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Curriculum Vitae
Robert N. BrandonClick here for a printer-ready version, or
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| Duke Box 90743, Durham, NC 27708-0743
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- Education
| Ph.D. | Harvard University | 1979 |
| B.A. | University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill | 1974 |
- Areas of Interest
- Philosophy of Science,
Philosophy of Biology,
Logic
- Professional Service
- University Committee
- Board Member, John Hope Franklin Center, 2012 - present
- Chair of the Provost’s Committee on Misconduct in Research, January 2012
- Committee for Integration accross scales in the sciences, February 2006
- APT, 2006-07 academic year
- DGS
- DGS-Duke Certificate Program in Philosophy of Biology, Duke Certificate Program in Philosophy of Biology, 2012 - present
- Center for Philosophy of Biology, February 2006
- Departmental Officer
- Job officer; search committee., January 2012
- Chair, January 01, 2000 - June 30, 2004
- Departmental Committee
- Graduate student admission committee, 2013
- Service to the Professional Community
- External evaluator on tenure cases at Arizona State University and Tufts., External evaluator on tenure cases at Arizona State University and Tufts.. January 07, 2012, January 2012
- Manuscript referee for Biology and Philosophy, Philosophy of Science, and The British Journal for Philosophy of Science., Manuscript referee for Biology and Philosophy, Philosophy of Science, and The British Journal for Philosophy of Science.. January 07, 2012, January 2012
- 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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