Academic Evolution and Hybridization: The Sciences and the Arts
An Interdisciplinary Symposium
Program
Monday, November 24
Morning Session, 9:00a.m. to 12:00p.m.
Keynote: Peter Godfrey-Smith. Department of Philosophy, Harvard University. "Models and Fictions in Science." Abstract
Harry F. Dahms, Department of Sociology, UTK: "Beyond fragmentation: Complexity and Contradictions in the Natural and Social Sciences"Abstract
John H. Bradford, Department of Sociology, UTK: "Observational Networks in Science and the Arts"Abstract
Afternoon Session, 1:30p.m. to 4:30p.m.
Keynote: Arthur Zajonc, Department of Physics, Amherst College. “Toward an Integrative Understanding of Science.” Abstract
Gordon Burghardt, Departments of Psychology and Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, UTK: "Evolution and Paradigms in the Study of Literature"Abstract
Bruce MacLennan, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, UTK: "Blind Variation and Inspiration in the Creative Process" Abstract
Tuesday, November 25
Morning Session, 9:00a.m. to 12:00p.m.
Keynote: Brian Boyd, University of Auckland, New Zealand. "Heads and Tales" Abstract
Amanda Mordavsky Caleb, Department of English, UTK:"Symmetry as Science: H.G. Wells’ Evolutionary Narratives"Abstract
Neil Greenberg, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, UTK: "The Natural History of Narrative:
The Neuropsychology of Belief."Abstract
Afternoon Session, 1:30p.m. to 4:30p.m.
Keynote: Pierre Laszlo, Department of Chemistry, Univerisity of Liège, Belgium. "The Circulation of Concepts." Abstract
Richard M. Pagni, Department of Chemistry, UTK: "The Humanities and Sciences through the Eyes of Two of Its Eminent Practitioners: Jacques Barzun and E. O. Wilson" Abstract
Victor Fet, Department of Biological Sciences, Marshall University: "The Zoological Label as Literary Form." Abstract