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The University of Bristol: Bristol, GB

2006-08-01 to present | Academic , Professor of Philosophy of Science (Department of Philosophy)
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Cancer and Multi-Level Selection

British Journal for the Philosophy of Science
2024 | Other | Author
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Contributors: Samir Okasha
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The Significance of Mendelism for Evolutionary Theory

Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology
2024-11-25 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Samir Okasha
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Cancer and the Levels of Selection

British Journal for the Philosophy of Science
2024-09-01 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Samir Okasha
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Scepticism, Evidential Holism and the Logic of Demonic Deception

Noûs
2024-02-14 | Journal article | Author
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Goal attributions in biology

Evolution 'On Purpose'
2023 | Book chapter | Author
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Contributors: Samir Okasha
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On the very idea of biological individuality

British Journal for the Philosophy of Science
2023-10-01 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Samir Okasha
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The Concept of Agent in Biology

Biological Theory
2023-06-28 | Journal article | Author
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Towards evolutionary predictions

Evolutionary Applications
2023-01-18 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Meike T. Wortel; Deepa Agashe; Susan F. Bailey; Claudia Bank; Karen Bisschop; Thomas Blankers; Johannes Cairns; Enrico Sandro Colizzi; Davide Cusseddu; Michael M. Desai et al.
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Population Genetics (revised)

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
2022-11-24 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Samir Okasha
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Function in the Light of Frequency-Dependent Selection

Australasian Philosophical Review
2022-10-02 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Samir Okasha
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On geometric mean fitness

Biology and Philosophy
2022-08-26 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Bengt Autzen; Samir Okasha
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The Major Transitions in Evolution - a philosophy-of-science perspective

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
2022-02-07 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Samir Okasha
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Is there a Bayesian justification of hypothetico-deductive inference?

Noûs
2020-12 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Samir Okasha; Karim Thebault
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The Price Equation and the Causal Analysis of Evolutionary Change

Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Section B Biology
2020-04-27 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Samir Okasha; Jun Otsuka
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Philosophy of Biology: a very short introduction

2019-11-01 | Book | Author
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Contributors: Samir Okasha
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Edwards on Fisher's Fundamental Theorem of Natural Selection

Phylogenetic Inference, Selection Theory, and History of Genetics
2018-06-29 | Book chapter | Author
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Contributors: Samir Okasha
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Agents and Goals in Evolution

2018-06-12 | Book | Author
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Contributors: Samir Okasha
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The strategy of endogenization in evolutionary biology

Synthese
2018-06-06 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Samir Okasha
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Methodological Individualism in Evolutionary Biology and in Social Science

Landscapes of Collectivities
2018-01-12 | Book chapter | Author
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Part of ISBN: 9780262036856
Contributors: Samir Okasha
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Biology and the Theory of Rationality

How Biology Shapes Philosophy
2017 | Book chapter | Author
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Contributors: Samir Okasha
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On Hamilton's Rule and Inclusive Fitness Theory with Non-additive Payoffs

Philosophy of Science
2016-12 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Samir Okasha
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On the Interpretation of Decision Theory

Economics and Philosophy
2016-11 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Samir Okasha
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The Relation between Kin and Multi-level Selection

British Journal for the Philosophy of Science
2016-06 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Samir Okasha
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Hamilton's rule, inclusive fitness maximization, and the goal of individual behaviour in symmetric two-player games

Journal of Evolutionary Biology
2016-03 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Samir Okasha; Johannes Martens
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The causal meaning of Hamilton's rule

Royal Society Open Science
2016-03-16 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Samir Okasha; Johannes Martens
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Kin Selection and its Critics

Bioscience
2015 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Jonathan Birch; Samir Okasha
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Philosophy of Science: a very short introduction (2nd edition)

2015 | Book | Author
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Contributors: Samir Okasha
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On Arrow’s Theorem and Scientific Rationality

Mind
2015-01-15 | Journal article | Author
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The Formal Darwinism Project: editors' introduction

Biology and Philosophy
2014 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Samir Okasha; Cedric R Paternotte
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Inclusive Fitness Maximization

Journal of Theoretical Biology
2014-06 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Samir Okasha; John Weymark; Walter Bossert
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Adaptation, Fitness and the Selection-Optimality Links

Biology and Philosophy
2014-03 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Samir Okasha; Cedric Paternotte
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Species and Organisms

From Groups to Individuals
2013 | Book chapter | Author
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Contributors: Samir Okasha; Ellen Clarke
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The Evolution of Bayesian Updating

Philosophy of Science
2013 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Samir Okasha
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The Origins of Human Cooperation

Biology and Philosophy
2013 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Samir Okasha
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Units and Levels of Selection

The Princeton Guide to Evolution
2013 | Book chapter | Author
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On a flawed argument against the KK principle

Analysis
2013-01 | Journal article | Author
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Evolution and Rationality

2012 | Edited book | Author
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Contributors: Samir Okasha; Kenneth G Binmore
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Group adaptation, formal Darwinism and contextual analysis

Journal of Evolutionary Biology
2012-06 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Samir Okasha; Cedric R Paternotte
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Social justice, genomic justice, and the veil of ignorance: Harsanyi meets Mendel

Economics and Philosophy
2012-03 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Samir Okasha
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Emergence, hierarchy and top-down causation in evolutionary biology

Interface Focus
2012-02 | Journal article | Author
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Biological Ontology and Hierarchical Organization

The Major Transitions in Evolution Reconsidered
2011 | Book chapter | Author
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Contributors: Samir Okasha
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Modelling in Biology and Economics

Biology and Philosophy
2011 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Samir Okasha; Michael Weisberg
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Precis of 'Evolution and the Levels of Selection'

Philosophy and Phenomenological Research
2011 | Journal article | Author
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Reply to Sober and Waters

Philosophy and Phenomenological Research
2011 | Journal article | Author
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Experiment, observation, and the confirmation of laws

Analysis
2011-04 | Journal article | Author
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Theory choice and social choice: Kuhn versus Arrow

Mind
2011-03 | Journal article | Author
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Optimal Choice in the Face of Risk: Decision Theory meets Evolution

Philosophy of Science
2011-01 | Journal article | Author
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Cooperation, conflict, sex and bargaining

Biology and Philosophy
2010 | Book review | Author
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Contributors: Jonathan Grose; Cedric Paternotte; Samir Okasha; Kenneth Binmore
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Evolution and Directionality

EPSA Philosophical Issues in the Sciences
2010 | Book chapter | Author
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Levels of Selection

Current Biology
2010 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Samir Okasha
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Peer review (6 reviews for 3 publications/grants)

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