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18Letters: the Grand Competition ContinuesRussell: The Journal of Bertrand Russell Studies 12. 1992.
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16Taking Darwin Seriously: A Naturalistic Approach to Philosophy by Michael Ruse (review)Isis 79 286-287. 1988.
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Reviews: Philosophical Aspects of Science-Complexity and Evolution (review)Annals of Science 55 (4): 428. 1998.
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15Naturalism and evolutionary epistemologiesIn M. Sintonen, J. Wolenski & I. Niiniluoto (eds.), Handbook of Epistemology, Kluwer Academic Publishers. pp. 735--745. 2004.
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30Individualism and the unity of science, Harold Kincaid. Rowman & Littlefield, 1997, VII + 165 pages (review)Economics and Philosophy 16 (1): 147-174. 2000.
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11Discussions of the moral status of animals typically address the key questions from an anthropocentric point of view. An alternative approach adopts a non-anthropocentric perspective. In this paper, I explore the theoretical and experimental results which make this approach plausible and address two key questions: [1] to what extent is it proper to speak of the moral lives of non-human animals? [2] How might we empirically establish that animals lead moral lives?
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49Ethics and evolution: The biological basis of moralityInquiry: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy 36 ( 1-2). 1993.
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35Scaling the metaphorical brick wallBehavioral and Brain Sciences 22 (6): 947-948. 1999.Palmer argues that functionalist accounts of the mind are radically incomplete in virtue of a “metaphorical brick wall” that precludes a complete treatment of qualia. I argue that functionalists should remain unmoved by this line of argument to the effect that their accounts fail to do justice to some “intrinsic” features of experience.
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18Russell's Scientific RealismRussell: The Journal of Bertrand Russell Studies 8 (1): 195-208. 1988.
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41An Information-Theoretic Approach to Evolutionary Epistemology: Information and Meaning in Evolutionary Processes William F. Harms Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004 (review)Biological Theory 1 (4): 431-433. 2006.
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24Ayer and Russell on Naive RealismPSA: Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association 1976. 1976.In this article Ayer's criticisms of Russell's defense of scientific realism and his criticisms of Russell's rejection of naive realism are discussed. It is argued that Ayer's criticisms either lack force or depend for their validity on the assumption of existence of a clear cut distinction between conventional and factual issues, an assumption which is question begging with respect to his discussion of Russell.
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38Metaphors and mechanisms in vehicle-based selection theoryBehavioral and Brain Sciences 17 (4): 612-612. 1994.
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73Epistemology from an evolutionary point of viewIn E. Sober (ed.), Conceptual Issues in Evolutionary Biology, The Mit Press. Bradford Books. pp. 453--476. 1994.
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5Taking Darwin Seriously: A Naturalistic Approach to PhilosophyMichael RuseIsis 79 (2): 286-287. 1988.
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Darwin's Legacy. A Review of Robert J. Richards, "Darwin and the Emergence of Evolutionary Theories of Mind and Behavior" (review)Biology and Philosophy 7 (1): 111. 1992.
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46Sociobiology and the roots of normativityThink 2 (6): 73-82. 2004.Michael Bradie challenges the assumption, common among sociobiologists and evolutionary psychologists, that it is to science, not philosophy, that we must look if we wish to answer the fundamental questions of ethics
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60Rationality and the Objectivity of ValuesThe Monist 67 (3): 467-482. 1984.One of the central themes of Hilary Putnam’s recent book, Reason, Truth and History, is the objectivity of values. The objectivity of values is a central component of the position Putnam calls “internal realism.” Internal realism is an attempt to delimit a point of view which is, on the one hand, objective, and, on the other, non-absolutistic. Internal realism is located precariously between an absolutist position which Putnam calls “metaphysical realism” and a sceptical relativism. The trick is…Read more
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217Assessing evolutionary epistemologyBiology and Philosophy 1 (4): 401-459. 1986.There are two interrelated but distinct programs which go by the name evolutionary epistemology. One attempts to account for the characteristics of cognitive mechanisms in animals and humans by a straightforward extension of the biological theory of evolution to those aspects or traits of animals which are the biological substrates of cognitive activity, e.g., their brains, sensory systems, motor systems, etc. (EEM program). The other program attempts to account for the evaluation of ideas, scie…Read more
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1Nicholas Rescher, ed., Current Issues in Teleology Reviewed byPhilosophy in Review 7 (1): 22-24. 1987.