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SUMMARY:The informational gene: semantic concepts in genetics as models - 
 Rahul Rose (Department of History and Philosophy of Science)
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DESCRIPTION:This talk outlines the key philosophical positions surrounding
  the ascription of semantic properties to genes. Teleosemantic and develop
 mental role accounts of genomic representation are critiqued for taking 'i
 nformational talk' too seriously. I propose that intentional language in b
 iology is metaphorical. Following the theories of metaphor proposed by Ric
 hard Boyd\, Max Black and Kendall Walton among others\, I maintain that th
 e semantic information root metaphor played a central role in constituting
  early theories and hypotheses in genetics. I discuss how its role in mole
 cular biology has diminished\, and note its numerous pitfalls.
LOCATION:Seminar Room 1\, Department of History and Philosophy of Science
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