The impact/role of anthropomorphic perception in science: from protein linguistics to memetics
Wednesday, 15 November 2006
Leader of discussion: Foteini Christodoulou
References:
Definition of the term 'anthropomorphism'
Joseph Agassi, Anthromorphism in Science
G. A. Bradshaw and Barbara L. Finlay, Natural symmetry
Christopher Loose, Kyle Jensen, Isidore Rigoutsos, Gregory Stephanopoulos, A linguistic model for the rational design of antimicrobial peptides
Double Helix: the DNA years
Wednesday, 20 September 2006
Leader of discussion: Christian Hentrich
Science of Sustainable Environment: a Case Study
Thursday, 13 July 2006
Leader of discussion: Claudia Chica
References:
Claudia's reading notes
A quest for the economics of sustainability and the sustainability of economics by Matthias Ruth
Entropy, limits to growth, and the prospects for weak sustainability by Frank C. Krysiak
Francis Fukuyama on human nature
Thursday, 22 June 2006
Leader of discussion: Michal Karzynski
"Second thoughts: the last man in a bottle" (Francis Fukuyama)
"The End of History?" (Francis Fukuyama)
Against Method – a Leisure Time with Feyerabend
Wednesday, 3 May 2006
Leader of discussion: Christian Hentrich
The Universe in a Single Atom
Wednesday, 15 March 2006
Leader of discussion: Carl Neumann