Ingo Brigandt

University of Alberta - Department of Philosophy

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University of Alberta

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The Importance of Homology for Biology and Philosophy

Biology and Philosophy, Vol. 22, pp. 633-641, 2007
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 12 Dec 2007
Ingo Brigandt and Paul E. Griffiths
University of Alberta - Department of Philosophy and University of Sydney - Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and Charles Perkins Centre
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homology, natural kinds, function, cognitive kinds

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Scientific Reasoning Is Material Inference: Combining Confirmation, Discovery, and Explanation

International Studies in the Philosophy of Science, Vol. 24, pp. 31-43, 2010
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 17 Aug 2009 Last Revised: 29 Dec 2015
Ingo Brigandt
University of Alberta - Department of Philosophy
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Homology in Comparative, Molecular, and Evolutionary Developmental Biology: The Radiation of a Concept

Journal of Experimental Zoology (Molecular and Developmental Evolution), Vol. 299B, pp. 9-17, 2003
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 12 Dec 2007
Ingo Brigandt
University of Alberta - Department of Philosophy
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homology, concepts, conceptual change, evolution, development, molecular biology

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Natural Kinds in Evolution and Systematics: Metaphysical and Epistemological Considerations

Acta Biotheoretica, Vol. 57, pp. 77-97, 2009
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 03 Nov 2008 Last Revised: 22 Jun 2009
Ingo Brigandt
University of Alberta - Department of Philosophy
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natural kinds, species, taxa, homologues, analogues, induction, explanation

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The Epistemic Goal of a Concept: Accounting for the Rationality of Semantic Change and Variation

Synthese, Vol. 177, pp. 19-40, 2010
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 22 Jun 2009 Last Revised: 11 Oct 2010
Ingo Brigandt
University of Alberta - Department of Philosophy
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Beyond Reduction and Pluralism: Toward an Epistemology of Explanatory Integration in Biology

Erkenntnis, Vol. 73, pp. 295-311, 2010
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 13 Nov 2008 Last Revised: 05 Nov 2010
Ingo Brigandt
University of Alberta - Department of Philosophy
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reduction, pluralism, integration, unification, synthesis, explanation, evolution of novelties

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Holism, Concept Individuation, and Conceptual Change

In Proceedings of the 4th Congress of the Spanish Society for Analytic Philosophy, M. Hernandez Iglesias (ed), pp. 30-34, Universidad de Murcia: Murcia, 2004
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 12 Dec 2007
Ingo Brigandt
University of Alberta - Department of Philosophy
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concepts, concept individuation, conceptual role semantics, conceptual change

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Species Pluralism Does Not Imply Species Eliminativism

Philosophy of Science, Vol. 70, pp. 1305-1316, 2003
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 12 Dec 2007
Ingo Brigandt
University of Alberta - Department of Philosophy
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species, concepts, pluralism, eliminativism

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Philosophical Issues in Experimental Biology

Biology and Philosophy, Vol. 21, pp. 423-435, 2006
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 12 Dec 2007
Ingo Brigandt
University of Alberta - Department of Philosophy
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molecular biology, conceptual change, explanation, reduction, discovery, inference

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Biological Kinds and the Causal Theory of Reference

In: Experience and Analysis: Papers of the 27th International Wittgenstein Symposium, J. C. Marek and M. E. Reicher (eds), pp. 58-60, Austrian Ludwig Wittgenstein Society: Kirchberg am Wechsel, 2004
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 12 Dec 2007
Ingo Brigandt
University of Alberta - Department of Philosophy
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reference, concepts, natural kind terms

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Homology and the Origin of Correspondence

Biology and Philosophy, Vol. 17, pp. 389-407, 2002
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 12 Dec 2007
Ingo Brigandt
University of Alberta - Department of Philosophy
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homology, evolution, development, molecular biology

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Typology Now: Homology and Developmental Constraints Explain Evolvability

Biology and Philosophy, Vol. 22, pp. 709-725, 2007
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 12 Dec 2007
Ingo Brigandt
University of Alberta - Department of Philosophy
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homology, explanation, theoretical integration, evolution, development

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Intelligent Design and the Nature of Science: Philosophical and Pedagogical Points

The Philosophy of Biology: A Companion for Educators, K. Kampourakis, ed., Springer, 2013
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 29 Feb 2012 Last Revised: 12 Jan 2013
Ingo Brigandt
University of Alberta - Department of Philosophy
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Explanation in Biology: Reduction, Pluralism, and Explanatory Aims

Science & Education, Vol. 22, pp. 69-91, 2013
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 05 Apr 2011 Last Revised: 06 Feb 2013
Ingo Brigandt
University of Alberta - Department of Philosophy
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Systems Biology and the Integration of Mechanistic Explanation and Mathematical Explanation

Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences 44: 477-492 (2013)
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 03 Nov 2013 Last Revised: 21 Nov 2013
Ingo Brigandt
University of Alberta - Department of Philosophy
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Systems biology, integration, mechanistic explanation, mathematical models, mechanisms