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'''I. Faculty working in philosophy of biology''' | '''I. Faculty working in philosophy of biology''' | ||
| − | '''Karen Detlefsen''' (Associate Professor of Philosophy and Education) | + | '''[http://philosophy.sas.upenn.edu/faculty/detlefsen Karen Detlefsen]''' (Associate Professor of Philosophy and Education) |
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*History of philosophy of science | *History of philosophy of science | ||
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*(2013). Teleology and natures in Descartes' Sixth Meditation. In ''Descartes' Meditations: A Critical Guide'', Cambridge University Press. 153-176. | *(2013). Teleology and natures in Descartes' Sixth Meditation. In ''Descartes' Meditations: A Critical Guide'', Cambridge University Press. 153-176. | ||
| − | '''Gary Hatfield''' (Professor of Philosophy) | + | '''[https://philosophy.sas.upenn.edu/faculty/hatfield Gary Hatfield]''' (Professor of Philosophy) |
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*(2013) ''Evolution of Mind, Brain, and Culture'', ed. Gary Hatfield and Holly Pittman. University of Pennsylvania Press. | *(2013) ''Evolution of Mind, Brain, and Culture'', ed. Gary Hatfield and Holly Pittman. University of Pennsylvania Press. | ||
| − | '''Quayshawn Spencer''' (Assistant Professor) | + | '''[http://philosophy.sas.upenn.edu/bio/spencer Quayshawn Spencer]''' (Assistant Professor) |
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*Future projects will explore (1) phylogenetics, race, and human populations and (2) medical genetics and racial discrimination, and (3) the metaphysics of race (book) | *Future projects will explore (1) phylogenetics, race, and human populations and (2) medical genetics and racial discrimination, and (3) the metaphysics of race (book) | ||
| − | '''Michael Weisberg''' (Associate Professor) | + | '''[http://philosophy.sas.upenn.edu/faculty/weisberg Michael Weisberg]''' (Associate Professor) |
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'''II. Faculty in related areas of philosophy of science''' | '''II. Faculty in related areas of philosophy of science''' | ||
| − | '''Christina Bicchieri''' (Professor of Philosophy and Psychology) | + | '''[http://philosophy.sas.upenn.edu/faculty/bicchieri/ Christina Bicchieri]''' (Professor of Philosophy and Psychology) |
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*(2013) (with Hugo Mercier) Self-serving biases and public justifications in trust games. ''Synthese'' 190(5):909-922. | *(2013) (with Hugo Mercier) Self-serving biases and public justifications in trust games. ''Synthese'' 190(5):909-922. | ||
| − | '''Zoltan Domotor''' (Professor of Philosophy) | + | '''[https://philosophy.sas.upenn.edu/faculty/domotor Zoltan Domotor]''' (Professor of Philosophy) |
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*(2007) (with Vadim Batitsky) When good theories make bad predictions. ''Synthese'' 157(1):79 - 103. | *(2007) (with Vadim Batitsky) When good theories make bad predictions. ''Synthese'' 157(1):79 - 103. | ||
| − | '''Daniel Singer''' (Assistant Professor) | + | '''[https://philosophy.sas.upenn.edu/bio/singer Daniel Singer]''' (Assistant Professor) |
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*(forthcoming) (with Grim, Fisher, and Reade) Germs, genes, and memes. ''Philosophy of Science''. | *(forthcoming) (with Grim, Fisher, and Reade) Germs, genes, and memes. ''Philosophy of Science''. | ||
| − | '''Scott Weinstein''' (Professor) | + | '''[https://philosophy.sas.upenn.edu/faculty/weinstein Scott Weinstein]''' (Professor) |
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Weisberg Research Group | Weisberg Research Group | ||
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*Meets weekly to discuss recent papers | *Meets weekly to discuss recent papers | ||
*Provides feedback on paper drafts, practice talks, and conference abstracts | *Provides feedback on paper drafts, practice talks, and conference abstracts | ||
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'''IV. Opportunities for studying the history of biology''' | '''IV. Opportunities for studying the history of biology''' | ||
| − | Penn’s department of | + | Penn’s department of [https://hss.sas.upenn.edu History 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''' | '''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 | + | 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 [https://www.bio.upenn.edu/events/ecolunch Ecolunch Ecology and Evolution talk series] and regular [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. | 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. | ||
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'''Karen Kovaka''' | '''Karen Kovaka''' | ||
*Specialities: individuality, social evolution, biological inheritance, ecology, environmental policy | *Specialities: individuality, social evolution, biological inheritance, ecology, environmental policy | ||
| − | '''Emily C. Parke | + | '''Emily C. Parke // [http://www.emilycparke.com website]''' |
*Specialties: experimental biology, experimental evolution, evolution of mutation rates, astrobiology and the origin of life | *Specialties: experimental biology, experimental evolution, evolution of mutation rates, astrobiology and the origin of life | ||
'''Carlos Santana''' | '''Carlos Santana''' | ||
Revision as of 19:30, 7 January 2015
University of Pennsylvania Philosophy Department
I. Faculty working in philosophy of biology
Karen Detlefsen (Associate Professor of Philosophy and Education) Research Interests
- History of philosophy of science
- History of modern philosophy
- Early modern women philosophers
Recent Publications
- (2014) Biology and theology in Malebranche’s theory of organic generation. In Ohad Nachtomy and Justin E. H. Smith (eds.), The Life Sciences in Early Modern Philosophy, Oxford University Press. 137-156.
- (2013) Emilie du Châtelet between Leibniz and Newton. British Journal for the History of Philosophy 21 (1):207-209.
- (2013). Teleology and natures in Descartes' Sixth Meditation. In Descartes' Meditations: A Critical Guide, Cambridge University Press. 153-176.
Gary Hatfield (Professor of Philosophy)
Research Interests
- History of modern philosophy
- Philosophy of psychology
- Theories of vision
- Philosophy of science
Recent Publications
- (2014) The Cartesian psychology of Antoine Le Grande. In Mihnea Dobre and Tammy Nyden (eds), Cartesian Skepticisms, Springer. 251-274.
- (2014) Activity and passivity in theories of perception: Descartes to Kant. In Jose Filipe Silva and Mikko Yrjonsuri (eds), Active Perception in the History of Philosophy: From Plato to Modern Philosophy, Springer. 275-289.
- (2013) Evolution of Mind, Brain, and Culture, ed. Gary Hatfield and Holly Pittman. University of Pennsylvania Press.
Quayshawn Spencer (Assistant Professor)
Research Interests
- Metaphysics of race
- The nature of biological populations
- Metaphysical issues in population genetics and systematics
- History of genetics
- The natural kind realism debate
Recent Publications
- (2014) A radical solution to the race problem. Philosophy of Science 81(5): 1025-1038.
- (2014) The unnatural racial naturalism. Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences 46:38-43.
- (2013) Biological theory and the metaphysics of race: a reply to Kaplan and Winther. Biological Theory 8(1): 114-120.
- (2012) What 'Biological Racial Realism' should mean. Philosophical Studies 159(2):181-204.
Current and Future Research
- Philosophy of race meets population genetics (under review)
- Do humans have continental populations? (manuscript)
- Book manuscript on race and biology
- Future projects will explore (1) phylogenetics, race, and human populations and (2) medical genetics and racial discrimination, and (3) the metaphysics of race (book)
Michael Weisberg (Associate Professor)
Research Interests
- Evolutionary theory
- Mathematical modeling
- Agent-based models in evolution and ecology
- Origin of life
- Biology and race
- Public understanding of evolution
Recent Publications
- (2014) Understanding the emergence of population behavior in individual-based models, Philosophy of Science 81(5):785-797.
- (2014) Remeasuring man. Evolution & Development 16:166–178.
- (2013) Simulation and Similarity: Using Models to Understand the World, Oxford University Press.
Current and Future Research
- Gene-culture evolutionary theory
- Origin of life chemistry
- Application of agent-based models to complex inheritance systems and biological processes
- Confirmation theory for idealized models of complex systems
- Public understanding of evolutionary biology
II. Faculty in related areas of philosophy of science
Christina Bicchieri (Professor of Philosophy and Psychology)
Research Interests
- Philosophy of social science
- Judgment and decisionmaking
- Social norms
- Epistemic foundations of game theory
Recent Publications
- (2013) (with Alex K. Chavez) Norm manipulation, norm evasion: experimental evidence. Economics and Philosophy 29(2):175-198.
- (2013) (with Hugo Mercier) Self-serving biases and public justifications in trust games. Synthese 190(5):909-922.
Zoltan Domotor (Professor of Philosophy)
Research Interests
- Philosophy of science
- Applied logic
- Epistemology
- Cognitive science
Recent Publications
- (2008) (with Vadim Batitsky) The analytic versus representational theory of measurement: A philosophy of science perspective. Measurement Science Review 8(6):129-146.
- (2007) (with Vadim Batitsky) When good theories make bad predictions. Synthese 157(1):79 - 103.
Daniel Singer (Assistant Professor)
Research Interests
- Epistemology
- Epistemic normativity
- General philosophy of science
Recent Publications
- (2014) Sleeping Beauty should be imprecise. Synthese 191(14):3159-3172.
- (forthcoming) (with Grim, Fisher, and Reade) Germs, genes, and memes. Philosophy of Science.
Scott Weinstein (Professor)
Research Interests
- Computational learning theory
- Descriptive complexity theory
- Finite model theory
- Mathematical logic
- Philosophy of mathematics
Recent Publications
- (2014) (with Daniel Osherson) Deontic modality based on preference. arXiv:1409.0824.
- (2012) (with Daniel Osherson) Preference based on reasons. The Review of Symbolic Logic 5(1):122-147.
III. Organized research groups focusing on philosophy of biology research
Weisberg Research Group website
- Meets weekly to discuss recent papers
- Provides feedback on paper drafts, practice talks, and conference abstracts
- Facilitates interdisciplinary discussion (members include philosophers, biologists, psychologists, engineers, and historians of science)
IV. Opportunities for studying the history of biology
Penn’s department of History 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 and regular 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.
VI. Current graduate students in philosophy of biology
Shereen Chang
- Specialties: animal cognition
Karen Kovaka
- Specialities: individuality, social evolution, biological inheritance, ecology, environmental policy
Emily C. Parke // website
- Specialties: experimental biology, experimental evolution, evolution of mutation rates, astrobiology and the origin of life
Carlos Santana
- Specialities: ecology/conservation biology, cultural evolution, human evolution
VII. Recent graduate students in philosophy of biology
Matt Bateman, 2012
- Head of Curriculum and Pedagogy at LePort Schools
- Specialities: cognitive neuroscience, experimentation
Alkistis Elliott-Graves, 2014
- Postdoctoral Fellow at The Rotman Institute of Philosophy, Western University
- Specialities: ecology, invasion biology
