[spsp-members] Elliott Sober's PhilInBioMed Award Lecture and Call for Commentaries

[Thomas Pradeu]

The *PhilInBioMed Award* is given annually for an outstanding contribution
to the advancement of biology or medicine through the use of philosophical
and theoretical tools.

To complement this recognition, the laureate receives a prize of 5,000
euros, which is awarded by the PhilInBioMed Institute
<https://www.philinbiomed.org/> in Bordeaux, France.

The first laureate of the PhilInBioMed Award is *Elliott Sober*, who is the
Hans Reichenbach Professor and William F. Vilas Research Professor in the
Department of Philosophy at University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA.

The ceremony will be held at the *University of** Bordeaux, France (Talence
Campus, Building C)* on *June 12**th**, 2023, at 2pm  (French time, GMT+1)*.
It will also be available *via Zoom* (see below).

The title of Elliott Sober's Award Lecture is:

*"**Darwin on Group Selection and Phylogenetic Inference – Simpson’s
Paradox and the Law of Likelihood"*

*T**hree leading biologists* will comment on Elliott Sober's lecture:

   - *Ford Doolittle* (Professor Emeritus at Dalhousie University in
   Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada) (via Zoom)
   - *Kevin N. Lala* (Formerly Laland) (Professor, Centre for Biological
   Diversity, University of St Andrews, UK) (in person)
   - *Silva De Monte* (CNRS Researcher, Eco-evolutionary Mathematics Team,
   Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France) (in person).

*It is very likely that a Call for Commentaries will be launched soon
(please check webpage below) and that the Lecture together with the
Commentaries and Replies by Elliott Sober will be published.*

*Schedule and detailed information:*

*https://www.philinbiomed.org/event/pibm-award-2023-sober/
<https://www.philinbiomed.org/event/pibm-award-2023-sober/>*

Attendance is free and open to everyone. Please contact Thomas Pradeu <
thomas.pradeu at u-bordeaux.fr> if you’d like to attend.

*The ceremony will be accessible virtually via Zoom*. Again, please contact
Thomas Pradeu if you'd like to receive the Zoom link.

Sincerely,

Thomas Pradeu, for the PhilInBioMed network.

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Thomas Pradeu
CNRS Research Director in Philosophy of Science
Immunology Unit ImmunoConcEpT, UMR5164, CNRS & University of Bordeaux
Team Leader Conceptual Biology and Medicine Team
<https://immunoconcept.cnrs.fr/conceptual-biology-medicine/>
Coordinator of the Philosophy in Biology and Medicine Network
<https://www.philinbiomed.org/> (PhilInBioMed)
146 rue Leo Saignat 33076 Bordeaux, France
& Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology
<https://www.ihpst.cnrs.fr/en> Pantheon-Sorbonne University 13 rue du
Four, 75006 Paris, France
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