Announcements

In 2022, the Ramsey Lab was awarded 307,400 euro from the Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek for project “Biological trait identity: modularity, levels, and adaptation”
In 2021, the Ramsey Lab was awarded 366,000 euro for the project Plant Agency: Inferring Mental Capacities from Plant Behavior
Andra Meneganzin was hired as a postdoc starting September 2022 to work on the Trait Identity project.
Bendik Aaby was hired as a postdoc starting October 2021 to work on the Plant Agency project.
Gianmaria Dani joined the Ramsey Lab in November 2021 to work on the Plant Agency project.

Upcoming talks

“What are the ‘levels’ in levels of selection?” Submitted conference talk (with James DiFrisco). Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association, Pittsburgh, PA, November 12, 2022

DiFrisco, J. and Ramsey, G. (accepted). “Adaptationism and trait individuation” Philosophy of Science.
download-icon Eronen, M. I. and Ramsey, G. (in press) “What are the ‘levels’ in levels of selection?” The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science.
Desmond, H. and Ramsey, G. (2023) “The Manifold Challenges to Understanding Human Success” in H. Desmond and G. Ramsey (eds.) Human Success: Evolutionary Origins and Ethical Implications, Oxford University Press.
download-icon Ramsey, G. and Aaby, B. (2022). “The proximate-ultimate distinction and the active role of the organism in evolution” Biology & Philosophy 37: 31.
download-icon Ramsey, G. and Deem, M. (2022) “Empathy and the evolutionary emergence of guilt” Philosophy of Science89(3): 434-453.
De Block, A. and Ramsey, G. (2022) “Tools, tests, and data: An overview of the new history and philosophy of science” in G. Ramsey and A. De Block (eds.) The Dynamics of Science: Computational Frontiers in History and Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh Press.