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The Philosophy and Developmental Biology Working Group will meet on 5-6 November 2006 in Vancouver, British Columbia. The tentative schedule is as follows (click here for abstracts; click here for full papers [password required]):

 

Sunday, 5 November 2006

10:00am-11:00am – Paul Griffiths – The phenomenon of homology

11:00am-12:00pm – Ingo Brigandt – Typology now. Homology and

   developmental constraints explain evolvability

12:00pm-1:30pm – Lunch (on our own)

1:30pm-2:30pm – Alan Love – Functional homology and homology of

   function

2:30pm-3:30pm – Marc Ereshefsky – Behavioral homology

3:30pm-4:00pm Coffee

4:00pm-5:00pm – Mohan Matthen – Defining cognitive kinds

   homologically

5:00pm-6:00pm – Informal business meeting (over drinks, sodas)

6:30pm-8:30pm – Group dinner (location TBD)

 

Monday, 6 November 2006

8:30am-9:30am – Matt Haber and Andrew Hamilton – Clades are

   reproducers

9:30am-10:30am – Karola Stotz – 2001 and all that: A tale of a third

   science

10:30am-11:30am – Manfred Laubichler – Modeling evo-devo

 

The meeting will be held at Simon Fraser University at Harbour Centre (515 West Hastings Street, Room 1410/ Segal Centre). LIMITED SEATING IS AVAILABLE. For more information, or if you wish to attend, please contact JSR.