Individual Members

Jon Gibbins
Institution:

University of Reading

Areas of interest: Function and Teleology, Medicine, Physiology
Raymond Goldstein
Institution:

University of Cambridge

Areas of interest: Agency and Autonomy, Directionality in Development and Evolution, Methods, Transitions in Agency/Individuality
James Griesemer
Institution:

University of California, Davis

Project or lab website: https://griesemer.net
Areas of interest: Adaptation and Adaptationism, Agency and Autonomy, Causation in Development and Evolution, Classification / Taxonomy, Directionality in Development and Evolution, Ecology and Earth System Science, Formal models of agency and cooperation, Genomics, History of Life and the Fossil Record, Mechanism, Vitalism and Organicism, Methods, Transitions in Agency/Individuality
Paul Griffiths
Institution:

University of Sydney and Macquarie University

Areas of interest: Adaptation and Adaptationism, Agency and Autonomy, Causation in Development and Evolution, Classification / Taxonomy, Function and Teleology, Genomics, Mechanism, Vitalism and Organicism, Medicine, Transitions in Agency/Individuality
Katrin Hammerschmidt
Institution:

Evolutionary Microbiology, Kiel University

 

Areas of interest: Adaptation and Adaptationism, Agency and Autonomy, Causation in Development and Evolution, Directionality in Development and Evolution, Ecology and Earth System Science, Education / Outreach, Genomics, History of Life and the Fossil Record, Mechanism, Vitalism and Organicism, Transitions in Agency/Individuality
Jacob Hart
Institution:

Recent MA Philosophy graduate from King’s College London. BA Philosophy, University of Reading. Currently developing research at the intersection of philosophy of biology, evolutionary theory, non-equilibrium thermodynamics and ecology. Background also in psychology and philosophy of mind with plans to combine my research into a coherent explanation of life and its moral relevance.

Areas of interest: Adaptation and Adaptationism, Agency and Autonomy, Causation in Development and Evolution, Directionality in Development and Evolution, Ecology and Earth System Science, Function and Teleology, Mechanism, Vitalism and Organicism, Methods, Transitions in Agency/Individuality
Jonathan Hill
Institution:

Manchester Metropolitan University; University of Reading

Johannes Jaeger
Institution:

Freelance Researcher, Philosopher, Facilitator, and Educator
Associate Faculty, Complexity Science Hub (CSH) Vienna

Project or lab website: https://johannesjaeger.eu
Areas of interest: Agency and Autonomy, Causation in Development and Evolution, Education / Outreach, Mechanism, Vitalism and Organicism