Areas of Specialization
History of Science
History of Biology
History of Evolutionary Thought
Areas of Competence
General Ethics
Environmental Ethics and Philosophy
Feminist Philosophy
Metaphysics of Science
Courses Taught
Ancient and Medieval Philosophy
Ethics
Environmental Ethics
Feminist Philosophy
Human Nature
Idea of Nature
Intimate Philosophy
Philosophy and Science Fiction
Philosophy of Religion
Philosophical Tour of Mathematics
Rationalism and Empiricism
What is Life?
Professional Memberships
History of Science Society
British Society for the History of Science
Recent Publications
"First Microscopic Observations"
"John Ray Proves that Animals are Conscious"
"Steno Studies Marine Fossils" In Great Events from History: The Seventeenth Century, 1601-1700, Salem Press 2005/copyright 2006
"Gabrielle Emilie du Chatelet"in Great Lives from History: the Eighteenth Century, 1701-1800, Salem Press 2006
"Ellen Swallow Richards" in Great Lives from History: The Nineteenth Century, 1801-1900, Salem Press 2006.
"1809: Lamarck Publishes Zoological Philosophy"
"1856: Neanderthal Skull Found Near Düsseldorf" in Great events from History: The Nineteenth Century, 1801-1900, Salem Press 2006
Current Research
Concepts of life from Ancient times to the present |
