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INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS

DARWIN’S IMPACT ON SCIENCE, SOCIETY AND CULTURE
A 21st CENTURY REASSESSMENT

200th anniversary of Darwin’s birth
150th anniversary of the publication of Origin of Species

10-12 September 2009
Abstract and poster deadline: May 25, 2009

CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF PORTUGAL
Faculty of Philosophy
Braga – Portugal

The Centre of Philosophical and Humanistic Studies of the Faculty of Philosophy of Braga (Portugal) is organizing an International Congress to celebrate two remarkable anniversaries: the birth of Charles Darwin and the publication of his major work, Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.

Needless to say, the world changed dramatically after Darwin, and we are still coming to terms with the Darwinian revolution, as well as its impact on virtually every domain of human culture. We will reassess this impact especially on science (Biology, genetics, Artificial Life, Psychology and Linguistics), philosophy (Anthropology, Ethics, Epistemology, Aesthetics), and religion (Christianity, Islam, Budhism, Hinduism and other religious faiths). The reception of Darwinism in the different countries and cultures will also be a major issue that is to be addressed in the Congress.


MAIN AREAS


MAIN AREAS

DARWINISM

1.1- Darwin and Evolution
1.2- Origins of Life
1.3- Origins of Species
1.4- Natural Selection
1.5- The Survival of the Fittest
1.6- The Reception of Darwinism
1.7- Neo-Darwinism

2. DARWIN’S IMPACT ON SCIENCE

2.1- Biology
2.2- Psychology
2.3- Genetics
2.4- Linguistics
2.5- Sociology
2.6- Artificial Life

3. DARWIN’S IMPACT ON PHILOSOPHY

3.1- Ethics
3.2- Anthropology
3.3- Epistemology
3.4- Philosophy of Science
3.5- Aesthetics

4. DARWIN’S IMPACT ON ARTS AND HUMANITIES

4.1. Literature
4.2- Art
4.3- Cinema

3. DARWIN’S IMPACT ON RELIGION

4.1- The Evangelical Response
4.2- The Catholic Response
4.3- The Islamic Response
4.4- The Buddhist Response
4.5- The Hindu Response
4.6- Creationism
4.7- Intelligent Design
4.8- On the (in)compatibility of biological evolutionism and religion