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33A review of David Hull, science and selection: Essays on biological evolution and the philosophy of science (review)Biology and Philosophy 17 (5): 739-742. 2002.
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42Arguing About Human Nature: Contemporary Debates (edited book)Routledge. 2013.Arguing About Human Nature covers recent debates--arising from biology, philosophy, psychology, and physical anthropology--that together systematically examine what it means to be human. Thirty-five essays--several of them appearing here for the first time in print--were carefully selected to offer competing perspectives on 12 different topics related to human nature. The context and main threads of the debates are highlighted and explained by the editors in a short, clear introduction to each o…Read more
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21Confronting Variation in the Social and Behavioral SciencesPhilosophy of Science 83 (5): 909-920. 2016.I pose problems for the views that human nature should be the object of study in the social and behavioral sciences and that a concept of human nature is needed to guide research in these sciences. I proceed by outlining three research programs in the social sciences, each of which confronts aspects of human variation. Next, I present Elizabeth Cashdan and Grant Ramsey’s related characterizations of human nature. I go on to argue that the research methodologies they each draw on are more product…Read more
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