Selected Bibliography:
Books
1. (forthcoming Spring 2006). Exceeding Our Grasp:
Science, History, and the Problem of Unconceived Alternatives.
Oxford University Press.
Articles
2. (1995). “
For Pluralism and
Against Realism About Species”, Philosophy of Science
62: 70-91.
3. (1998). “
Reference and Natural
Kind Terms: The Real Essence of Locke’s View”,
Pacific Philosophical Quarterly 79: 78-97.
4. (2000; lead author, with Philip Kitcher). “
Refining the Causal
Theory of Reference for Natural Kind Terms”, Philosophical
Studies 97: 99-129.
5. (2000). “
An
Antirealist Explanation of the Success of Science”,
Philosophy of Science 67: 266-284.
6. (2001). “
Refusing the
Devil’s Bargain: What Kind of Underdetermination Should We
Take Seriously?”, Philosophy of Science 68
(Proceedings): S1-S12.
7. (2001). “
The Units of
Selection and the Causal Structure of the World”, Erkenntnis
54: 215-233.
8.(2002). “
The
Manifest Connection: Causation, Meaning and David Hume”,
Journal of the History of Philosophy 40: 339-360.
9. (2003). “
No
Refuge for Realism: Selective Confirmation and the History of
Science”, Philosophy of Science 70: 913-925.
10. (2003). “
Pyrrhic Victories for
Scientific Realism”, Journal of Philosophy 100: 553-572.
11. (in press).
“Francis
Galton’s Stirp Theory of
Inheritance and the Problem of Unconceived Alternatives”,
Biology and Philosophy.
12. (in press). “
August
Weismann’s Theory of the
Germ-Plasm and the Problem of Unconceived Alternatives”,
History
and Philosophy of the Life Sciences.
13. (forthcoming). “
Darwin’s Pangenesis and
the
Problem of Unconceived Alternatives”, British Journal for the
Philosophy of Science.
Book Chapters
14. (forthcoming). “
Reading Nature: The
Interpretation of Scientific Theories”, in Larry Sklar,
ed., The Oxford Handbook of the Philosophy of Science.
Encyclopedia Articles
15. (in press). “
Instrumentalism”
in The
Philosophy of Science: An Encyclopedia, ed. Sahotra Sarkar and
Jessica Pfeifer. New York: Routledge (3000 wds).
16. (in press, with Jeff Barrett). “
Prediction”
in The Philosophy of Science: An Encyclopedia, ed. Sahotra Sarkar
and Jessica Pfeifer. New York: Routledge (7000 wds).
Book Reviews
17. (1999). “
Preaching to the
Choir? Robert
Klee and the Latest Face of Scientific Realism” (Essay Review
of
Klee's Cutting Nature at its Seams: Introduction to the
Philosophy of Science), Studies in the History and Philosophy of
Science 30: 367-375.
18.(2001).
Review
of Elliott Sober and David Sloan Wilson’s
Unto Others: The Evolution and Psychology of Unselfish Behavior.
Journal of Philosophy 98: 43-47.
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