Darwins impact on science, society and culture (Darwin)
Event Date/Time: Sep 10, 2009 | End Date/Time: Sep 12, 2009 |
Registration Date: Jun 30, 2009 | |
Abstract Submission Date: Jun 25, 2009 |
Description
Needless to say, the world changed dramatically after Darwin, and we are still coming to terms with the Darwinian revolution, as well as its impact on virtually every domain of human culture. We will reassess this impact especially on science (Biology, genetics, Artificial Life, Psychology and Linguistics), philosophy (Anthropology, Ethics, Epistemology, Aesthetics), and religion (Christianity, Islam, Budhism, Hinduism and other religious faiths). The reception of Darwinism in the different countries and cultures will also be a major issue that is to be addressed in the Congress.
MAIN AREAS
MAIN AREAS
1. DARWINISM
1.1- Darwin and Evolution
1.2- Origins of Life
1.3- Origins of Species
1.4- Natural Selection
1.5- The Survival of the Fittest
1.6- The Reception of Darwinism
1.7- Neo-Darwinism
2. DARWIN’S IMPACT ON SCIENCE
2.1- Biology
2.2- Psychology
2.3- Genetics
2.4- Linguistics
2.5- Sociology
2.6- Artificial Life
3. DARWIN’S IMPACT ON PHILOSOPHY
3.1- Ethics
3.2- Anthropology
3.3- Epistemology
3.4- Philosophy of Science
3.5- Aesthetics
4. DARWIN’S IMPACT ON ARTS AND HUMANITIES
4.1. Literature
4.2- Art
4.3- Cinema
3. DARWIN’S IMPACT ON RELIGION
4.1- The Evangelical Response
4.2- The Catholic Response
4.3- The Islamic Response
4.4- The Buddhist Response
4.5- The Hindu Response
4.6- Creationism
4.7- Intelligent Design
4.8- On the (in)compatibility of biological evolutionism and religion
PLENARY SPEAKERS
Alfredo Dinis
Catholic University of Portugal
“Darwin’s impact on science, society and cultureâ€
Ana Leonor Pereira
Coimbra University
“The reception of Darwin in Portugal!
Augusto Silva
Catholic University of Portugal
“Replication, selection and language change. Why an evolutionary approach to language variation and change?â€
Eric Charmetant
Centre Sèvres, Paris
“Darwin and ethics: the history of an early encounterâ€
Fiorenzo Facchini
Bologna University
“Culture and its philosophical implications in an evolutionary viewâ€
Francisco Ayala
University of California, Irvine
“The biological foundations of ethicsâ€
George Coyne
Vatican Observatory
“Evolution and Intelligent Design: What is science and what is notâ€
Godehard Bruentrup
Hochschule für Philosophie, München
"Darwinism and Naturalism - a Perfect Fit?"
Haiyan Yang
Peking University
“The reception of Darwin in Chinaâ€
Henrique Teotónio
Gulbenkian Institute of Science (Genetics)
“Reevaluating the Origin of Species: the genetic constraints of evolutionâ€
Isabel Varanda
Catholic University of Portugal
“Ecology as an hermeneutic key of both Creation and Evolutionâ€
Jim Salmon
Loyola University in Maryland, USA
“Evolution of informationâ€
João José Fraústo da Silva
Technical University of Lisbon.
“Reevaluating the Origin of Species: the chemical constraints of evolutionâ€
John F. Haught,
Georgetown University
“Darwin challenges to Christianityâ€
José Miguel Dias Costa
Catholic University of Portugal
“Evolutionary aestheticsâ€
Luis Miguel Parreira e Correia
Lisbon University
“From natural to artificial lifeâ€
Manuel Sumares
Catholic University of Portugal
“Evolution, transcendence and the nature of thought: Blondel and Teilhardâ€
Michael Ruse
Florida State University
“The Origin, yesterday, today and tomorrowâ€
Paul Gabor
Vatican Observatory
“Darwin space missionâ€
Rodrigo de Sá Nogueira Saraiva
Lisbon University
“Evolutionary Psychologyâ€
Roland Cazalis
École d’Ingénieurs of Purpan, Toulouse, France
«Darwin as a pedagogical principle in the interaction between biological evolutionism and religionâ€