Patrick Forber
Philosopher of Biology
Forthcoming:
- Confirmation and explaining how possible. Studies in the History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in the History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Published:
- A primer on adaptationism. Introduction to the special issue, Spandrels and Adaptationism: Marking Thirty Years of Controversy - Biology and Philosophy
- Spandrels and a pervasive problem of evidence. Biology and Philosophy
- On the explanatory roles of natural selection Biology and Philosophy
- Manipulation and the causes of evolution. Philosophy of Science (with Kenneth Reisman)
- Can there be stochastic evolutionary causes? Philosophy of Science (with Kenneth Reisman)
- Nietzsche was no Darwinian. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research
- Forever beyond our grasp?Biology and Philosophy (essay book review of Stanford 2006)
- Grounding the big picture Biology and Philosophy (essay book review of Mitchell 2003)
- Book review of Okasha 2006 Philosophical Review
Dissertation Project:
- The traces of change: evidence in evolutionary biology (contact me for an electronic copy)
Works in Progress:
- A new kind of eliminative inference
- Confirmation and the signatures of selection
Unpublished: