Affiliations
I am an Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Missouri, Columbia. I am also affiliated with the University of Missouri's Life Science and Society Program.
Before arriving at the University of Missouri in 2006, I was an Assistant then Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Rhode Island (1997-2006). I have held visiting positions at: the Department of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (1994-1995), the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at Cambridge University (2005), and I was an Associate at the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard (1998-2006).
Before arriving at the University of Missouri in 2006, I was an Assistant then Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Rhode Island (1997-2006). I have held visiting positions at: the Department of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (1994-1995), the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at Cambridge University (2005), and I was an Associate at the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard (1998-2006).
Research
My research specialty is philosophy of science, especially the philosophy of biology.
My papers can be found here (with links).
I am currently writing a book-length manuscript on how the introduction of probability and statistics in the first quarter of the 20th century has significantly altered the nature of Darwin's own theory of natural selection.
My papers can be found here (with links).
I am currently writing a book-length manuscript on how the introduction of probability and statistics in the first quarter of the 20th century has significantly altered the nature of Darwin's own theory of natural selection.
Teaching
Links
The University of Missouri's Philosophy Department is on Facebook.
Here is a blog devoted to philosophy of science issues: "Itsonlyatheory"
Here is a blog devoted to philosophy of science issues: "Itsonlyatheory"
Education
I received my PhD in philosophy with a minor in evolutionary biology from the University of Arizona in 1997. I also did graduate work in philosophy and evolutionary biology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
My mentors include Robert Cummins, Richard Lewontin, Mohan Matthen, Richard Michod, Michael Ruse, Elliott Sober, and Denis Walsh.
My mentors include Robert Cummins, Richard Lewontin, Mohan Matthen, Richard Michod, Michael Ruse, Elliott Sober, and Denis Walsh.
