- Professor
University of Calgary
Department of Philosophy
Marc Ereshefsky
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Research Interests
Currently Teaching
| F2012 - PHIL 467 - Problems in the Philosophy of Science | ||||||||||
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| F2012 - PHIL 565.3 - Philosophical Topics in the Sciences | ||||||||||
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| F2012 - PHIL 667.3 - Topics in Philosophy of Science | ||||||||||
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Past Graduate Students
PhD
2008 - Jennifer Runke, Metaphors in Biology
2005 - Jesse Hendrikse, Explanation and Inheritance
2001 - Jay Odenbaugh, Searching for Patterns, Hunting for Causes: A Philosophical Examination of Mathematical Modeling in Theoretical Ecology
1997 - David Baumslag, A Goal-Oriented Theory of Science
1996 - Mohamed Elsamahi, A Coherentist View of Theory Acceptance
MA
2007 - Sky Coulter, Biological Normality
2007 - Michael Steiner, Scientific Laws
2006 - Clement Loo, Proper Function: Criticisms and Replies
2002 - Shawna Boyle, Genetic Research: Why we do it, Why we should
1998 - Jesse Hendrikse, No Powers, No Causes
1994 - Barrett Wolski, The Grooves of Nature: Dispositions and Natural Kinds
2008 - Jennifer Runke, Metaphors in Biology
2005 - Jesse Hendrikse, Explanation and Inheritance
2001 - Jay Odenbaugh, Searching for Patterns, Hunting for Causes: A Philosophical Examination of Mathematical Modeling in Theoretical Ecology
1997 - David Baumslag, A Goal-Oriented Theory of Science
1996 - Mohamed Elsamahi, A Coherentist View of Theory Acceptance
MA
2007 - Sky Coulter, Biological Normality
2007 - Michael Steiner, Scientific Laws
2006 - Clement Loo, Proper Function: Criticisms and Replies
2002 - Shawna Boyle, Genetic Research: Why we do it, Why we should
1998 - Jesse Hendrikse, No Powers, No Causes
1994 - Barrett Wolski, The Grooves of Nature: Dispositions and Natural Kinds
Publications
Book
- Ereshefsky, Marc. The Poverty of the Linnaean Hierarchy: A Philosophical Study of Biological Taxonomy Cambridge University Press, 2001. Print.
Book Chapter
- Ereshefsky, Marc. "Darwin e la natura delle specie" Il futuro di Darwin. La specie Turn Printing-Publishing Union, 2009. 3-22. Print.
- Ereshefsky, Marc. "Natural Kinds in Biology" Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy Routledge (to appear), Print.
- Ereshefsky, Marc. "Species, Taxonomy, and Systematics" Philosophy of Biology: An Anthology Wiley-Blackwell, 2009. Print.
- Ereshefsky, Marc. "Systematics and Taxonomy" The Blackwell Campanion to Philosophy of Biology Wiley-Blackwell, 2008. Print.
Edited Book
- Ereshefsky, Marc (ed). The Units of Evolution: Essays on the Nature of Species Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1992. Print.
Journal Article
- Ereshefsky, Marc. Darwin's Solution to the Species Problem (to appear)
- Ereshefsky, Marc. What's Wrong with the New Biological Essentialism (to appear)
- Ereshefsky, Marc. Microbiology and the Species Problem (to appear)
- Ereshefsky, Marc. Defining 'Health' and ‘Disease’ 40. 2009. 221-227.
- Ereshefsky, Marc. Homology: Integrating Phylogeny and Development (to appear)
- Ereshefsky, Marc. Where the Wild Things Are: Environmental Preservation and Human Nature 22. 2007. 57-72.
- Ereshefsky, Marc. Psychological Categories as Homologies: Lessons from Ethology 2. 2007. 659-674.
- Ereshefsky, Marc. Foundational Issues Concerning Taxa and Taxon Names 56.2 2007. 295-301.
Degrees
- B.A. - University of California, Berkeley
- M.A. - University of Wisconsin, Madison
- Ph.D. - University of Wisconsin, Madison
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