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'''Kim Sterelny''' (born 1950) is an Australian philosopher and professor of philosophy in the |
'''Kim Sterelny''' (born 1950) is an Australian philosopher and professor of philosophy in the Research School of Social Sciences at [[Australian National University]] and [[Victoria University of Wellington]].<ref name="Researchers 2021">{{cite web | title=Professor Kim Sterelny – ANU | website=Researchers | date=10 August 2021 | url=https://researchers.anu.edu.au/researchers/sterelny-k | access-date=10 August 2021}}</ref> He is the winner of several international prizes in the [[philosophy of science]], and was previously editor of ''[[Biology and Philosophy]]''. He is also a member of the [[Australian Academy of the Humanities]]. He is currently the First Vice President of the [[DLMPST|Division for Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science and Technology of the International Union of History and Philosophy of Science and Technology]] (2020–2023).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dlmps.org/pages/council/council-2020-2023.php|title=DLMPST Website: Council 2020–2023|accessdate=16 April 2020}}</ref> |
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==Work== |
==Work== |
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Sterelny's principal area of research is in the [[philosophy of biology]]. He states "the development of [[evolutionary biology]] since 1858 is one of the great intellectual achievements of science."<ref name="evolutionthe1st4billionyears">{{cite book | title=Evolution: The First Four Billion Years | author=Sterelny, K | chapter=Philosophy of Evolutionary Thought | |
Sterelny's principal area of research is in the [[philosophy of biology]]. He states "the development of [[evolutionary biology]] since 1858 is one of the great intellectual achievements of science."<ref name="evolutionthe1st4billionyears">{{cite book | title=Evolution: The First Four Billion Years | author=Sterelny, K | chapter=Philosophy of Evolutionary Thought |editor=Michael Ruse |editor-link=Michael Ruse |editor2=Joseph Travis |editor2-link=Joseph Travis | year=2009 | publisher=[[The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press]] | location=Cambridge, Massachusetts | isbn=978-0-674-03175-3 | page=[https://archive.org/details/evolutionfirstfo00mich/page/313 313] | chapter-url-access=registration | chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/evolutionfirstfo00mich/page/313 }}</ref> Sterelny has also written extensively about the [[philosophy of psychology]]. He is the author of many important papers in these areas, including widely anthologised papers on group selection, [[meme]] theory and cultural evolution such as "Return of the Gene" (with [[Philip Kitcher]]), "Memes Revisited" and "The Evolution and Evolvability of Culture." |
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Together with his former student [[Paul E. Griffiths|Paul Griffiths]], in 1999, Sterelny published '' |
Together with his former student [[Paul E. Griffiths|Paul Griffiths]], in 1999, Sterelny published ''Sex and Death'', a comprehensive treatment of problems and alternative positions in the philosophy of biology. This book incorporated a number of the positions developed in previous articles on the range of topics in the philosophy of biology. At certain points Sterelny and his coauthor differed (for example, on the Darwinian treatment of emotions and on the prospects for [[developmental systems theory]]). |
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In 2004 Sterelny's book ''Thought in a Hostile World: The Evolution of Human Cognition'' received the [[Lakatos Award]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/pressAndInformationOffice/newsAndEvents/archives/2004/LakatosAward_PR.htm|title=Winner of the Lakatos Award 2004 announced|accessdate=3 August 2008|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive. |
In 2004 Sterelny's book ''Thought in a Hostile World: The Evolution of Human Cognition'' received the [[Lakatos Award]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/pressAndInformationOffice/newsAndEvents/archives/2004/LakatosAward_PR.htm|title=Winner of the Lakatos Award 2004 announced|accessdate=3 August 2008|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120804201510/http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/pressAndInformationOffice/newsAndEvents/archives/2004/LakatosAward_PR.htm|archivedate=4 August 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref> for a distinguished contribution to the philosophy of science. This book provides a Darwinian account of the nature and evolution of human cognitive capacities, and is an important alternative to [[Psychological_nativism|nativist]] accounts familiar from [[evolutionary psychology]]. By combining an account of neural plasticity, group selection, and niche construction, Sterelny shows how much of the data on which nativist accounts rely can be accounted for without attributing a large number of genetically hardwired modules to the mind/brain. In 2008 Sterelny was awarded the [[Jean Nicod Prize|Jean-Nicod Prize]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.institutnicod.org/conf_2008.htm |title=Kim STERELNY - Jean-Nicod Prize and Lectures 2008 |accessdate=2017-05-28 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100714222835/http://www.institutnicod.org/conf_2008.htm |archivedate=14 July 2010 }}</ref> His lectures are published under the title, ''The Evolved Apprentice''. These lectures build on the non-nativist Darwinian approach of ''Thought in a Hostile World,'' while providing a discussion of a great deal of recent work by other philosophers, biological anthropologists and ecologists, gene-culture co-evolution theorists, and evolutionary game theorists. |
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== Awards and |
== Awards and honors == |
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In 2013, he was awarded an [[Australian Laureate Fellowship]].<ref name=laureate>{{cite news |url=http://news.anu.edu.au/2013/07/11/arc-project-grant-success/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130715232302/http://news.anu.edu.au/2013/07/11/arc-project-grant-success/ |title=ARC project grant success |date=11 July 2013 |archive-date=15 July 2013 |access-date=3 May 2020 |work=[[Australian National University]] }}</ref> |
In 2013, he was awarded an [[Australian Laureate Fellowship]].<ref name=laureate>{{cite news |url=http://news.anu.edu.au/2013/07/11/arc-project-grant-success/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130715232302/http://news.anu.edu.au/2013/07/11/arc-project-grant-success/ |title=ARC project grant success |date=11 July 2013 |archive-date=15 July 2013 |access-date=3 May 2020 |work=[[Australian National University]] }}</ref> In 2004, he received the [[Lakatos Award]] for his book ''Thought in a Hostile World: The evolution of human cognition.''<ref name="Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method 2005">{{cite web | title=2004 Lakatos Award | website=Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method | date=28 March 2005 | url=https://www.lse.ac.uk/philosophy/blog/2005/03/28/2004-lakatos-award-kim-sterelny/ | access-date=26 January 2022}}</ref> |
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==Books== |
==Books== |
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* ''[[Sex and Death]]'' (1999 – with [[Paul E. Griffiths]]). {{ISBN|978-0-226-77303-2}} |
* ''[[Sex and Death]]'' (1999 – with [[Paul E. Griffiths]]). {{ISBN|978-0-226-77303-2}} |
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* ''[[The Evolution of Agency and Other Essays]]'' (2001). {{ISBN|978-0-521-64231-6}} |
* ''[[The Evolution of Agency and Other Essays]]'' (2001). {{ISBN|978-0-521-64231-6}} |
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* ''[[Dawkins vs. Gould]]'' (2001). New, revised edition 2003, Icon Books {{ISBN| |
* ''[[Dawkins vs. Gould]]'' (2001). New, revised edition 2003, Icon Books {{ISBN|978-1-84046-471-9}}. |
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* ''[[Thought in a Hostile World: The evolution of human cognition]]'' (2003) {{ISBN|0-631-18887-8}}; {{ISBN|978-0-631-18887-2}}; {{ISBN|978-0-631-18887-2}} |
* ''[[Thought in a Hostile World: The evolution of human cognition]]'' (2003) {{ISBN|0-631-18887-8}}; {{ISBN|978-0-631-18887-2}}; {{ISBN|978-0-631-18887-2}} |
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* ''[[What is Biodiversity]]'' (2008 – with James Maclaurin). {{ISBN|978-0-226-50081-2}} |
* ''[[What is Biodiversity]]'' (2008 – with James Maclaurin). {{ISBN|978-0-226-50081-2}} |
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* ''[[The Evolved Apprentice]]'' (2012). MIT Press, {{ISBN|978-0-262-01679-7}} |
* ''[[The Evolved Apprentice]]'' (2012). MIT Press, {{ISBN|978-0-262-01679-7}} |
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* ''[[Cooperation and its Evolution]]'' (2013 – ed., with Richard Joyce, Brett Calcott and Ben Fraser). MIT Press, {{ISBN|978-0-262-01853-1}} |
* ''[[Cooperation and its Evolution]]'' (2013 – ed., with Richard Joyce, Brett Calcott and Ben Fraser). MIT Press, {{ISBN|978-0-262-01853-1}} |
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* ''From Signal to Symbol: The Evolution of Language'', (2021) Ronald J. Planer and Kim Sterelny. MIT Press, {{ISBN|9780262045971}} |
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==External links== |
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* Kim Sterelny, Australian National University [https://researchers.anu.edu.au/researchers/sterelny-k profile] |
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Latest revision as of 04:08, 26 April 2024
Kim Sterelny (born 1950) is an Australian philosopher and professor of philosophy in the Research School of Social Sciences at Australian National University and Victoria University of Wellington.[1] He is the winner of several international prizes in the philosophy of science, and was previously editor of Biology and Philosophy. He is also a member of the Australian Academy of the Humanities. He is currently the First Vice President of the Division for Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science and Technology of the International Union of History and Philosophy of Science and Technology (2020–2023).[2]
Work[edit]
Sterelny's principal area of research is in the philosophy of biology. He states "the development of evolutionary biology since 1858 is one of the great intellectual achievements of science."[3] Sterelny has also written extensively about the philosophy of psychology. He is the author of many important papers in these areas, including widely anthologised papers on group selection, meme theory and cultural evolution such as "Return of the Gene" (with Philip Kitcher), "Memes Revisited" and "The Evolution and Evolvability of Culture."
Together with his former student Paul Griffiths, in 1999, Sterelny published Sex and Death, a comprehensive treatment of problems and alternative positions in the philosophy of biology. This book incorporated a number of the positions developed in previous articles on the range of topics in the philosophy of biology. At certain points Sterelny and his coauthor differed (for example, on the Darwinian treatment of emotions and on the prospects for developmental systems theory).
In 2004 Sterelny's book Thought in a Hostile World: The Evolution of Human Cognition received the Lakatos Award[4] for a distinguished contribution to the philosophy of science. This book provides a Darwinian account of the nature and evolution of human cognitive capacities, and is an important alternative to nativist accounts familiar from evolutionary psychology. By combining an account of neural plasticity, group selection, and niche construction, Sterelny shows how much of the data on which nativist accounts rely can be accounted for without attributing a large number of genetically hardwired modules to the mind/brain. In 2008 Sterelny was awarded the Jean-Nicod Prize.[5] His lectures are published under the title, The Evolved Apprentice. These lectures build on the non-nativist Darwinian approach of Thought in a Hostile World, while providing a discussion of a great deal of recent work by other philosophers, biological anthropologists and ecologists, gene-culture co-evolution theorists, and evolutionary game theorists.
Awards and honors[edit]
In 2013, he was awarded an Australian Laureate Fellowship.[6] In 2004, he received the Lakatos Award for his book Thought in a Hostile World: The evolution of human cognition.[7]
Books[edit]
- Language and Reality (1987 – with Michael Devitt). MIT Press: ISBN 0-262-54099-1; ISBN 978-0-262-54099-5; ISBN 0-262-04173-1; Blackwell Publishing ISBN 0-631-19689-7; ISBN 978-0-631-19689-1;
- The Representational Theory of Mind (1990) ISBN 0-631-16498-7; ISBN 978-0-631-16498-2; ISBN 978-0-631-16498-2
- Sex and Death (1999 – with Paul E. Griffiths). ISBN 978-0-226-77303-2
- The Evolution of Agency and Other Essays (2001). ISBN 978-0-521-64231-6
- Dawkins vs. Gould (2001). New, revised edition 2003, Icon Books ISBN 978-1-84046-471-9.
- Thought in a Hostile World: The evolution of human cognition (2003) ISBN 0-631-18887-8; ISBN 978-0-631-18887-2; ISBN 978-0-631-18887-2
- What is Biodiversity (2008 – with James Maclaurin). ISBN 978-0-226-50081-2
- The Major Transitions in Evolution Revisited (2011 – ed., with Brett Calcott). MIT Press, ISBN 978-0-262-01524-0
- The Evolved Apprentice (2012). MIT Press, ISBN 978-0-262-01679-7
- Cooperation and its Evolution (2013 – ed., with Richard Joyce, Brett Calcott and Ben Fraser). MIT Press, ISBN 978-0-262-01853-1
- From Signal to Symbol: The Evolution of Language, (2021) Ronald J. Planer and Kim Sterelny. MIT Press, ISBN 9780262045971
Notes[edit]
- ^ "Professor Kim Sterelny – ANU". Researchers. 10 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
- ^ "DLMPST Website: Council 2020–2023". Retrieved 16 April 2020.
- ^ Sterelny, K (2009). "Philosophy of Evolutionary Thought". In Michael Ruse; Joseph Travis (eds.). Evolution: The First Four Billion Years. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. p. 313. ISBN 978-0-674-03175-3.
- ^ "Winner of the Lakatos Award 2004 announced". Archived from the original on 4 August 2012. Retrieved 3 August 2008.
- ^ "Kim STERELNY - Jean-Nicod Prize and Lectures 2008". Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
- ^ "ARC project grant success". Australian National University. 11 July 2013. Archived from the original on 15 July 2013. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ "2004 Lakatos Award". Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method. 28 March 2005. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
External links[edit]
- Kim Sterelny, Australian National University profile
- Living people
- 20th-century Australian philosophers
- 21st-century Australian philosophers
- Jean Nicod Prize laureates
- Academic staff of Victoria University of Wellington
- Academic staff of the Australian National University
- 1950 births
- Extended evolutionary synthesis
- Lakatos Award winners
- Philosophers of biology