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北大科技史与科技哲学论坛第13讲:基因歧视

时间:2006年6月16日下午3:00(注意,比平时迟一个小时)
地点:承泽园科社中心学术报告厅
主题:Genetic Discrimination(基因歧视)
主讲:Neven Sesardic(香港岭南大学哲学系副教授)

这将是本学期最后一次论坛,请大家相互转告参加!


主讲人简介:
 
SESARDIC, Neven

Associate Professor


Post
Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy

Academic & Professional Qualifications

Ph. D. Philosophy (University of Zagreb, Croatia) (1982)

B. A. Philosophy and Ancient Greek (University of Zagreb) (1974)
  
Areas of Specialization

Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Biology, Philosophy of Mind
  
Areas of Competence

Epistemology, Ethics, Logic & Critical Thinking
  
Working Experience
Associate Professor of Philosophy, Lingnan University, Hong Kong (2000- present)

Research Fellow, King’s College London (1999-00)

Professor of Philosophy, Miyazaki International College, Japan (1997-99)

NSF Research Fellow, University of Minnesota (1995-96)

Visiting Professor, University of Notre Dame (1994-95)

Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Zagreb (1992-94)

Fellow of the Center for Interdisciplinary Research, University of Bielefeld (1991-92)

Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, University of Giessen (1989-91)

Assistant Professor, University of Zagreb (1983-89)

Lecturer, University of Zagreb (1977-83)
  
Recent Publications  

A book Making Sense of Heritability...under contract with Cambridge University Press. (The final draft to be submitted in August 2004).

"From Genes to Incest Taboos: The Crucial Step", in W.H. Durham & A.P. Wolf (eds.), Incest, Inbreeding, and the Incest Taboo: The State of Knowledge at the Turn of the Century, (2004), Stanford: Stanford University Press.

"Heritability and Indirect Causation", Philosophy of Science 70, (2003), pp.1002-1014.

"Evolution of Human Jealousy: A Just-So Story or a Just-So Criticism?", Philosophy of the Social Sciences, 33, (2003), pp.427-443.

"Philosophy of Science that Ignores Science: Race, IQ and Heritability", Philosophy of Science 67 (2000), pp.580-602.

"Altruism", British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 50 (1999), pp.457-466.

"From Biological Inhibitions to Cultural Prohibitions: How Not to Refute Edward Westermarck",? Biology and Philosophy 13, (1998), pp.413-426.

"Reductionism and Supervenience", in P. Weingart et al. (eds.), Human by Nature: Between Biology and Social Sciences. Mahwah, N. J.: Erlbaum, 1997.

"Recent Work on Human Altruism and Evolution", Ethics 106 (1995), pp.328-357.

"Heritability and Causality",? Philosophy of Science 60 (1993), pp.396-418.

"Egalitarianism and Natural Lottery", Public Affairs Quarterly 7 (1993), pp.47-59.

"Clock Paradox Lost in Space", Philosophia Naturalis 30 (1993), pp.72-83.
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Papers presented at Conferences

"Genes and malleability", Duke University (April 2004).

"Lewontin's argument against ANOVA", Konrad Lorenz Institute, Altenberg (March 2004).

"Politically correct, mathematically incorrect", Lingnan University and University of Rijeka, Croatia (February and March 2004).

"Troubles with heritability", University of Hannover, (January 2004).

"Interaction and additivity", University of Munich, (January 2004).

"Heritability and Indirect Causation", PSA Biennial Meeting, Milwaukee (November 2002)

"Heritability and Gene-Environment Correlation", Annual Conference of the British Society for Philosophy of Science, Glasgow (July 2002)

"Liberalism and Its Troubles with Nationalism", Central European University, Budapest (May 2002)

"Genes and Indirect Causation", University of Pittsburgh (January 2002)

"The Evolution of Human Jealousy: A Just-So Story or a Just-So Criticism?", Inter-University Center for Postgraduate Studies, Dubrovnik, Croatia (April 2001); University of California, Riverside (March 2000).

"From Genes to Incest Taboos in Three Steps", Stanford University (February 2000).

"Does Science Undermine Religion?", Australasian Association for Philosophy, Annual Conference, Melbourne (July 1999); PSA Biennial Meeting, Kansas City (October 1998).

"From Biological Inhibitions to Cultural Prohibitions, or How Not to Refute Edward Westermarck",? APA Conference, Pacific Division, Los Angeles (March 1998); University of Leeds (April 1996); Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science, University of Minnesota (November 1995)
  

Work in Progress  

"Making Sense of Heritability", A DG project.

"Heritability: A Methodological Analysis of a Scientific Concept" (a book project)

"Evolutionary Psychology and the Explanation of Emotions"?

"Problems With the Developmental Systems Theory"
"Does Science Undermine Religion?"
  

Professional Affiliations
American Philosophical Association

Croatian Philosophical Association

Philosophy of Science Association
  

Refereeing

Biology and Philosophy

British Journal for the Philosophy of Science

Mind

Philosophy of Science
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