Peter Godfrey-Smith

Peter Godfrey-Smith is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the City University of New York Graduate Center. Born in Australia in 1965, he received a Ph.D. in philosophy from UCSD in 1991, and taught previously at Harvard University, Stanford University and Australian National University. His research attempts to provide a philosophical foundation for the theory of evolution.^[1]

Selected publications

Darwinian Populations and Natural Selection (2009)
Peter Godfrey-Smith (2003). Theory and Reality: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Science. University of Chicago Press. pp. 272. ISBN 0226300625. http://books.google.com/books?id=K3IZqACcSH4C.
Peter Godfrey-Smith (1998). Complexity and the Function of Mind in Nature. Cambridge University Press. pp. 328. ISBN 0521646243. http://books.google.com/books?id=DI4_p8qQU9kC.

References

^ Gewertz, Ken (February 8, 2007). "The philosophy of evolution: Godfrey-Smith takes an evolutionary approach to how the mind works". Harvard University Gazette. http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2007/02.08/03-godfreysmith.html. .

External links

Faculty page on Harvard University website
Personal page on Harvard University website

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