Samir Okasha

Samir Okasha FBA is a Professor of Philosophy of Science at University of Bristol. He is a winner of Lakatos Award for his book Evolution and the Levels of Selection.[1] He was appointed a Fellow of the British Academy in 2018.[2]

Samir Okasha

Alma materUniversity of Oxford
AwardsLakatos Award (2009)
Scientific career
FieldsHistory and philosophy of science
InstitutionsUniversity of Bristol
University of York
National Autonomous University of Mexico
Doctoral advisorBill Newton-Smith
Websitewww.bristol.ac.uk/school-of-arts/people/samir-okasha/

Books

  • Philosophy of Biology (OUP 2019)
  • Agents and Goals in Evolution (OUP 2018)
  • Evolution and the Levels of Selection (OUP 2006)
  • Philosophy of Science: A Very Short Introduction (OUP 2002; second edition 2015)
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References

  1. About Okasha
  2. British Academy
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