At the University of Wisconsin - Madison

David Sloan Wilson will be speaking on campus this Thursday, October 26:

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University Lectures Sponsored Talk
Reconciling Evolution and Religion in Science and Everyday Life
6 pm - 6210 Social Sciences Hall

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Evolution Seminar Series Sponsored talk
Rethinking the Theoretical Foundations of Sociobiology
Noon - 270 Soils (behind Ag Hall on Observatory Dr.)

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Wilson is one of the early evolutionary biologists to develop theories of "group selection" and to incorporate the concept of altruism. He has collaborated with Elliott Sober, renowned faculty member of the UW-Madison Philosophy Department, on

Sober, E., & Wilson, D. S. (1998). Unto Others: The Evolution and Psychology of Unselfish Behavior, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

David Sloan Wilson website http://biology.binghamton.edu/dwilson/

Elliott Sober web site http://philosophy.wisc.edu/sober/papers.htm

ALL ARE WELCOMED TO ATTEND.


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