Sandy Boucher is Senior Lecturer in the Philosophy of Science at the University of New England, NSW Australia. His research interests are mainly in the philosophy of biology (especially functions and teleology, the units of selection, species, natural kinds, macroevolution and paleobiology) and general philosophy of science (especially the scientific realism debate), but he also works on issues in metaphilosophy and epistemology. He has published several papers on empiricism and the concept of a philosophical stance. Current research projects include work on pragmatism in the scientific realism debate; functionalism and structuralism in biolo…
Sandy Boucher is Senior Lecturer in the Philosophy of Science at the University of New England, NSW Australia. His research interests are mainly in the philosophy of biology (especially functions and teleology, the units of selection, species, natural kinds, macroevolution and paleobiology) and general philosophy of science (especially the scientific realism debate), but he also works on issues in metaphilosophy and epistemology. He has published several papers on empiricism and the concept of a philosophical stance. Current research projects include work on pragmatism in the scientific realism debate; functionalism and structuralism in biology; and a book project on the metaphysics of biology (under contract with Palgrave-Macmillan). After receiving his Ph.D. his first position was as a researcher on the IARPA (Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity) Critical Thinking and Argument Mapping Project at the University of Melbourne. Before coming to UNE he taught at the University of Connecticut, University of Melbourne, and La Trobe University. He is Associate Editor of the Australasian Journal of Philosophy.
