Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science

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Biological Interest Group April 20, 2018

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Research on Purpose: New Model Combines Philosophy and Science

Through nearly $15 million in Templeton Foundation funding, a new international cohort program led by philosophy researcher Alan Love aims to explore purposive-looking…

Prof. Samuel C. Fletcher outside in spring, brown leather jacket, glasses

Samuel Fletcher awarded NSF CAREER grant

MCPS fellow and board member Samuel C. Fletcher has been awarded a 5-year, $442,998 CAREER grant from the National Science Foundation to develop new conceptual foundations for…

Alan Love places “evo-devo” front and center

Newest Winton Chair embraces synergy between biology and philosophy

Ruth Shaw elected to National Academy of Sciences

Congratulations to Ruth Shaw (MCPS fellow and board member) newly elected to the National Academy of Sciences

The Argument Clinic

Samuel Fletcher adds a pedagogical note in the American Philosophical Association's "Teaching and Learning Video Series"
The Argument Clinic.