Historian and philosopher Robert J. Richards, a University of Chicago professor, will present a lecture on “Darwin’s Biology of Intelligent Design” at 8 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 17, in the Higley Hall Auditorium (100 Ridge Road). The lecture is free and open to the public.

Richards’ research is in history and philosophy of psychology and biology. He is the Morris Fishbein Professor of the History of Science and Medicine and professor in the departments of philosophy, history and psychology at the University of Chicago. Richards has authored a number of works including “Darwin and the Emergence of Evolutionary Theories of Mind and Behavior” and “The Tragic Sense of Life: Ernst Haeckel and the Struggle over Evolutionary Thought.”

CALENDER LISTING: Denison University, Granville—Historian and philosopher Robert J. Richards lecture on “Darwin’s Biology of Intelligent Design” at 8 p.m. on Thurs., Sept. 17, in the Higley Hall Auditorium (100 Ridge Road). Free and open to the public. For more information contact 740-587-6387, or visit www.denison.edu.

About Denison:

Denison University, founded in 1831, is an independent, residential liberal arts institution located in Granville, Ohio. A highly selective college enrolling 2,100 full-time undergraduate students from all 50 states and dozens of foreign countries, Denison is a place where innovative faculty and motivated students collaborate in rigorous scholarship, civic engagement and the cultivation of independent thinking.

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