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Humboldt, Darwin and Pragmatist Worldviews

 
Friday, March 08, 2019, 01:00pm - 05:00pm
     

Speakers: Jonathan Elmer (Indiana), Steven Meyer (U Washington, St. Louis), George Levine (Rutgers), Joan Richardson (CUNY) and Laura Dassow Walls (Notre Dame)

Sponsor: CCA Working Group on Pragmatism
Cosponsors: Departments of English, History, American Studies, Spanish and Portuguese, and Comparative Literature, the Americanist Seminar, and Natura: Science and Epistemology

Suggested Background Reading: 
Humboldt, "Ideas for a Physiognomy of Plants," Chapter 5, Views of Nature
Darwin, "Laws of Variation," Chapter 5, Origin of the Species (recommend 2nd edition)
Dewey, "The Influence of Darwin on Philosophy"

Location Rutgers University, Center for Cultural Analysis, 15 Seminary Place, Academic Building West Wing, 6th Floor
Contact Brad Evans: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.; Chris Ianini: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.