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By evolvingthoughts on October 9, 2006.

If you go here you will find downloadable podcasts of this conference:

Second Queensland Biohumanities Conference, Philosophy of Ecology, held 29-30th June, 2006:

  • Introduction by Prof. Paul Griffiths, and Mathematical Models in Ecology and Conservation Biology: Mark Colyvan
  • The Agony of Community Ecology: Greg Cooper (not recorded, due to an equipment failure)
  • Seeing the Forest and the Trees: On the Very Idea of an Ecological Community: Jay Odenbaugh
  • Local Ecological Communities: Kim Sterelny
  • The Problem with Environmental Problem Formulation: Hugh Possingham
  • Toward a General Theory of Diversity and Equality: Greg Mikkelson
  • Panel Discussion: William Grey (UQ), Greg Mikkelson (McGill), Stefan Linquist (UQ): Sahotra Sarkar's contribution to the philosophy of ecology
  • Discussion: What are the current main issues in the philosophy of ecology?

Don't worry, none of it involves me, apart from a few mindless questions.

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Honestly, I can't recall what Cooper said. I was too busy stressing over whether the equipment was working. As the nearest thing to tech support in the project, I was the recordist for the conference...

The Agony of Community Ecology: Greg Cooper (not recorded, due to an equipment failure)

If my experience of trying to make sense of the community ecology iterature is anything to go by (particularly on theories of the origin and maintenance of diversity), that absolutely says it all. It's like a cross between a maze, a quagmire and a hall of mirrors.