Revisiting the Darwinian Revolution: In Memoriam - Ernst Mayr (I and II). Part I: Discussion of April 2005 JHB issue, Revisiting the Darwinian Revolution; Part II: Teaching the Darwinian Revolution. Cosponsored by the Education Committee.

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     Presentation date: 07/14/2005 9:15 AM in ROZH 102
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Abstract
In memoriam to Ernst Mayr, one of JHB’s first supporters and editorial board members

Part I. Intended as an informal workshop/discussion session. This session begins with the forthcoming April issue of the Journal of the History of Biology which is a special issue coordinated by Michael Ruse. The issue examines “The Darwinian Revolution,” asking whether there was a revolution and in what sense, and if so whether it was Darwinian and in what sense.

Comments by Phillip Sloan, Robert Richards, Alan Love, Greg Radick; addressing papers by Michael Ruse, Peter Bowler, Pietro Corsi, Michael Ghiselin, Sandra Herbert, Jonathan Hodge, David Hull, James Lennox, and Betty Smocovitis, with discussion by the authors.


Part II. Co-sponsored by the Education Committee and organized by John Lynch: a companion workshop session specifically looking at the impact for teaching. Many faculty members teach “Darwinian Revolution” courses. What do they teach, and how and why? And what difference does the discussion about whether there was such a revolution and what it involved make pedagogically? Should the latest scholarship matter to the teaching, or are there different and overriding pedagogical values?

Panelists: John M. Lynch, Gar Allen, Sandra Herbert, Mark Largent, Mark Borello, Kim Kleinman, and Betty Smocovitis

Multiple Paper Session:
Papers in this session: