<strong>UC Davis Griesemer/Millstein Philosophy of Biology Lab</strong> [[File:Cropped-Lab-Fall-2014-799.jpg||700px|border|Front row, from left: Jun Otsuka, Sarah Roe (on screen), Michael Hunter. Back row, from left: Roberta L. Millstein, Rick Morris, I-Sen Chen, Tyrus Fisher, Josef Kay, Shawn A. Miller, James R. Griesemer]] <small>'''page url''': http://goo.gl/TfDDqK + [http://goo.gl/TfDDqK.info visitor statistics]</small> === Faculty === * <strong>James R. Griesemer</strong> // website [http://philosophy.ucdavis.edu/people/jrgriese 1], [http://jrgriesemerucdavis.wordpress.com 2], [http://philbiolab.net 3], [http://jrgriesemerucdavis.wordpress.com/resume/ CV], [http://philpapers.org/asearch.pl?categorizerOn=&sqc=&publishedOnly=&strict=1&freeOnly=&newWindow=on&sort=relevance&filterByAreas=&proOnly=on&langFilter=&searchStr=Griesemer%2C%20James%20R%2E&onlineOnly=&author=Griesemer%2C%20James%20R%2E&showCategories=on&hideAbstracts=&search_header=search_header%2Ehtml&filterMode=keywords& PhilPapers]** Specialties: Evolutionary biology, genetics, developmental biology, ecology, and systematics** Willing to work with new students? Yes* <strong>Roberta L. Millstein </strong> // website [http://philosophy.ucdavis.edu/people/rlmillst 1], [http://rlm.net 2], [http://philbiolab.net 3], [http://home.comcast.net/~rmillstein1/cv.html CV], [http://philpapers.org/profile/634 PhilPapers]** Specialties: History and philosophy of evolutionary biology and ecology, causation, chance, environmental ethics** Willing to work with new students? Yes === Philosophy of Biology Lab ===
UC Davis is home to the [http://philbiolab.net Griesemer/Millstein Philosophy of Biology Lab], which was founded by Jim Griesemer and earned its moniker when Roberta Millstein joined the [http://philosophy.ucdavis.edu UCD Philosophy Department] in Fall 2006.
The philosophy Ph.D. program offers a Designated Emphasis in [http://sts.ucdavis.edu/ Science & Technology Studies], where the faculty include historian of science [http://innovation.ucdavis.edu/people/biagioli Mario Biagioli] and cultural anthropologist [http://dumit.net/ Joseph Dumit], author of [http://dumit.net/drugs-for-life/ <em>Drugs for Life (2012 Duke University Press)</em>]. Both Prof. Millstein and Prof. Griesemer are affiliated faculty with the STS program. And, as it happens, Prof. Griesemer's 1989 “[http://sss.sagepub.com/content/19/3/387.short boundary objects]” paper with Leigh Star is the most cited paper in <em>Social Studies of Science</em>, a leading STS journal. As of November 2014, the paper has been cited 5,142 times overall.
=== Current Philosophy of Biology Graduate Students ===
* <strong>M. A. Hunter</strong>
* <strong>Shawn A. Miller</strong> // website [http://philosophy.ucdavis.edu/people/shamille 1], [http://shamiller.net 2], [http://latexserver.net 3], [http://shamiller.net/smiller--CV.html CV]
* <strong>Rick Morris</strong>
=== Recent Philosophy of Biology Postdocs ===
* <strong>Jun Otsuka</strong> // [http://junotk.wordpress.com/ website], [http://philpapers.org/profile/60688 PhilPapers]
=== Recent Philosophy of Biology Graduates ===
* <strong>Bert Baumgaertner, 2013</strong> (tenure-track position at University of Idaho) // website [http://www.uidaho.edu/class/philosophy/bert-baumgaertner 1], [http://www.bertbaum.com/ 2], [http://www.bertbaum.com/cv/ CV]
* <strong>Sarah Roe, 2014</strong> (tenure-track position at Southern Connecticut State University) // [http://www.sarahmroe.com/ website], [http://www.sarahmroe.com/cv.html CV]
=== Select Recent Publications ===
==== Griesemer ====
* Griesemer, J., 2015. “What Salamander Biologists Have Taught Us About Evo-Devo,” in Alan C. Love (ed), Conceptual Change in Biology: Scientific and Philosophical Perspectives on Evolution and Development (Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science, vol. 307). Springer Verlag, Dordrecht, pp 271-301.
* Griesemer, J. 2013. “Formalization and the Meaning of “Theory” in the Inexact Biological Sciences,” Biological Theory 7: 298-310. OnlineFirst
==== Millstein ====
* Chao, Hsiang-Ke, Chen, Szu-Ting, and Millstein, Roberta L. (Eds.), Mechanism and Causality in Biology and Economics, History, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences, Vol. 3, Springer, 2013.
* Millstein, Roberta L. (forthcoming), “[http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/10244/ How the Concept of 'Population' Resolves Concepts of 'Environment,']” Philosophy of Science.
* Millstein, Roberta L. (forthcoming), “[http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/10901/ Probability in Biology: The Case of Fitness]” in A. Hájek and C. R. Hitchcock (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Probability and Philosophy, Oxford: Oxford University Press. (commissioned)
* Millstein, Roberta L. (2014), “[http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/10244/ How the Concept of 'Population' Resolves Concepts of 'Environment,']” Philosophy of Science 81: 741-755.
* Millstein, Roberta L. (2013), “[http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/9611/ Natural Selection and Causal Productivity]” in H. Chao, S. Chen, and R. L. Millstein (eds.), Mechanism and Causality in Biology and Economics, Springer, 147-163.
* Chao, Hsiang-Ke, Chen, Szu-Ting, and Millstein, Roberta L. (2013), “[http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-94-007-2454-9_1 Towards the Methodological Turn in the Philosophy of Science]” in H. Chao, S. Chen, and R. L. Millstein (eds.), Mechanism and Causality in Biology and Economics, Springer, 1-16.
* Millstein, Roberta L. (2013), “[http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/9547/ Environmental Ethics” ] in K. Kampourakis (ed.), [http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-94-007-6537-5/page/1 The Philosophy of Biology: A Companion for Educators] in the series History, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences 1, Springer, 723-743. (commissioned)
* Millstein, Roberta L. (2013), “[http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/9226/ Exploring the Status of Population Genetics: The Role of Ecology],” Biological Theory: Integrating Development, Evolution and Cognition (special thematic issue on “The Meaning of ‘Theory’ in Biology”) 7: 346-357.
* Otsuka, J. (forthcoming). Causal Foundations of Evolutionary Genetics, The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science. (]http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/10693/ Preprint)]
* Otsuka, J. (2014). Using Causal Models to Integrate Proximate and Ultimate Causation, Biology and Philosophy. ([http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10539-014-9448-9?sa_campaign=email/event/articleAuthor/onlineFirst Link])
=== Faculty = Otsuka ====
* <strong>James R. Griesemer</strong> // website [http://philosophy.ucdavis.edu/people/jrgriese 1]Otsuka, [http://jrgriesemerucdavisJ.wordpress(forthcoming).com 2]Causal Foundations of Evolutionary Genetics, [http://philbiolabThe British Journal for the Philosophy of Science.net 3], ([http://jrgriesemerucdavisbjps.wordpress.com/resume/ CV], [http://philpapersoxfordjournals.org/asearch.pl?categorizerOn=&sqc=&publishedOnly=&strict=1&freeOnly=&newWindow=on&sort=relevance&filterByAreas=&proOnly=on&langFilter=&searchStr=Griesemer%2C%20James%20R%2E&onlineOnly=&author=Griesemer%2C%20James%20R%2E&showCategories=on&hideAbstracts=&search_header=search_header%2Ehtml&filterMode=keywords& PhilPapers]** Specialties: Evolutionary biology, genetics, developmental biology, ecology, and systematics** Willing to work with new students? Yes* <strong>Roberta L. Millstein<content/strong> early/2014/ website [http:12/04/philosophybjps.ucdavisaxu039.edu/people/rlmillst 1], [http://rlm.net 2], [http://philbiolab.net 3], [http://home.comcast.net/~rmillstein1/cv.html CV], [http://philpapers.org/profile/634 PhilPapers]** Specialties: History and philosophy of evolutionary biology and ecology, causation, chance, environmental ethics** Willing to work with new studentsshort? Yes rss=== Current Philosophy of Biology Graduate Students === * <strong>M. A. Hunter</strong>* <strong>Shawn A. Miller</strong> // website [http://philosophy.ucdavis.edu/people/shamille 1Link], [http://shamiller.net 2], [http://latexserver.net 3], [http://shamiller.net/smiller--CV.html CV])* <strong>Rick Morris</strong> === Current Philosophy of Biology Postdocs === * <strong>Jun Otsuka</strong> // [http://junotk.wordpress.com/ website], [http://philpapersJ.org/profile/60688 PhilPapers] === Recent Philosophy of Biology Graduates === * <strong>Bert Baumgaertner, 2013</strong> (tenure-track position at University of Idaho2014) // website [http://www.uidahoUsing Causal Models to Integrate Proximate and Ultimate Causation, Biology and Philosophy.edu/class/philosophy/bert-baumgaertner 1], ([http://wwwlink.bertbaumspringer.com/ 2], [http:article//www10.bertbaum.com1007/cv/ CV]* <strong>Sarah Roe, 2014</strong> (tenures10539-track position at Southern Connecticut State University) 014-9448-9?sa_campaign=email/event/ [http:articleAuthor//www.sarahmroe.com/ website], [http://www.sarahmroe.com/cv.html CVonlineFirst Link])
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