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Robert N. Brandon, Professor of Philosophy and Biology and Affiliate of the Duke Initiative for Science & Society edit Robert N. Brandon (Ph.D. 1979, Harvard)
joined the Duke Faculty in fall of 1979. He
holds a joint appointment in Philosophy and
Biology
. He
has published articles in
Philosophy of Science, Studies in
History and
Philosophy of Science, Biology and
Philosophy, PSA 1980 and PSA
1982, some of
which have subsequently been anthologized.
He has co-edited (with Richard Burian)
Genes, Organisms, Populations:
Controversies over the Units of Selection
(Bradford Books, MIT Press, 1984), and his
book, Adaptation and Environment was
published by Princeton University Press in
1990. His most recent book Concepts and
Methods in Evolutionary Biology
(Cambridge)
was published in 1996. During the spring of
1984 he had a visiting appointment at the
Department of History and Philosophy of
Science, University of Pittsburgh. Brandon is a member of Duke's Center for the Philosophy of Biology. Office Location: 209 West Duke Bldg, Durham, NC 27708
Office Phone: (919) 660-3067
Fax: (919) 660-3060
Email Address:  
Education:
Ph.D., Harvard University, 1979
B.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1974
- Specialties:
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Philosophy of Biology
Logic
- Research Interests:
- Robert N. Brandon (Ph.D. 1979, Harvard)
joined the Duke Faculty in fall of 1979. He
holds a joint appointment in Philosophy and
Biology
. He
has published articles in
Philosophy of Science, Studies in
History and
Philosophy of Science, Biology and
Philosophy, PSA 1980 and PSA
1982, some of
which have subsequently been anthologized.
He has co-edited (with Richard Burian)
Genes, Organisms, Populations:
Controversies over the Units of Selection
(Bradford Books, MIT Press, 1984), and his
book, Adaptation and Environment was
published by Princeton University Press in
1990. His most recent book Concepts and
Methods in Evolutionary Biology
(Cambridge)
was published in 1996. During the spring of
1984 he had a visiting appointment at the
Department of History and Philosophy of
Science, University of Pittsburgh. Brandon is a member of Duke's Center for the Philosophy of Biology.
- Areas of Interest:
- Philosophy of Science,
Philosophy of Biology,
Logic
Teaching (Fall 2016):
- PHIL 242.01, Problems in phil of science
Synopsis
- Carr 114, TuTh 01:25 PM-02:40 PM
- PHIL 250.01, Symbolic logic
Synopsis
- Carr 135, MW 04:40 PM-05:55 PM
- Recent Publications
(More Publications)
- RN Brandon and DW McShea. "Four solutions for four puzzles." Biology and Philosophy 27.5 (2012): 737-744. [doi] [abs]
- G Ramsey and R Brandon. "Why reciprocal altruism is not a kind of group selection." Biology & Philosophy 26.3 (May, 2011): 385-400. [doi]
- R.N. Brandon. "“Why Reciprocal Altruism is Not a Kind of Group Selection” (with Grant Ramsey) in Biology and Philosophy, (2011) Vol. 26, 3: 385-400.." (2011).
- R.N. Brandon. "“The Concept of the Environment in Evolutionary Theory,” in The Environment: Topics in Contemporary Philosophy, vol. 9 (ed. By M. O’Rouke and M. Slater)." (2011).
- R.N. Brandon. "“A General Case for Functional Pluralism,” in Function: Selection and Mechanisms (ed. by P. Huneman)." (2011).
- Curriculum Vitae
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