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Emergence: Books

Emergence

Biology 361 = Computer Science 361
Bryn Mawr College, Spring 2009

Evolution as Story I

The Story of Evolution and the Evolution of Stories

Evolution as Story I

27 Jan 2009 (PG)

Science and literature (and literary studies) are

Thoughts on Obama's "restore science to its rightful place"

Submitted by Paul Grobstein on Thu, 01/22/2009 - 10:40pm

Barack Obama is a serious and committed pragmatist, in the best sense of that word, and I understand his inaugural commitment to "restore science to its rightful place" in exactly those terms. What's important about science is not its certainty about ways to act, but rather its willingness to aggressively acknowledge uncertainty, and so to hold to the fire any presumptions about how to act that derive from any source other than clearly defined and commonly accepted observations to date.

Emergence, 2009 - Intro

Emergence

Biology 361 = Computer Science 361
Bryn Mawr College, Spring 2009

Emergence, 2009

Emergence

Biology 361 = Computer Science 361
Bryn Mawr College, Spring 2009

EvoLit: A Work in Progress

The Story of Evolution and the Evolution of Stories

A Work in Progress

27 Jan 2009 (PG)

Darwin Day Celebration - "An International Recognition of Science and Humanity"

Charles Robert Darwin - born 12 February 1809; published Origin of Species in 1859

Abraham Lincoln - born 12 Feburary 1809

Where Does It All Come From? A Conversation

Benjamin Olshin is assistant professor of Philosophy, History, and History of Science at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. Paul Grobstein is professor of Biology at Bryn Mawr College. The two met and discovered common interests, like this one, at a meeting on "Building the Scientific Mind" in Vancouver in May 2007 (for another common interest see Reality and Virtual Reality). Their ongoing exchange is provided here to encourage further conversation. Your thoughts are welcome in the forum area below.

Olshin - 30 November 2008