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Peter Godfrey-Smith
Former Faculty
Mailing:
Philosophy Program
Research School of Social Sciences
The Australian National University
Canberra ACT
Australia 0200
Email: pgs@coombs.anu.edu.au
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Links and Online Papers
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Research Web Page
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Education History
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1987: Bachelor of Arts (First Class Honors and University Medal),
University of Sydney.
1991: PhD in Philosophy, University of California, San Diego.
Dissertation Title: "Teleonomy and the Philosophy of Mind."
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Areas of Interest
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Philosophy of biology, philosophy of mind, metaphysics, pragmatism
(especially John Dewey), philosophy of science, epistemology.
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Selected Bibliography
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Books:
- Complexity and the Function of Mind in Nature. Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press, 1996.
(Chinese language edition in preparation, with Hunan Science and Technology
Press.)
I am presently working on a book about causation and explanation in
genetics, and an introductory textbook in the philosophy of science.
Some of my articles:
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"Signal, Decision, Action," Journal of Philosophy 88 (1991): 709-722
- "Indication and Adaptation," Synthese 92 (1992): 283-312.
- "The Dimensions of Selection," with R. C. Lewontin, Philosophy of Science
60 (1993): 373-395.
- "A Modern History Theory of Functions," Noûs 28 (1994): 344-362.
Reprinted in C. Allen, M. Bekoff and G. Lauder (eds.), Nature's Purposes:
Analyses of Function and Design in Biology. Cambridge MA: MIT Press, 1998.
Reprinted also in D. Buller (ed.) Function, Selection and Design. Albany:
Suny Press, 1999.
- "On the Evolution of Behavioral Complexity in Individuals and Populations,"
with C. Bergstrom, Biology and Philosophy 13 (1998): 205-231.
- "Genes and Codes: Lessons from the Philosophy of Mind?" in V. Hardcastle
(ed.), Where Biology Meets Psychology: Philosophical Essays. MIT Press,
1999.
- "Adaptationism and the Power of Selection," Biology and Philosophy 14
(1999): 181-194.
- "On the Theoretical Role of 'Genetic Coding,'" Philosophy of Science 67
(2000): 26-44.
- "Three Kinds of Adaptationism," to appear in S. H. Orzack and E. Sober
(eds.), Optimality and Adaptationism. Cambridge University Press,
forthcoming.
- "Organism, Environment and Dialectics," to appear in R. Singh, C. Krimbas,
D. Paul and J. Beatty (eds.), Thinking About Evolution: Historical,
Philosophical and Political Perspectives. (Volume 2 of a Festschrift for
Richard Lewontin). Cambridge University Press, forthcoming.
- "Information and the Argument from Design," to appear in a collection of
papers about recent creationist arguments, edited by R. Pennock. MIT Press,
forthcoming.
- "On the Status and Explanatory Structure of DST," to appear in S. Oyama, P.
Griffiths and R. Gray (eds.) Cycles of Contingency: Developmental Systems
and Evolution. MIT Press, forthcoming.
- "The Replicator in Retrospect," to appear in Biology and Philosophy.
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Recent Courses
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Philosophy of Biology
Philosophy, Biology and Behavior
Pragmatism
Introduction to the History and Philosophy of Science
Various seminars in philosophy of science and metaphysics
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