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Curriculum Vitae

Robert N. Brandon

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Duke Box 90743, Durham, NC 27708-0743 (919) 660-3067 (office)
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Education

Ph.D. Harvard University1979
B.A.University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill1974
Areas of Interest

Philosophy of Science, 
Philosophy of Biology, 
Logic

Selected Recent Invited Talks

The ZFEL Explanation of Macro-evolutioary Diversity, Montpellier, France, 2013/07  
Causation in Biology, UNC-Chapel Hill, September 02, 2012  
February, Robert N. Brandon, “The ZFEL Explanation of Macroevolutionary Diversity” at the University of Vermont, Department of Biology,, 2011  
April, Robert N. Brandon, “The ZFEL Explanation of Macroevolutionary Diversity” at the University of Chicago, Conceptual Foundations of Evolution, 2011  
July, Robert N. Brandon - “Response to Critics” at the biennial meeting of the International Society for History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Biology, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2011  
June, Robert N. Brandon, “The Hierarchical Nature of Biology’s First Law” at the annual Duke/Toronto/Montreal/Paris Consortium in Philosophy of Biology held in Paris, 2011  
Exporting Causal Knowledge in Biology: With and Without General Laws, Philosophy of Science Association meetings, Vancouver, CA, November 04, 2006  
Diversity and Complexity: Which Came First?, University of Montreal, May, 2006  
Historical, Structural and Functional Concepts: There is no Conflict, Paris, France, November 18, 2005  
The Principle Drift: Biology's First Law, The Konrad Lorenz Institute, Altenberg, Austria, September 24, 2005  
Doctoral Theses Directed

Leonore Z. Fleming, (0000)  
David Crawford, (0000)  
Publications (listed separately)

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