I am interested in how biologists investigate, explain, and model causal processes in evolutionary phenomena. To understand these practices, I study the history and philosophy of scientific representation in ecology and evolution. In addition, I have recent projects on aesthetics and the relationship between matter and laws in Newtonian philosophy. 

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Web Page: http://calebhazelwood.com

Teaching (Fall 2024):

• WRITING 101.53, Academic writing Synopsis

  Crowell 106, MW 08:30 AM-09:45 AM

• PHIL 215.01, Applied/environmental ethics Synopsis

  Crowell 108, TuTh 10:05 AM-11:20 AM

Recent Publications   (More Publications)

• Hazelwood, C. "Newton's “law-first” epistemology and “matter-first” metaphysics." Studies in History and Philosophy of Science 101 (October, 2023): 40-47. [doi]
• Hazelwood, C. "Review of Charles H. Pence’sThe Causal Structure of Natural Selection- Charles H. Pence, The Causal Structure of Natural Selection. Elements in the Philosophy of Biology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (2021), 75 pp. $22.00 (paperback).." Philosophy of Science 90.3 (July, 2023): 750-753. [doi]
• Hazelwood, C. "Reciprocal causation and biological practice." Biology and Philosophy 38.1 (February, 2023). [doi]  [abs]
• Hazelwood, C. "An Emerging Dilemma for Reciprocal Causation." Philosophy of Science (January, 2023): 1-20. [doi]  [abs]
• Hazelwood, C. "Bruce S. Grant, Observing Evolution: Peppered Moths and the Discovery of Parallel Melanism. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2021.." History and philosophy of the life sciences 44.4 (November, 2022): 52. [doi]