[http://philosophy.sas.upenn.edu/ University of Pennsylvania Philosophy Department]
* <strongsmall>Cristina Bicchieri</strong> // ['''page url''': http://philosophygoo.sas.upenn.edugl/faculty/bicchieri website], BpuOAI + [http://wwwgoo.sas.upenn.edu/~cb36gl/vitaBpuOAI.html CVinfo visitor statistics], [http:<//philpapers.org/s/Cristina%20Bicchieri PhilPapers]**Specialties: evolutionary game theory, evolution of social normssmall>
* <strong>Karen Detlefsen</strong> // [http://philosophy'''I.sas.upenn.edu/faculty/detlefsen website], [http://philosophy.sas.upenn.edu/sites/www.phil.upenn.edu/files/Detlefsen%20CV.pdf CV], [http://philpapers.org/profile/10967 PhilPapers]** Specialties: history of Faculty working in philosophy of biology'''
* <strong>Gary Hatfield</strong> // '''[httpshttp://philosophy.sas.upenn.edu/faculty/hatfield websitedetlefsen Karen Detlefsen], [http://www''' (Associate Professor of Philosophy and Education)Research Interests*History of philosophy of science*History of modern philosophy*Early modern women philosophersRecent Publications*(2014) Biology and theology in Malebranche’s theory of organic generation.sasIn Ohad Nachtomy and Justin E.upennH.edu/~hatfield/vita14nrSmith (eds.pdf CV]), [http''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)://philpapers207-209.org/profile/63802 PhilPapers]** Specialties(2013). Teleology and natures in Descartes' Sixth Meditation. In ''Descartes' Meditations: history of philosophy of biologyA Critical Guide'', perception, neuroscience and psychologyCambridge University Press. 153-176.
* <strong>Quayshawn Spencer</strong> (starts Spring 2015; currently at USF) // website '''[httphttps://philosophy.sas.upenn.edu/biofaculty/spencer 1hatfield Gary Hatfield], [https://sites.google.com/site/qnjspencer/ 2], [https://sites.google.com/site/qnjspencer/curriculum-vitae CV], [http://philpapers.org/profile/6707 PhilPapers]** Specialties: population genetics, phylogenetics, biology and race''' (Professor of Philosophy)
Research Interests* <strong>Michael Weisberg</strong> // website [http://History of modern philosophy.sas.upenn.edu/faculty/weisberg 1], [http://www.phil.upenn.edu/~weisberg/Homepage/Home.html 2], [http://www.phil.upenn.edu/~weisberg/Homepage/CV.html CV], [http://philpapers.org/profile/81 PhilPapers]*Philosophy of psychology*Theories of vision* Specialties: evolutionary theory, mathematical modeling, agent-based models in evolution and ecology, origin Philosophy of life, biology and racescience
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.
'''[http://philosophy.sas.upenn.edu/bio/spencer 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)
'''[http://philosophy.sas.upenn.edu/faculty/weisberg 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'''
'''[http://philosophy.sas.upenn.edu/faculty/bicchieri/ 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.
'''[https://philosophy.sas.upenn.edu/faculty/domotor 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.
'''[https://philosophy.sas.upenn.edu/bio/singer 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''.
'''[https://philosophy.sas.upenn.edu/faculty/weinstein 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
[http://www.phil.upenn.edu/~weisberg/Group.html 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 [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'''
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.
'''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 // [http://www.emilycparke.com 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
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