Philosophers have a major role to play in scientific inquiry, with topic areas such as physics and biology raising different sets of issues. Elliott Sober is a major contributor to the philosophy of biology, including his classic The Nature of Selection (1993) and our co-authored Unto Others (1998). Join us as we discuss Elliott's newest book, The Philosophy of Evolutionary Theory.
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.
David Sloan Wilson is president of ProSocial World and SUNY Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Biology and Anthropology at Binghamton University. He applies evolutionary theory to all aspects of humanity in addition to the rest of life, through ProSocial World and in his own research and writing. A complete archive of his work is available at www.David SloanWilson.world. His most recent books include his first novel, Atlas Hugged: The Autobiography of John Galt III, and a memoir, A Life Informed by Evolution.
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