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| + | Gould, S. J. 2002. The Structure of Evolutionary Theory. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University. 1433 p. | ||
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As biologists – and evolutionary biologists at that – we all strive to retain some knowledge of the historical underpinnings of our vast discipline (or multi-disciplines) plus, at the very least, we hope to maintain a cursory understanding of the complex ideas that render evolutionary biology a controversial field. At this informal gathering we will touch upon a number of those contentious topics, and conventional topics for that matter (it’s a given that Gould will have some unorthodox spin on those well-accepted areas), and voila – we will be better EEB graduate students because of it (even if we only improve our vocabulary skills). So bring your copy of Gould and a dictionary and meet us at …. | As biologists – and evolutionary biologists at that – we all strive to retain some knowledge of the historical underpinnings of our vast discipline (or multi-disciplines) plus, at the very least, we hope to maintain a cursory understanding of the complex ideas that render evolutionary biology a controversial field. At this informal gathering we will touch upon a number of those contentious topics, and conventional topics for that matter (it’s a given that Gould will have some unorthodox spin on those well-accepted areas), and voila – we will be better EEB graduate students because of it (even if we only improve our vocabulary skills). So bring your copy of Gould and a dictionary and meet us at …. | ||
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| + | |12 September|| The Hale || (Chp 9) The Primary Claims of Punctuated Equilibrium: Data and Definitions; The Scientific Debate on Punctuated Equilibrium: Critiques and Responses || pp 765, 784–812 | ||
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| + | |19 September|| The Hale || (Chp 8) The Grand Analogy: A Speciational Basis for Macroevolution; Presentation of the Chart for Macroevolutionary Distinctiveness; The Particulars of Macroevolutionary Explanation || pp 714-724 | ||
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| + | |26 September|| The Hale || (Chp 8 continued...) Reproductive drive: directional speciation; Species selection, Wright's Rule and the power of interaction with directional speciation || | ||
| + | pp 724-735 | ||
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| + | |03 October|| The Hale || (Chp 8 continued...) Species-level drifts as more powerful than the analogous phenomena in microevolution; The scaling of external and internal environments; Summary Comments || pp 735-744 | ||
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| + | |10 October|| The Hale || Chp 10: Historical Constraints and the Evolution of Development; Constraints As a Positive Concept <br> '''*We are waiting on an interlibrary loan of Dennett'''|| pp 1025-1037 | ||
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| + | |17 October|| The Hale || Dennett has arrived! Copy is in Roberta's mailbox for photocopying || 17 pgs | ||
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| + | |24 October|| The Hale || (Chp 10 continued...) Heterochrony and Allometry as the Locus Classicus of the first positive (empirical) meaning: channeled directionality by constraint || pp 1037-1051 | ||
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| + | |31 October|| TBA || Halloween Break! || | ||
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| + | |07 November|| CANCELLED || || | ||
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| + | |14 November|| The Hale || (Chapter 10 continued...) The aptive triangle and the second positive meaning: constraint as a theory-bound term for the patterns and directions not built exclusively (or sometimes even at all) by natural selection || pp 1051-1061 | ||
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| + | |21 November|| TBA || TBA || | ||
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| + | |28 November|| ''Thanksgiving Break'' || || | ||
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| + | |5 December|| TBA || TBA || | ||
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Latest revision as of 19:43, 11 November 2008
The EEB Grad Book Club Presents:
Musings on.....
The Structure of Evolutionary Theory
By Stephan Jay Gould
Gould, S. J. 2002. The Structure of Evolutionary Theory. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University. 1433 p.
As biologists – and evolutionary biologists at that – we all strive to retain some knowledge of the historical underpinnings of our vast discipline (or multi-disciplines) plus, at the very least, we hope to maintain a cursory understanding of the complex ideas that render evolutionary biology a controversial field. At this informal gathering we will touch upon a number of those contentious topics, and conventional topics for that matter (it’s a given that Gould will have some unorthodox spin on those well-accepted areas), and voila – we will be better EEB graduate students because of it (even if we only improve our vocabulary skills). So bring your copy of Gould and a dictionary and meet us at ….
Meeting Time:
Fridays 5pm @ The Hale
Scheduled Readings:
| Date | Location | Readings | Pages |
| 12 September | The Hale | (Chp 9) The Primary Claims of Punctuated Equilibrium: Data and Definitions; The Scientific Debate on Punctuated Equilibrium: Critiques and Responses | pp 765, 784–812 |
| 19 September | The Hale | (Chp 8) The Grand Analogy: A Speciational Basis for Macroevolution; Presentation of the Chart for Macroevolutionary Distinctiveness; The Particulars of Macroevolutionary Explanation | pp 714-724 |
| 26 September | The Hale | (Chp 8 continued...) Reproductive drive: directional speciation; Species selection, Wright's Rule and the power of interaction with directional speciation |
pp 724-735 |
| 03 October | The Hale | (Chp 8 continued...) Species-level drifts as more powerful than the analogous phenomena in microevolution; The scaling of external and internal environments; Summary Comments | pp 735-744 |
| 10 October | The Hale | Chp 10: Historical Constraints and the Evolution of Development; Constraints As a Positive Concept *We are waiting on an interlibrary loan of Dennett |
pp 1025-1037 |
| 17 October | The Hale | Dennett has arrived! Copy is in Roberta's mailbox for photocopying | 17 pgs |
| 24 October | The Hale | (Chp 10 continued...) Heterochrony and Allometry as the Locus Classicus of the first positive (empirical) meaning: channeled directionality by constraint | pp 1037-1051 |
| 31 October | TBA | Halloween Break! | |
| 07 November | CANCELLED | ||
| 14 November | The Hale | (Chapter 10 continued...) The aptive triangle and the second positive meaning: constraint as a theory-bound term for the patterns and directions not built exclusively (or sometimes even at all) by natural selection | pp 1051-1061 |
| 21 November | TBA | TBA | |
| 28 November | Thanksgiving Break | ||
| 5 December | TBA | TBA |
