Publications

Potochnik, A. (2008). "Optimality modeling in a suboptimal world." Biology & Philosophy 24(2): 183–197.

Reiss, J.O. (2009). Not by Design: Retiring Darwin's Watchmaker. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press.

Rose, M.R. and Lauder, G.V. (1996). Adaptation. London: Academic Press.

Roy, R., Moreno, N., Brockman, S. A., Kostanecki, A., Zambre, A., Holl, C., Solhaug, E. M., Minami, A., Snell-Rood, E. C., Hampton, M., Bee, M. A., Chiari, Y., Hegeman, A. D., & Carter, C. J. (2022). Convergent evolution of a blood-red nectar pigment in vertebrate-pollinated flowers. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119(5), e2114420119.

Ruse, M. (1989). “Teleology in biology: is it a cause for concern?” Trends in Ecology & Evolution 4(2): 51 - 54.

Ruse, M. (2003).Darwin and Design: Does Evolution Have a Purpose? Cambridge (MA): Harvard University Press.

Sfara, E. (2022). On hemianopsia, vision and adaptive reactions in organism’s pathological states.

Simpson, G.G. (1958). “The study of evolution.” InBehavior and Evolution.Edited by A. Roe and G.G. Simpson. New Haven: Yale University Press, 7–26.

Steck, M. K., Zambre, A. M., & Snell-Rood, E. C. (2022). Plasticity in resource choice: a time-limited butterfly prioritizes apparency over quality. Animal Behaviour, S0003347222003189.

Takacs, P., & Bourrat, P. (2021). Fitness: static or dynamic? European Journal for Philosophy of Science, 11(4), 112.

Takacs, P., & Bourrat, P. (2022). The arithmetic mean of what? A Cautionary Tale about the Use of the Geometric Mean as a Measure of Fitness. Biology & Philosophy, 37(2), 12.

Turner, J.S. (2007).The Tinkerer’s Accomplice: How Design Emerges from Life Itself. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.

Walsh, D. (2015). Organisms, Agency and Evolution. Cambridge (UK): Cambridge University Press.

Williams, G.C. (1966). Adaptation and Natural Selection: A Critique of Some Current Evolutionary Thought. Princeton: Princeton University Press.

Wouters, A. (2007). “Design explanation: determining the constraints on what can be alive.” Erkenntnis 67:65–80.

Ågren, A. J. (2021). Why the selfish genes metaphor remains a powerful thinking tool | Aeon Essays. Aeon.

Ågren, J. A., & Patten, M. M. (2022). Genetic conflicts and the case for licensed anthropomorphizing. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 76(12), 166.

Arnellos, A., & Moreno, A. (2022). Cognitive functions are not reducible to biological ones: the case of minimal visual perception. Biology & Philosophy, 37(4), 35.

Barandiaran, X., E. Di Paolo, and M. Rohde. (2009). “Defining agency. Individuality, normativity, asymmetry and spatio-temporality in action.” Adaptive Behavior 17(5):367–386.

Beckner, M. (1968).The Biological Way of Thought. Berkeley and Los Angeles: The University of California Press.

Bich, L., & Bechtel, W. (2022). Control mechanisms: Explaining the integration and versatility of biological organisms. Adaptive Behavior, 105971232210744.

Bich, L., & Bechtel, W. (2022). Organization needs organization: Understanding integrated control in living organisms. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, 93, 96–106.

Black, A.J., Bourrat, P. and Rainey, P.B. (2020). “Ecological scaffolding and the evolution of individuality.” Nature Ecology & Evolution 4:426–436.

Buss, L. (1987). The Evolution of Individuality. Princeton: Princeton University Press.

Callebaut, W. G.B. Mueller, and S.A. Newman. (2007). “The organismic systems approach. Streamlining the naturalistic agenda.” In Integrating Evolution and Development: From Theory to Practice. Edited by R. Sansom and R.N. Brandon. Cambridge (UK): Cambridge University Press, 25–92.