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Dr. David Sloan Wilson is SUNY Distinguished Professor of Biology and Anthropology at Binghamton University and president of the Evolution Institute. Dr. Wilson is an evolutionary biologist who is one of the leading thinkers and communicators in evolutionary theory. He oversees programs that apply the evolutionary sciences to real-world issues in fields as diverse as education, public policy, and the study of religion and spirituality. One of his recently published books is This View of Life: Completing the Darwinian Revolution.
Dr. Wilson's Presentations:
Groups as Organisms: Implications for Therapy and Training
Bowen theory’s systemic orientation stands in contrast with Individualism as the dominant intellectual tradition of the last 70 years. Individualism is at last yielding to Multilevel Selection (MLS) theory, which shows that functional organization can evolve (or fail to evolve) at any level of a multi-tier hierarchy of social units, such as from genes to ecosystems in biological systems and from individuals to global governance in human systems. He will provide an overview of MLS theory and the need for therapy and training to take place at the level of functionally oriented groups in addition to the individual person.
Prosocial: A Practical Framework for Managing Cultural Evolution in Real-World Settings
When evolution is defined as any process that includes the three ingredients of variation, selection, and replication, then it exists in the form of personal and cultural evolution in addition to genetic evolution. In all cases, evolution frequently results in outcomes that create problems rather than solutions for normative goals such as personal fulfillment, group visions and missions, and long-term global sustainability. Work is required to manage evolutionary processes so that they become aligned with our normative goals at all scales. He will provide an overview of Prosocial.world (Prosocial for short), an ambitious practical framework for managing personal and cultural evolution, with collaborative potential in mind.
About
The Annual Symposium on Family Theory and Family Psychotherapy is the most important meeting on Bowen theory and its applications. It brings together the liveliest minds in the Bowen network to present, question, and discuss their latest research and ideas. The Symposium also features a Distinguished Guest Lecturer from another scientific discipline whose research is relevant to Bowen theory.
- Maintain and develop practices of scientific inquiry through collaboration and interaction with scientists and active participation in scholarly pursuits.
- Contribute to the development of Bowen theory as a science of human behavior through promoting research and writing, fostering thoughtful interchange among Bowen theorists, and maintaining viable contact with the natural sciences.
- Contribute to the development of leadership of Bowen theorists locally, nationally, and throughout the world through training and collaboration.
- Disseminate Bowen theory and its applications as a resource to address major life challenges for individuals, families, organizations, and communities. Disseminate Bowen theory and its applications as a resource to address major life challenges for individuals, families, organizations, and communities.
- Financially sustain and enhance the Bowen Center and its mission.
- Engage with the communities in the Washington/Baltimore area through education and service.
One of the strategic goals of the Center is to disseminate Bowen theory into the world. Making Bowen theory more available for learning, research, and application to Spanish speakers through our website and other publications is an important aspect of that goal.
Interested people from many Spanish speaking countries, including Mexico, Spain, Colombia, Chile, Panama, Peru, Cuba, and Guatemala, have expressed interest in and engaged the ideas of Bowen theory, despite the fact most of the information is published in English. The faculty of the Bowen Center is looking forward to establishing a dialogue with those who study and use the theory in their own countries to enrich our understanding of the human family.
This website is the outcome of the efforts of a dedicated group of Bowen professionals to translate key writings and subtitle videos, as well as to offer original writings to the Spanish speaking world.
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