James Lennox, PhD, a prominent scholar of the history and philosophy of biology, will deliver the annual John and Penelope Biggs Lecture in the Classics for the Assembly Series at 4 p.m. Wednesday, April 7, in Simon Hall’s May Auditorium.
This event, which is free and open to the public, originally was scheduled for Thursday, April 8.
The lecture, “William Harvey: Enigmatic Aristotelian of the Scientific Revolution,” will focus on Aristotle’s understanding of biology and Charles Darwin and Darwinism.
Lennox has taught at the University of Pittsburgh’s history and philosophy of science departments since 1977 and has written or edited many journal articles, essays and books, including Aristotle’s Philosophy of Biology: Studies in the Origins of Life Sciences and Concepts, Theories and Rationality in the Biological Sciences. In addition, he serves on a number of editorial boards for major philosophical journals.
Lennox earned a bachelor’s degree from York University and master’s and doctoral degrees from the University of Toronto.
For more information on this Assembly Series program or others, visit assemblyseries.wustl.edu, or call (314) 935-4620.