Stephen Downes
Department Chair , Philosophy
Professor, Philosophy
Philosophy
Carolyn Tanner Irish Humanities Building
215 South Central Campus Drive, 4th Floor
Salt Lake City, Ut 84112
Office: 402A CTIHB
Office Hours: By appointment (Summer 2009)
Office Phone: (801) 581-6094
Email:
>> Curriculum Vitae
Degrees:
1990 Ph.D. Science and Technology Studies Virginia Polytechnic Institute
1986 MA Philosophy University of Warwick
1984 BA Hons Philosophy University of Manchester
Selected Publications:
“La Psychologie Évolutionniste, L’Adaptation et L’Orginisation” in Heams, T. et al. (Eds.) Les Mondes Darwiniens 795-812.
(Book Section), 2009
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“The Basic Components of the Human Mind Were Not Solidified During the Pleistocene Epoch” in Contemporary Debates in Philosophy of Biology: 243-252.
(Book Section), 2009
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"Heritability", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
(Encyclopedia Entries), 2009
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“Evolutionary Psychology” The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
(Encyclopedia Entries), 2008
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“Models, Pictures and Unified Accounts of Representation: Lessons from aesthetics for philosophy of science,” Perspectives on Science 17: 417-428.
(Journal Article), 2009
“Moving past the levels of selection debates. Review of Samir Okasha Evolution and the levels of selection." Biology and Philosophy 24: 703-709.
(Reviews), 2009
Research Statement
My research is in philosophy of science and philosophy of biology. I currently have four main areas of research described under research projects: Biology of human behavior, Evolutionary Psychology, Heritability and Models and Images in Science.
Research Keywords, Regions of Interest and Languages:
Keywords:
Behavioral Biology (2); Philosophy of biology (7); heredity and heritability; models in science; Philosophy of psychology (2); Philosophy of Science (12)
Regions:
British Isles (15)
Research Projects
Biology of human behavior [details]
Evolutionary Psychology [details]
Heritability [details]
Models and Images in Science [details]
Courses I Teach
PHIL 1000 Intro: Survey of Philosophy
PHIL 3012 Philosophy of _____
PHIL 3350 Hist & Phil Science
PHIL 3910 Individual Research
PHIL 4999 Honors Thesis/Project
PHIL 5192 Philosophy of _____
PHIL 5910 Individual Research
PHIL 6910 Individual Research
PHIL 6970 MA/MS Thesis Research
PHIL 6980 Faculty Consult M.A.
PHIL 7010 Proseminar
PHIL 7020 Sem Phil Traditions
PHIL 7970 Thesis Research, Ph.D
PHIL 7980 Faculty Consult, Ph.D
PHIL 7990 Continuing Regis., Ph.D
Awards
2004
National Science Foundation Science and Society Scholars Award - 0321875 - National Science Foundation
2000
Ramona Cannon Award - University of Utah