Research Directory

This directory lists people and organizations involved in a variety of areas of research of interest to the consortium.

Alan Love
Institution:

University of Minnesota

Areas of interest: Adaptation and Adaptationism, Causation in Development and Evolution, Directionality in Development and Evolution, Function and Teleology, Genomics, History of Life and the Fossil Record, Mechanism, Vitalism and Organicism
Dan McShea
Institution:

Department of Biology
Duke University

Areas of interest: Agency and Autonomy, Causation in Development and Evolution, Directionality in Development and Evolution, Ecology and Earth System Science, Formal models of agency and cooperation, Function and Teleology, History of Life and the Fossil Record, Mechanism, Vitalism and Organicism, Transitions in Agency/Individuality
Alvaro Moreno
Institution:

Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC)

Areas of interest: Agency and Autonomy, Causation in Development and Evolution, Directionality in Development and Evolution, Function and Teleology, Mechanism, Vitalism and Organicism, Transitions in Agency/Individuality
Matteo Mossio
Institution:

Institut d'Histoire et de Philosophie des Sciences et des Techniques (IHPST)

Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne

Areas of interest: Agency and Autonomy, Causation in Development and Evolution, Ecology and Earth System Science, Function and Teleology, Mechanism, Vitalism and Organicism, Physiology
Arsham Nejad Kourki
Institution:

Francis Crick Institute

Areas of interest: Adaptation and Adaptationism, Agency and Autonomy, Causation in Development and Evolution, Classification / Taxonomy, Directionality in Development and Evolution, Education / Outreach, Formal models of agency and cooperation, Function and Teleology, History of Life and the Fossil Record, Mechanism, Vitalism and Organicism, Physiology, Transitions in Agency/Individuality
David Oderberg
Institution:

Department of Philosophy

University of Reading

Reading RG6 6EL

United Kingdom

Project or lab website: https://www.davidsoderberg.uk
Areas of interest: Agency and Autonomy, Causation in Development and Evolution, Classification / Taxonomy, Function and Teleology, History of Life and the Fossil Record, Mechanism, Vitalism and Organicism, Physiology
Tianqin Ren
Institution:

University of Missouri; Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science

Project or lab website: https://www.rentianqin.com
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, Education / Outreach, Formal models of agency and cooperation, Function and Teleology, Genomics, History of Life and the Fossil Record, Mechanism, Vitalism and Organicism, Medicine, Methods, Physiology, Transitions in Agency/Individuality
Thomas Reydon
Institution:

Leibniz University Hannover, Institute of Philosophy

Project or lab website: https://www.reydon.info
Areas of interest: Adaptation and Adaptationism, Agency and Autonomy, Causation in Development and Evolution, Classification / Taxonomy, Directionality in Development and Evolution, Function and Teleology, History of Life and the Fossil Record, Mechanism, Vitalism and Organicism, Transitions in Agency/Individuality

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