We got published in Ecology&Evolution! We propose an equation from which we derive the fundamental equations of population ecology and evolutionary biology (the Price equation). #evobio #philbio onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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Join us tomorrow Friday at 10 am (room BLB7) for our talk "Darwin's Dream: Unifying Ecological and Evolutionary Change" #ISHPSSB2025

We've published a Cambridge Elements in Ecological Psychology! 🥳 @segundo-ortin.bsky.social and I have tried to provide a short, but all-encompassing introduction. We hope it's useful both for getting familiar with the field & for teaching. It's free for 14 days! doi.org/10.1017/9781...

My Cambridge Element is out now and free to download until January 2!

The Price equation provides a comprehensive representation of evolutionary processes. However, there is no consensus on the explanatory power of the equation. In this article we aim to clarify its place within modern evolutionary theory: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

🎉 New: The Value of Price We explore the role of the Price equation in evolutionary biology. We argue that, like Galilean kinematics, it is a phenomenological framework that unifies diverse fields by formalizing a shared explanandum. 🖋️ Baravalle, Roffé, Luque & Ginnobili. doi.org/10.1007/s137...

What's the role of the Price equation within evolutionary theory? Is it a tautology? In our new article we argue that its role is analogous to that of Galilean kinematics in classical mechanics. #evolution #Priceequation #philsci #philbio link.springer.com/article/10.1...

My Element on "BIological Organization" is finally out! And it is open access! @dialecticalsys.bsky.social #philbio www.cambridge.org/core/element...

Nice conversation with @naomioreskes.bsky.social @hpspodcast.bsky.social #hps #philsci www.buzzsprout.com/2180146/epis...

So reptiles are cool after all #evolution #reptiles #biology www.researchgate.net/publication/...

This week's ep features Kirsten Walsh, philosophy lecturer at @uniofexeter.bsky.social, on the topic of 'Rethinking Newton through his Archive' Kirsten takes us into newly digitised documents & how they can better illuminate Newton's research interests & everyday practices #hps #histsci #philsci 🧪

Academics in their forties

One equation to rule them all ? A unifying formal equation for eco-evolutionary change ✨ Check out the last publication of our #CESAB & #sDiv synthesis group #UNICOP by @victorluque.bsky.social & @bradduthie.ecoevo.social.ap.brid.gy 👉 arxiv.org/abs/2409.10766 🧪 🌍 #evolution #ecology #popgen

Even transparency can be overused, especially when it replaces trust of local practitioners by forcing them invent publicly scrutinisable reasons for their actions. Here’s Thi Nguyen articulating this idea by Onora O’Neil’s #scipol

Is there an equation that unifies ecological and evolutionary change? In a new preprint Brad Duthie and I show that actually there is. From this equation we derive the two fundamental equations of population ecology and evolution (the Price equation). #evolution #ecology arxiv.org/abs/2409.10766

My review of Duncan and Janssen’s ‘magisterial’ two-volume history, Constructing Quantum Mechanics (OUP, 2019/2023) is now available in FirstView at the British Journal for the History of Science: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Looking for social evolution theory on Bsky? I’ve put together a starter pack, but would love to fill it out. If you study social evolution theory, or know someone who does, please let me know go.bsky.app/DYKVUm5

Mindscape 281 | Samir Okasha on the Philosophy of Agency and Evolution. #MindscapePodcast www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2024...

Some words about my intellectual hero and dear friend, Dan Dennett iai.tv/articles/dan...

Paper in final form (open access): “A mathematical framework for evo-devo dynamics”. #evolution #development #evodevo #math   If you have questions or thoughts about this, or would like a hand to use it, do let me know!   www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

One of my favourite podcasts with one of my favourite researchers.

Spontaneous Revolutions Darwin’s Diagrams of Plant Movement Natalie Lawrence delves into Charles Darwin's system for making botanic motion visible to the naked eye, a lesser-known, but inspiring, chapter of the naturalist’s research with plants! #plantstudies #histbio #histsci #manipulatinflora

Very sad news: Evelyn Fox Keller has passed away. She was a remarkable person and a very influential scholar. In her illustrious career she made important contributions to history and philosophy of biology and feminist philosophy of science. RIP.

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Hello to all the evolutionary biologists that just joined in the past 2-3 weeks! Connect with your people through the Evolutionary Biology feed: bsky.app/profile/did:... It tracks posts with #evosky #evolsky #evolution #evobio #phylo #popgen #ecoevo #evodevo #molevol #paleobio #systematics

OTD in 1835, HMS Beagle, with Charles Darwin aboard, reached the Galapagos Archipelago. “I frequently got on their [tortoise’s] backs, and then giving a few raps on the hinder parts of their shells, they would rise up and walk away; – but I found it very difficult to keep my balance.” 🧪#histsci

Starting my cool non-fiction reading thread with Galen Cranz's (1998) "The Chair". Great stuff. (Part of my ongoing investigation of embodied cognition that pays attention to actual bodies.) https://wwnorton.com/books/9780393319552

A hopeful hybrid/monster

Important conceptual article which calls for a broadening the views on the nature of the evolutionary process, by explaining generalised concept of adaptation, which includes not only genetic changes, but also the influence of epigenetics, niche construction, and habitat choice.

Is natural selection the only possible driver of adaptive evolution? Check out our generalised approach to the study and understanding of adaptive evolution (Biological Reviews, open access) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

I’m a Philosopher of Science, specializing in the philosophy of the biological sciences. I mainly work on the structure of evolutionary theory, its mathematical models (especially the Price equation) , and the causes of evolution.

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