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'''I. Faculty working in philosophy of biology'''
'''[http://philosophy.sas.upenn.edu/faculty/detlefsen Karen Detlefsen]''' (Associate Professor of Philosophy and Education)
Research Interests
*History of philosophy of science
*(2013). Teleology and natures in Descartes' Sixth Meditation. In ''Descartes' Meditations: A Critical Guide'', Cambridge University Press. 153-176.
'''[https://philosophy.sas.upenn.edu/faculty/hatfield Gary Hatfield]''' (Professor of Philosophy)
Research Interests
*(2013) ''Evolution of Mind, Brain, and Culture'', ed. Gary Hatfield and Holly Pittman. University of Pennsylvania Press.
'''[http://philosophy.sas.upenn.edu/bio/spencer Quayshawn Spencer]''' (Assistant Professor)
Research Interests
*Future projects will explore (1) phylogenetics, race, and human populations and (2) medical genetics and racial discrimination, and (3) the metaphysics of race (book)
'''[http://philosophy.sas.upenn.edu/faculty/weisberg Michael Weisberg]''' (Associate Professor)
Research Interests
'''II. Faculty in related areas of philosophy of science'''
'''[http://philosophy.sas.upenn.edu/faculty/bicchieri/ Christina Bicchieri]''' (Professor of Philosophy and Psychology)
Research Interests
*(2013) (with Hugo Mercier) Self-serving biases and public justifications in trust games. ''Synthese'' 190(5):909-922.
'''[https://philosophy.sas.upenn.edu/faculty/domotor Zoltan Domotor]''' (Professor of Philosophy)
Research Interests
*(2007) (with Vadim Batitsky) When good theories make bad predictions. ''Synthese'' 157(1):79 - 103.
'''[https://philosophy.sas.upenn.edu/bio/singer Daniel Singer]''' (Assistant Professor)
Research Interests
*(forthcoming) (with Grim, Fisher, and Reade) Germs, genes, and memes. ''Philosophy of Science''.
'''[https://philosophy.sas.upenn.edu/faculty/weinstein Scott Weinstein]''' (Professor)
Research Interests
Weisberg Research Group
*Meets weekly to discuss recent papers
*Provides feedback on paper drafts, practice talks, and conference abstracts
'''IV. Opportunities for studying the history of biology'''
Penn’s department of History and Sociology of Science ([[https://hss.sas.upenn.eduHistory and Sociology of Science]]) offers a number of graduate courses in history of biology, broadly construed. Recent examples include Biology in the Last Century (Fall 2009), Environmental History (Spring 2014), History of Medicine (Fall 2014), and a seminar on Genetics and Genomics (Fall 2014).
'''V. Opportunities for studying biology and pursuing biology research'''
Graduate students in philosophy may take up to three courses for credit outside of philosophy; students interested in philosophy of biology have taken graduate courses and seminars in the biology department, including Advanced Evolution, Advanced Ecology, Plant Ecology, and an Advanced Topics course on Social Evolution. The biology department welcomes philosophers of biology participating in its weekly Ecolunch Ecology and Evolution talk series ([https://www.bio.upenn.edu/events/ecolunch) Ecolunch Ecology and Evolution talk series] and regular departmental seminars ([[https://www.bio.upenn.edu/events/seminars departmental seminars]]).
Two current graduate students are active research members of laboratories in the Biology Department: Karen Kovaka has been working in Timothy Linksvayer’s lab since 2013 studying social evolution in ants, and Emily Parke has been working in Paul Sniegowski’s lab since 2010 studying the evolution of mutation rates in E. coli.
'''Karen Kovaka'''
*Specialities: individuality, social evolution, biological inheritance, ecology, environmental policy
'''Emily C. Parke (website: // [http://www.emilycparke.comwebsite])'''
*Specialties: experimental biology, experimental evolution, evolution of mutation rates, astrobiology and the origin of life
'''Carlos Santana'''
