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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 2017):
- PHIL 250.01, Symbolic logic
Synopsis
- West Duke 204, TuTh 01:25 PM-02:40 PM
- PHIL 590S.01, Special fields seminar (top)
Synopsis
- West Duke 204, W 01:40 PM-04:10 PM
- Recent Publications
(More Publications)
- Fleming, L; Brandon, R. "Why flying dogs are rare: A general theory of luck in evolutionary transitions.." Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences 49 (February, 2015): 24-31. [doi] [abs]
- Brandon, R; Fleming, L. "Drift sometimes dominates selection, and vice versa: a reply to Clatterbuck, Sober and Lewontin." Biology & Philosophy 29.4 (July, 2014): 577-585. [doi]
- Brandon, RN; McShea, DW. "Four solutions for four puzzles." Biology & Philosophy 27.5 (2012): 737-744. [doi] [abs]
- Ramsey, G; Brandon, R. "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).
- Curriculum Vitae
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