[Sci-tech-public] Peter Godfrey Smith, Fri. Nov. 17

[Kara Swanson]

Please join the Life Sciences/Environmental Working Group this Friday, November the 17th when *Peter
Godfrey-Smith *from Harvard's philosophy department will talk to us about 
*"Idealization and Abstraction in Evolutionary Biology."*

As always, we will meet from noon to 2pm in the Science Center, room 252.  Lunch
will be served, but just remember to rsvp to Ellen Guarente at
guarente at fas.harvard.edu so we know to order enough food.

There is no need to read anything in advance, but if you are interested you can
check out Peter's website at http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~pgs/index.html
where he has lots of papers posted for your reading pleasure.

And note the upcoming meetings for the remainder of this term:

Dec. 1      Janet Browne, "Reflections on the Current State of the 
History of Biology"

Dec. 15   Victoria Cain, AAAS, "Preparation Ache: Exhibits, 
Exhibit-Makers and the Contest for Status in American Natural History 
Museums, 1890-1940."


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Kara W. Swanson, B.S., M.A., J.D.
Ph.D. Candidate
History of Science 
Harvard University 
Science Center 371
Cambridge, MA 02138
kswanson at fas.harvard.edu
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