Elliott Sober, Hans Reichenbach Professor and Wiliam F. Vilas Research Professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison will be working with members of The Sydney Centre for the Foundations of Science, running a masterclass, and giving talks, in Semester 1, 2010. Professor Sober’s research is in the philosophy of science, especially in the philosophy of evolutionary biology. His books include: The Nature of Selection – Evolutionary Theory in Philosophical Focus (1984), Reconstructing the Past – Parsimony, Evolution, and Inference (1988), Philosophy of Biology (1993), Unto Others – The Evolution and Psychology of Unselfish Behavior (1998, coauthored with David Sloan Wilson), and Evidence and Evolution – the Logic Behind the Science (2008).

• March 30: Masterclass
• March 31: Colloquium with University of Sydney Department of Philosophy
• April 15: Colloquium at Australian National University
• April 19: HPS seminar at University of Sydney
• April 22: Sydney Ideas Open public lecture

Further information: http://sydney.edu.au/foundations_of_science/people/sober_masterclass.shtml