Course Materials
Handouts
Instructions for Writing Papers (Here's a Chinese translation)
Jim Pryor's advice on writing philosophy papers
An Introduction to Bayesian Epistemology
Probability (from Ellery Eells, Probabilistic Causality, Cambridge University Press, 1991, pp. 399-402).
What does a confidence interval mean?
A Note on Confidence Intervals
The Special Consequence Condition of Confirmation
Simpson's Paradox: Sex Discrimination, Smoking, and the Evolution of Altruism
When is altruism fitter than selfishness? A simple example in which groups are of size 2
Two Concepts of Similarity
What Reichenbach Proved about Common Causes
Reichenbach on Simplicity and the Straight Rule
Two Fitness Fallacies
The Evolution of Meiotic Drive in the House Mouse - a Very Simple Model
Courses
Philosophy of Biology -- Philosophy 523 (Fall 2018)
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Philosophy and the Sciences -- Philosophy 220 (Fall 2018)
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Graduate Seminar (Biological and Cosmic Design Arguments) -- Philosophy 920 (Fall 2017)
Philosophy and the Sciences -- Philosophy 220 (Fall 2017)
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Philosophy and the Sciences -- Philosophy 220 (Fall 2016)
Philosophy of Biology -- Philosophy 523 (Fall 2016)
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Philosophy and the Sciences -- Philosophy 220 (Fall 2015)
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Graduate Seminar (Explanation) -- Philosophy 920 (Fall 2015)
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Philosophy and the Sciences -- Philosophy 220 (Fall 2014)
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Philosophy of Biology -- Philosophy 523 (Fall 2014)
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Graduate Seminar (Parsimony) -- Philosophy 920 (Spring 2014)
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Philosophy of Biology -- Philosophy 523 (Fall 2013)
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Pro-Seminar (Philosophy of Biology) -- Philosophy 920 (Spring 2012)
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Philosophy of Science -- Philosophy 520 (Fall 2011)
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Graduate Seminar (Parsimony) -- Philosophy 920 (Spring 2011)
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Philosophy of Biology -- Philosophy 523 (Fall 2010)
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Graduate Seminar (Altruism and Units of Selection) -- Philosophy 920 (Fall 2009)
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Darwin and Darwinism -- Philosophy 523 (Fall 2008)
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Philosophy of Probability -- Philosophy 522 (Fall 2008)
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Freshman Seminar on Philosophy and Probability -- Philosophy 104 (Fall 2007)
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Pro-Seminar (Philosophy of Science) -- Philosophy 920 (Fall 2007)
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Graduate Seminar (Evidence and Evolution) -- Philosophy 920 (Fall 2006)
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Honors Introduction to Philosophy 181 (Fall 2006)
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Philosophy of Probability (Fall 2004)
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Philosophy of Biology (Fall 2004)
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Undergraduate Course -- Philosophy of Probability (Spring 2003)
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Grad Seminar -- Scientific Realism (Winter 2003)
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Grad Seminar -- Scientific Realism (Fall 2002)
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Seminar at LSE (May/June 2002)
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Honors Intro to Philosophy (Fall 2001)
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Grad Seminar -- Probability in Philosophy (Fall 2001)
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Grad Seminar at LSE (May/June 2001)
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Grad Seminar -- Evidence in Evolutionary Theory (Fall 2000)
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Grad Seminar at LSE (May/June 2000)
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Honors Intro to Philosophy (Fall 1999)
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Undergraduate Philosophy of Biology (Spring 2000)
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