Workshop: Mind and Evolutionary Inference

Mind and Evolutionary Inference

Workshop in Helsinki organized by the Academy of Finland Centre of Excellence in the Philosophy of the Social Sciences (TINT)

Monday 18 August 2014

Venue: University of Helsinki Main Building, Fabianinkatu 33, room 10.

Please see www.helsinki.fi/tint/events.htm or below for the event programme.

Programme

10:15-11:15 Elliott Sober (University of Wisconsin): Parsimony and Chimpanzee Mind-Reading

11:15-12:15 Tomi Kokkonen (University of Helsinki): Evolution of altruism and theory of mind

12:15-13:45 Lunch break

13:45-14:45 Marion Godman (University of Helsinki/Cambridge): Homology thinking in culture

14:45-15:45 Petri Ylikoski (University of Helsinki): Anachronisms and Evolutionary Reconstruction

15:45-16:00 Coffee break

16:00-17:00 Ilkka Niiniluoto (University of Helsinki): Abduction and Cultural Evolution