20 (Tues) Meet the New Boss (same as the old boss): In NCE: Johnson, meet Paley pp. 41-44 (Paley, 1802(!)) pp. 581-586 (Johnson) On Sakai: "Evolution as Dogma: The Establishment of Naturalism" (Johnson) “Naturalism, Evidence, and Creationism: The Case of Phillip Johnson” (Pennock) “Response to Pennock” (Johnson) Recommended – “Phillip Johnson’s Assault Upon Faith-based Darwinism” (Berton) DATE TOPIC READING 4/22 (Thurs) More Intelligent Design In NCE: pp. 592-601 (Behe) On Sakai: “The Logical Underpinnings of Intelligent Design” (Dembski) Recommended – “The Flagellum Unspun: The Collapse of ‘Irreducible Complexity’” (Miller) 4/27 (Tues) One Philosopher’s Response In LD: Chapters 1, 2, & 3 4/29 (Thurs) Kitcher, continued In LD: Chapters 4 & 5 5/4 (Tues) The broad implications: Why this all matters to In BB: non-biologists "Justice Scalia's Misunderstanding" On Sakai: "Why Creationism Should not be Taught in the Public Schools" (Pennock) "Creation and Evolution: A Modest Proposal" (Plantinga) 5/6 (Thurs) NO CLASS: READING DAY FINAL EXAM: WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 2010 @ 2:00 PM

NCE = Norton Critical Edition BB = Bully for Brontosaurus LD = Living with Darwin Sakai = Course copy of various selections made available on Sakai