The Governance of Nature
CPNSS Seminar Room T206 , LSE
27-28 October 2010
Day One
1 Historical Views of Governance and Order
Chair: Peter Harrison, Oxford
10.15-11.30 Eleonora Montuschi (LSE)
Order of Man, Order of Nature: Francis Bacon’s idea of a ‘dominion’ over nature
11.30-12.45 Dennis DesChene (Washington University , St Louis
Law, Order, and Formal Conditions of Wisdom in the late 17th Century
12.45-13.45 Lunch Break
14.00-15.15 Jon Hodge (Leeds )
Forms, Laws and Order from Plato to Darwin
2 Laws of Nature and their Alternatives
Chair: Nancy Cartwright, LSE and UCSD
15.30-16.45 Jonathan Cohen (UCSD)
Special Sciences, Conspiracy and the Better Best System Account of Lawhood
16.45-17.15 Tea – CPNSS common room
17.15-18.30 Robin Hendry (Durham
Dependence and Novelty
18.30 Drinks Reception – CPNSS common room
Day Two
2 Laws of Nature and their Alternatives
Chair: Rom Harre (LSE and Georgetown
10.00-11.15 Stephen Mumford (Nottingham )
A Powerful Theory of Nature
11.15-12.30 Towfic Shomar (Philadelphia University and Jordan
Causation and Order in Islamic Kalam
12.30-13.30 Lunch Break
3 Laws and Evolutionary Science
Chair: Eric Martin, LSE
13.45-15.00 John Brooke (Oxford
15.00-16.30 Chris Haufe (University of Chicago
Darwin’s Laws
16.30-17.00 Tea – CPNSS common room
17.00-18.15 Eric Desjardins (University of Western Ontario
Is there a Role for Stability and Laws in Managing Imbalanced Ecosystems?
Registration: R.Robinson1@lse.ac.uk
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