selected publications academicarticle Sansom, R., & Shields, J. (2018). Asymmetry in the unificationist theory of causal explanation. Synthèse. 195(2), 765-783. SANSOM, R (2011). Auxiliary Hypotheses in Evidence and Evolution. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. 83(3), 673-682. Sansom, R. (2009). The nature of developmental constraints and the difference-maker argument for externalism. Biology and Philosophy. 24(4), 441-459. Sansom, R. (2008). The connectionist framework for gene regulation. Biology and Philosophy. 23(4), 475-491. Sansom, R (2008). Countering Kauffman with Connectionism: Two Views of Gene Regulation and the Fundamental Nature of Ontogeny. The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science. 59(2), 169-200. Sansom, R. (2003). Constraining the adaptationism debate. Biology and Philosophy. 18(4), 493-512. Sansom, R. (2003). Why Evolution is Really Indeterministic. Synthese. 136(2), 263-279. book Sansom, R. (2011). Ingenious genes: How gene regulation networks evolve to control development chapter Sansom, R. (2009). The nature of constraints. Form and Function in Developmental Evolution. (pp. 201-212). Cambridge University Press (CUP). Sansom, R. (2008). Evolvability. The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Biology. (pp. 138-160). Oxford University Press (OUP).
teaching activities PHIL251 Hnr-intro To Philosophy Instructor PHIL305 Phil Of Nat Science Instructor PHIL307 Phil Of Social Science Instructor PHIL485 Directed Studies Instructor PHIL491 Hnr-research Instructor PHIL645 Philosophy Of Science Instructor PHIL685 Directed Studies Instructor PHIL691 Research Instructor
chaired theses and dissertations Petrik, Kathryn Rose (2016-04). A Fallibilistic Approach to Education Policy. Schroeder, James William (2007-04). Assessing the possibility of a functionally discontinuous biological paradigm. Shields, Jannai (2012-10). Kitcher's Problem with Asymmetry.
education and training Ph.D. in Philosophy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - (Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States) 2002 M.A. in Philosophy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - (Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States) 1998 B.A. in Philosophy, Victoria University of Wellington - (Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand) 1994
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