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SUMMARY:Being human\, being Homo sapiens - Denis Walsh (University of Toro
 nto)
DTSTART:20181115T153000Z
DTEND:20181115T170000Z
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CONTACT:Agnes Bolinska
DESCRIPTION:Neo-Aristotelian ethical naturalism attempts to characterise h
 uman moral goodness as a natural phenomenon. It posits a substantive\, ess
 entialist\, normative concept of human nature as an explanatory primitive.
  Human nature\, according to neo-Aristotelianism\, is an instance of a gen
 eralised organismal nature. Opponents object that no such concept of organ
 ismal nature is sanctioned by best scientific practice. I offer a roundabo
 ut defence of the naturalistic status of neo-Aristotelianism. I argue that
  the concept of an organismal nature required by neo-Aristotelians can be 
 found Aristotle's notion of _Bios_\, a central feature of his theory of th
 e organism. I next argue that something quite like _Bios_ is required in c
 ontemporary evolutionary biology in order to explain the fit and diversity
  of organismal form.
LOCATION:Seminar Room 2\, Department of History and Philosophy of Science
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