History and Philosophy of Biology

This series brings together insights from historians and philosophers to shed light on significant developments and issues in the life sciences. It includes all aspects of the biological sciences as well as philosophical studies from both the analytic and continental traditions.

The scope of the series will include studies relating to evolutionary theory, environmental sciences, systems biology, biotechnology, bioethics, race and sex.

Dawn M Digrius is Assistant Professor of History at Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey. She has published on a variety of topics in the history of science and of biology, including evolutionary theory and the plant sciences, the history of paleobotany, and religion and science.

Rasmus Grønfeldt Winther is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC). At UCSC he is also affiliated faculty with the Department of Psychology and the Department of Latin American and Latino Studies. He was previously an assistant professor at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) and a part-time guest researcher at the Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen. He has published on a wide variety of topics in philosophy of science and philosophy of biology, as well as on science more generally with papers published in leading scientific journals.

We invite submissions from established scholars and first-time authors alike. Prospective authors should send a detailed proposal with a rationale, chapter outlines and at least two sample chapters alongside a brief author's biography and an anticipated submission date.

For detailed information on submitting a proposal, please click here.

Please contact either:

Dr Philip Good, Commissioning Editor, Philosophy (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ), Rasmus Grønfeldt Winther (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. )
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Ruth Ireland, Commissioning Editor, History (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ), Dawn M Digrius (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. )