The Philosophy Graduates' Association of the University of Texas at Austin is pleased to announce its upcoming conference, "Evolution, Genetics, and Culture" (April 23-24, 1999). This conference will round out an especially active year for UT's History and Philosophy of Science Program, now under the direction of Professor Sahotra Sarkar. In addition to the keynote address, "Angels and Monsters: Genomic Confections," by the University of Pennsylvania's Professor M. Susan Lindee, we hope to organize a panel discussion on the second day of the conference on the aims and status of current evolutionary psychology. This panel would feature faculty from UT's Program in the History and Philosophy of Science, including the Department of Psychology. Details of the conference are included below, with the deadline and address for all graduate students interested in submitting papers or panel proposals (Feruary 15th). Please consider attending, and do feel free to pass this information along to anyone you think might be interested in attending or submitting work! Jessica N. Berry Co-Chair, Philosophy Graduates' Association =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= The University of Texas at Austin Department of Philosophy Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference "EVOLUTION, GENETICS, AND CULTURE" =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ***April 23-24, 1999*** Graduate students are invited to submit papers and panel proposals on philosophical issues related to genetics and evolution. Questions of interest include the following: Does evolution occur primarily through natural selection or random drift? If selection is primary, what are the units of selection? What is the relationship between genes and human behavior? What is the role of natural selection in the formation of human cultures? We would also be interested in submissions on reductionism and non-reductionism in biology, issues of gender and biological essentialism, evolutionary naturalism, sociobiology, the social and philosophical ramifications of the human genome project, evolutionary epistemology and evolutionary theories of culture, as well as the structure and justification of evolutionary theories in general. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= KEYNOTE ADDRESS: "Angels and Monsters: Genomic Confections" Professor M. Susan Lindee University of Pennsylvania Program in the History and Sociology of Science =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= We welcome submissions from graduate students in Philosophy and other fields. Papers should be approximately 20 minutes in reading length (3000 words). All submitted papers will be read and considered. Please send three copies of panel proposals or completed papers prepared for blind review by FEBRUARY 15th, 1999 to: Graduate Conference Department of Philosophy University of Texas Austin, TX 78712 (512) 475-9193