Nathan H. Lents is an American scientist, author, and university professor. He has been on the faculty of John Jay College since 2006 and is currently the director of the Cell and Molecular Biology program. He is noted for his work in cell biology, genetics, and forensic science, as well as his popular science writing…
John A. Dupré is a British philosopher of science. He is the director of Egenis, the Centre for the Study of Life Sciences, and professor of philosophy at the University of Exeter. Dupré’s chief work area lies in philosophy of biology, philosophy of the social sciences, and general philosophy of science. Dupré, together with Nancy…
Denis Noble is a British physiologist and biologist who held the Burdon Sanderson Chair of Cardiovascular Physiology at the University of Oxford until 2004 and was appointed Professor Emeritus and co-Director of Computational Physiology. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society. Noble is one of the pioneers of systems biology and developed the first…
Elliott R. Sober is Hans Reichenbach Professor and William F. Vilas Research Professor Emeritus in the Department of Philosophy at University of Wisconsin–Madison. He has served as the president of both the Central Division of the American Philosophical Association and the Philosophy of Science Association. He was president of the International Union of History and…
Terrence William Deacon is an American neuroanthropologist. He is currently Professor of Anthropology and member of the Cognitive Science Faculty at the University of California, Berkeley. Deacon’s research combines human evolutionary biology and neuroscience, with the aim of investigating the evolution of human cognition. His work extends from laboratory-based cellular-molecular neurobiology to the study of…
Philip Kitcher is a British philosopher who is John Dewey Professor Emeritus of philosophy at Columbia University. Kitcher is the author of twelve books, including Living with Darwin: Evolution, Design, and the Future of Faith; In Mendel’s Mirror: Philosophical Reflections on Biology; and The Lives to Come: The Genetic Revolution and Human Possibilities. He was…
Quayshawn Spencer is the Robert S. Blank Presidential Associate Professor of Philosophy and Undergraduate Chair at the University of Pennsylvania. Spencer received his Ph.D. in philosophy and his M.S. in biology at Stanford, and he completed his B.A. in chemistry and philosophy at Cornell. He specializes in philosophy of science, philosophy of biology, and philosophy…
S. Joshua Swamidass is a computational biologist, physician, academic, and author. He is an associate professor of Laboratory and Genomic Medicine, and a Faculty Lead of Translational Bioinformatics in the Institute for Informatics at Washington University in St. Louis. Swamidass has published over 150 articles. He focuses his research on applications of statistical machine learning…
Anya Plutynski is a historian and philosopher of biology and medicine. She currently teaches philosophy at Washington University in St. Louis. Plutynski received her Ph.D. in Philosophy, and her M.A. in Biology, both from the University of Pennsylvania. Her research interests include biomedical research ethics, particularly issues surrounding precision oncology, cancer genomics, and risk communication. Her…
Paul Griffiths is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Sydney and works primarily in the Philosophy of Science and more particularly Philosophy of Biology. He received a B.A. from the University of Cambridge and a Ph.D. in philosophy from the Australian National University in 1989 under the supervision of Kim Sterelny. He taught previously…
Alan C. Love, Ph.D., is a professor in the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Minnesota. He also serves as director of the Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science. Love’s research focuses on conceptual issues in biology and has concentrated on evolutionary developmental biology (evo-devo), developmental biology, molecular biology, and paleontology. He uses…
Alexander Rosenberg (who generally publishes as “Alex”) is an American philosopher and novelist. He is the R. Taylor Cole Professor of Philosophy at Duke University with secondary appointments in the biology and political science departments. He is also co-director of Duke’s Center for the Philosophy of Biology. Rosenberg is well known for contributions to philosophy…