Evolution and Theology of Cooperation

Evolution and the Theology of Cooperation: A Symposium

May 10-12, 2007

Schedule:

Held at the Harvard Faculty Club, 20 Quincy St., Cambridge.
This event closed to the public.

Discussion participants: Ann Blair (Harvard University), Timothy Dalrymple (Harvard Divinity School), Anna Dreber (Harvard University), Michael Fisher (Harvard University Press), Owen Gingerich (Harvard University), David Haig (Harvard University), Charles Harper (John Templeton Foundation), Lilan Hauser (Acton Emergency Veterinary Clinic), Yoh Iwasa (Kyushu University), Hisashi Ohtsuki (Harvard University), Jonathan Shaw (Harvard Magazine), Susanna Siegel (Harvard University)

Please see a more detailed list of titles and abstracts here.

May 10

All sessions held in the Library on May 10, except for dinner (Room 4).

3:30pm - 4:15pm Tea and introductions

4:15pm - 5:00pm Opening lecture: "Evolution of Cooperation"

Speaker:
Martin Nowak, Harvard University
Followed by audience discussion

5:00pm - 6:30pm History of cooperation after Darwin in Europe and America

Speakers:
Thomas Dixon, Lancaster University
Heather Curtis, Harvard University
Response by Janet Browne, Harvard University
Followed by audience discussion

6:30pm - 8:30pm Dinner discussion

May 11

All sessions held in the East Dining Room on May 11, except for dinner (Room 4), and the Ethics session (Room 2,3).

8:30am - 9:00am Buffet breakfast

9:00am - 12:00pm Evolutionary biology, mathematical game theory, and cooperation

Speakers:
Christoph Hauert, Harvard University
Kevin Foster, Harvard University
David Queller, Rice University
Jeffrey Schloss, Westmont College
Followed by audience discussion
(Coffee and tea at 10:30am)

12:00pm - 2:00pm Buffet lunch

2:00pm - 3:30pm Psychology, neuroscience and cooperation

Speakers:
Stephen Kosslyn, Harvard University
Maurice Lee, Harvard University
Response by Dominic Johnson, Princeton University
Followed by audience discussion

3:30pm - 4:30pm Coffee and tea break

4:30pm - 6:00pm Philosophy of biology, cooperation, and philosophy of mind

Speakers:
Justin Fisher, Harvard University / University of British Columbia
Peter Godfrey-Smith, Harvard University
Response by Ned Hall, Harvard University
Response by Dean Zimmerman, Rutgers University
Followed by audience discussion

6:30pm - 8:00pm Dinner discussion

8:00pm - 10:00pm Ethics, meta-ethics, and cooperation

Speakers:
Marc Hauser, Harvard University
Jean Porter, University of Notre Dame
Timothy Jackson, Emory University
Response by Marc Hauser
Followed by audience discussion

May 12

All sessions held in the Library on May 12, except for lunch (Room 4).

9:00am - 9:30am Buffet breakfast

9:30am - 11:30am Metaphysics, theology and cooperation

Speakers:
Alex Pruss, Georgetown University
Michael Rota, Harvard University / University of St. Thomas
Sarah Coakley, Harvard University
Response by Philip Clayton, Harvard University / Claremont School of Theology
Followed by audience discussion
(Coffee and tea at 10:30am)

11:30am - 12:30pm Final thoughts and discussion about publication

12:30pm - 2:30pm Lunch discussion

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