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Timothy Shanahan

Disciplines:
philosophy of science
philosophy of science/philosophy of biology

Summary

American philosopher who has worked on the philosophy of evolutionary biology and Darwin's theory.

Core Contribution

The Evolution of Darwinism: a philosophical account of the development of Darwinian theory from Darwin to the Modern Synthesis.

Notable Works & Achievements

The Evolution of Darwinism

Historical Influences

Charles Darwin Philip Kitcher

Intellectual Lineage

Philosophy of Biology

Contemporaries & Peers

No recorded contemporaries.

Minds Influenced

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Intellectual Posterity

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