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Symposium participants,
login to access symposium papers and other instructions. Plenary Chat Schedule (all times are Eastern Standard) Thursday October 10th
Friday October 11th
Saturday October 12th
Concurrent Chat Schedule (all times are Eastern Standard) Saturday October 12th
Is the origin of biological information even a problem for biology? And if so, is it an important problem? Some scientists think that the origin of information is indeed the most important problem confronting biology. Others think that information is an inappropriate metaphor that has no business in biology. Still others think that information as such is important to biology but also that it is not a problem for biology, having been successfully explained by various naturalistic mechanisms (like random variation and natural selection). Of those scientists that think the origin of biological information is an important unresolved problem in biology, some take a teleological approach (e.g., intelligent design or immanent teleology). The aim of this symposium is to assess teleological approaches to the origin of biological information. All the invited participants are committed to such an approach. Even so, this symposium encourages critique of that approach. It is therefore open to all points of view on the origin of biological information and encourages submissions by anyone interested in this topic. Please submit a 200 to 300 word abstract to symposium@iscid.org. The deadline is Friday, September 27, 2002. If your abstract is accepted, you will then need to provide a 6000-8000 word paper on the origin of biological information. The deadline for that paper is Friday October 4, 2002. ISCID will post the paper on our site and make it available to symposium registrants. Once the paper is up, you will be assigned an hour or so to field questions about your paper in a chat forum. Also, registrants will have the opportunity to post comments to your paper -- comments to which you can respond as well. Purchase Access to the Symposium Transcripts and Papers ($25)
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