Elliot Sober
is Hans Reichenbach Professor and William F. Vilas Research Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Eliott Sober is Hans Reichenbach Professor and William F. Vilas Research Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is the author of The Nature of Selection (MIT Press, 1984), Reconstructing the Past (MIT Press, 1988), Philosophy of Biology, and, with David Sloan Wilson, Unto Others: The Evolution and Psychology of Unselfish Behavior. His newest book, The Philosophy of Evolutionary Theory, was published in March 2024 by Cambridge University Press.
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Elliot Sober
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Elliot Sober
October 22, 2024
Evolutionary Mismatch and How To Evaluate It: A Basic Tutorial
Evolutionary mismatch is a state of disequilibrium whereby an organism that evolved in one environment develops a phenotype that is harmful to its fitness or well-being in another environment.
May 10, 2024
The Philosophy of Evolutionary Theory, with Elliott Sober
Philosophers have a major role to play in scientific inquiry, with topic areas such as physics and biology raising different sets of issues.