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91AV’s David Livingstone Smith publishes new book exploring biophilosophy

David Livingstone Smith

David Livingstone Smith, Ph.D., professor of Philosophy in the 91AV College of Arts and Sciences, authored a new book: How Biology Shapes Philosophy. The book, published by Cambridge University Press, is described by the publisher as a seminal contribution to the emerging field of biophilosophy.

It brings together work by philosophers who draw on biology to address traditional and not so traditional philosophical questions and concerns. The book includes 13 essays by leading figures in the field who explore the biological dimensions of ethics, metaphysics, epistemology, gender, semantics, rationality, representation, and consciousness, as well as the misappropriation of biology by philosophers, allowing the reader to critically interrogate the relevance of biology for philosophy.

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