Alexander Rosenberg
R. Taylor Cole Distinguished Professor of Philosophy
Alex Rosenberg (Ph.D. 1971, Johns Hopkins) joined the Duke faculty in 2000. He is the R. Taylor Cole Professor of Philosophy (with secondary appointments in the biology and political science departments). Rosenberg has been a visiting professor and fellow of the at the Center for the Philosophy of Science, University of Minnesota, as well as the University of California, Santa Cruz
, and Oxford University
and a visiting fellow of the Philosophy Department at the Research School of Social Science, of the Australian National University. In 2016 he was the Benjamin Meaker Visiting Professor at the University of Bristol. Rosenberg has held fellowships from the National Science Foundation
, the American Council of Learned Societies
, and the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation
. In 1993 Rosenberg received the Lakatos Award
in the philosophy of science. In 2006-2007 he held a fellowship at the National Humanities Center. He was also the Phi Beta Kappa-Romanell Lecturer for 2006-2007.
Rosenberg is the author of:
Microeconomic Laws: A Philosophical Analysis (University of Pittsburgh Press, 1976),
Sociobiology and the Preemption of Social Science/ (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1980; Basil Blackwell, 1981),
Hume and the Problem of Causation (Oxford University Press, 1981) (with T.L. Beauchamp),
The Structure of Biological Science (Cambridge University Press, 1985),
Philosophy of Social Science (Clarendon Press, Oxford and Westview Press, 1988, Second Edition, Revised, Enlarged, 1995, Third Edition, 2007, Fourth Edition, 2010, fifth edition, 2015
Economics: Mathematical Politics or Science of Diminishing Returns? (University of Chicago Press, 1992),
Instrumental Biology, or the Disunity of Science (University of Chicago Press, 1994),
Darwinism in Philosophy, Social Science and Policy (Cambridge University Press, 2000),
Philosophy of Science: A Contemporary Approach (Routledge, 2000, second edition 2005),
Darwinian Reductionism or How to Stop Worrying and Love Molecular Biology (University of Chicago Press, 2006),
The Philosophy of Biology: A Contemporary Introduction (with Daniel McShea, Routledge, 2007)
The Atheist's Guide to Reality (W.W. Norton, 2011)
and two novels, The Girl from Krakow, and Autumn in Oxford.
He has also written approximately 200 papers in the philosophy of biology, the philosophy of cognitive, behavioral and social science (especially economics), and causation.
Rosenberg is also co-director of Duke's Center for the Philosophy of Biology .
Rosenberg is the author of:
Microeconomic Laws: A Philosophical Analysis (University of Pittsburgh Press, 1976),
Sociobiology and the Preemption of Social Science/ (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1980; Basil Blackwell, 1981),
Hume and the Problem of Causation (Oxford University Press, 1981) (with T.L. Beauchamp),
The Structure of Biological Science (Cambridge University Press, 1985),
Philosophy of Social Science (Clarendon Press, Oxford and Westview Press, 1988, Second Edition, Revised, Enlarged, 1995, Third Edition, 2007, Fourth Edition, 2010, fifth edition, 2015
Economics: Mathematical Politics or Science of Diminishing Returns? (University of Chicago Press, 1992),
Instrumental Biology, or the Disunity of Science (University of Chicago Press, 1994),
Darwinism in Philosophy, Social Science and Policy (Cambridge University Press, 2000),
Philosophy of Science: A Contemporary Approach (Routledge, 2000, second edition 2005),
Darwinian Reductionism or How to Stop Worrying and Love Molecular Biology (University of Chicago Press, 2006),
The Philosophy of Biology: A Contemporary Introduction (with Daniel McShea, Routledge, 2007)
The Atheist's Guide to Reality (W.W. Norton, 2011)
and two novels, The Girl from Krakow, and Autumn in Oxford.
He has also written approximately 200 papers in the philosophy of biology, the philosophy of cognitive, behavioral and social science (especially economics), and causation.
Rosenberg is also co-director of Duke's Center for the Philosophy of Biology .
Current Appointments & Affiliations
- R. Taylor Cole Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, Philosophy, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2003
- Professor of Philosophy, Philosophy, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2000
- Professor in the Linguistics Program, Linguistics, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2014
- Associate of the Duke Initiative for Science & Society, Duke Science & Society, Initiatives 2015
- Core Faculty in Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Duke Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Initiatives 2018
Contact Information
- 201J W Duke Bldg, Durham, NC 27708
- Duke Box 90743, Durham, NC 27708-0743
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alexrose@duke.edu
(919) 812-5040
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Alex Rosenberg's home page
- Background
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Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University 1971
- B.A., City College of New York 1967
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Previous Appointments & Affiliations
- Affiliate of the Duke Initiative for Science & Society, Duke Science & Society, Initiatives 2014 - 2015
- Chair of the Department of Philosophy, Philosophy, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2009 - 2014
- Professor of Political Science, Political Science, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2006 - 2011
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Awards & Honors
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Global Scholarship
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Expertise
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Teaching
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- Research
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Selected Grants
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External Relationships
- Arizona State University
- Publications & Artistic Works
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Selected Publications
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Books
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Rosenberg, Alex. Reduction and Mechanism. Cambridge University Press, 2020.Open Access Copy
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Rosenberg, A. Philosophy of social science, fifth edition, 2018. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429494840.Full Text
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Rosenberg, A. Philosophy of Science: A Contemporary Approach, Japanese translation, 2011.
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Rosenberg, A. Philosophy of Science: A Contemporary Approach, Arabic translation, 2011.
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Rosenberg, A. The Philosophy of Science: A Contemporary Approach, 3d Edition, revised, enlarged. Routledge, 2011.
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Rosenberg, A. The Atheist’s Guide to Reality. W.W. Norton, 2011.
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Rosenberg, A. Philosophy of Science: A Contemporary Introduction–Portuguese translation, 2009.
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Rosenberg, A., and D. W. McShea. Philosophy of Biology: A Contemporary Introduction, 2007. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203926994.Full Text
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Rosenberg, A. Darwinian Reductionism or How to Stop Worrying and Love Molecular Biology. University of Chicago Press, 2006.
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Rosenberg, A. The Philosophy of Science: A Contemporary Introduction (Portuegese translation), 2006.
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Rosenberg, A. The Philosophy of Science: A Contemporary Approach, First Edition, Chinese Translation. Shanghai Scientific and Technological Education Publishing House, 2004.
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Rosenberg, A. Darwinism in Philosophy, Social Science and Policy. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2000.
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Rosenberg, A. Instrumental Biology or the Disunity of Science. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1994.
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Rosenberg, A. Economics: Mathematical Politics or Science of Diminishing Returns? Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1992.
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Rosenberg, A. Philosophy of Social Science. Boulder, CO: Westview Press; Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988.
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Rosenberg, A. The Structure of Biological Science. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1985.
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Rosenberg, A., and T. L. Beauchamp. Hume and the Problem of Causation. New York: Oxford University Press, 1981.
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Rosenberg, A. Sociobiology and the Preemption of Social Science. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1980.
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Rosenberg, A. Microeconomic Laws: A Philosophical Analysis. Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1976.
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Rosenberg, A. Philosphy of Science: A Contemporary Approach, Second Edition, portuguese translation. Edicioes Loyola, n.d.
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Rosenberg, A. Philosophy of Social Science, 4th edition revised, enlarged. Westview press, n.d.
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Academic Articles
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Rosenberg, A. “Can we make sense of subjective experience in metabolically situated cognitive processes?” Biology and Philosophy 33, no. 1–2 (April 1, 2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10539-018-9624-4.Full Text
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Rosenberg, A. “Making mechanism interesting.” Synthese 195, no. 1 (January 1, 2018): 11–33. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-015-0713-5.Full Text
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Rosenberg, A. “Why Social Science is Biological Science.” Journal for General Philosophy of Science 48, no. 3 (September 1, 2017): 341–69. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10838-017-9365-0.Full Text
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Rosenberg, A. “ON the VERY IDEA of IDEAL THEORY in POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY.” Social Philosophy and Policy 33, no. 1–2 (January 1, 2016): 55–75. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0265052516000376.Full Text
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Rosenberg, A. “The Genealogy of Content or the Future of an Illusion.” Philosophia (United States) 43, no. 3 (September 1, 2015): 537–47. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11406-015-9624-4.Full Text
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Rosenberg, A. “Reflexivity, uncertainty and the unity of science.” Journal of Economic Methodology 20, no. 4 (December 1, 2013): 429–38. https://doi.org/10.1080/1350178X.2013.859413.Full Text
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Rosenberg, A. “Free markets and the myth of earned inequalities.” 3am Magazine, 2013.
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Rosenberg, A. “Reflexivity, Uncertainty and the Unity of Science.” Review of Economic Methodology, 2013, 14–14.
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Rosenberg, A. “From rational choice to reflexivity.” Economic Thought (On Line), 2013, 32–32.
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Rosenberg, A., and Tyler Curtain. “What is economics good for?,” 2013.
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Rosenberg, Alex. “How Jerry Fodor slid down the slippery slope to Anti-Darwinism, and how we can avoid the same fate.” European Journal for Philosophy of Science 3, no. 1 (January 2013): 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13194-012-0055-9.Full Text
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Rosenberg, A. “Why do spatiotemporally restricted regularities explain in the social sciences?” British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 63, no. 1 (March 1, 2012): 1–26. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjps/axr014.Full Text
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Braddock, M., and A. Rosenberg. “Reconstruction in moral philosophy?” Analyse Und Kritik 2012, no. 1 (January 1, 2012): 63–80. https://doi.org/10.1515/auk-2012-0105.Full Text
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Neander, K., and A. Rosenberg. “Solving the circularity problem for functions: A response to Nanay.” Journal of Philosophy 109, no. 10 (January 1, 2012): 613–22. https://doi.org/10.5840/jphil20121091030.Full Text
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Lange, Marc, and Alexander Rosenberg. “Can There beA PrioriCausal Models of Natural Selection?” Australasian Journal of Philosophy 89, no. 4 (December 2011): 591–99. https://doi.org/10.1080/00048402.2011.598175.Full Text
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Rosenberg, A. “Can nuerophilosophy save the humanities.” New York Times, November 2011.
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Rosenberg, A. “Why I am a Naturalist.” New York Times, September 2011.
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Rosenberg, A., and Karen Neander. “Solving the circularity problem for functions.” Journal of Philosophy, July 2011.
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Rosenberg, A., and K. Neander. “Are homologies (selected effect or causal role) function free?” Philosophy of Science 76, no. 3 (July 1, 2009): 307–34. https://doi.org/10.1086/649807.Full Text
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Rosenberg, A., and K. Neander. “Are homologies function free?” Philosophy of Science, October 2008.
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Love, A. C., I. Brigandt, K. Stotz, D. Schweitzer, and A. Rosenberg. “More worry and less love?” Metascience 17, no. 1 (January 1, 2008): 18–26. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11016-007-9159-9.Full Text
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Rosenberg, A. “Darwinian Reductionism: How stupid of me to have thought of it.” Metascience, October 2007.
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Rosenberg, A. “Is epigeneis a counterexample to the central dogma.” History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences 28 (September 2007): 509–26.
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Rosoff, Philip M., and Alex Rosenberg. “How Darwinian reductionism refutes genetic determinism.” Stud Hist Philos Biol Biomed Sci 37, no. 1 (March 2006): 122–35. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsc.2005.12.005.Full Text Link to Item
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Rosenberg, A. “In defence of Genocentrism.” History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences. 2005 ;27:345 59, 2006.
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Rosenberg, A., and P. Rosoff. “How reductionism refutes genetic determinism (Accepted).” Studies in the History and Philosophy of the Biological and Biomedical Sciences, July 2005.
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Rosenberg, A., and S. Linquist. “On the Original Contract: Evolutionary Game Theory and Human Evolution.” Analyse Und Kritik 27, no. 1 (May 1, 2005): 136–57. https://doi.org/10.1515/auk-2005-0108.Full Text
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Rosenberg, A., and F. Bouchard. “Matthen and Ariew's obituary for fitness: Reports of its death have been greatly exaggerated.” Biology and Philosophy 20, no. 2–3 (March 1, 2005): 343–53. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10539-005-2560-0.Full Text
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Rosenberg, A., and Frederic Bouchard. “Matten and Ariews Obituary for Fitness.” Biology and Philosophy 20, no. 2 (March 2005): 343–53.
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Rosenberg, A., and D. M. Kaplan. “How to reconcile physicalism and antireductionism about biology.” Philosophy of Science 72, no. 1 (January 1, 2005): 43–68. https://doi.org/10.1086/428389.Full Text
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Rosenberg, Alex. “Defending information-free genocentrism.” History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences 27, no. 3–4 (January 2005): 345–59.
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Brav, A., J. B. Heaton, and A. Rosenberg. “The rational-behavioral debate in financial economics.” Journal of Economic Methodology 11, no. 4 (December 1, 2004): 393–409. https://doi.org/10.1080/1350178042000177978.Full Text
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Rosenberg, A. “On the Priority of Intellectual Property Rights, Especially in Biotechnology.” Politics, Philosophy &Amp; Economics 3, no. 1 (January 1, 2004): 77–95. https://doi.org/10.1177/1470594X04039983.Full Text
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Rosenberg, A. “The Political Philosophy of Intellectual Property, with Applications in Biotechnology.” Politics, Philosophy and Economics 3, no. 1 (2004): 102–30.
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Bouchard, F., and A. Rosenberg. “Fitness, probability and the principles of natural selection.” British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 55, no. 4 (2004): 693–712. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjps/55.4.693.Full Text Link to Item
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Sommers, T., and A. Rosenberg. “Darwin's nihilistic idea: Evolution and the meaninglessness of life.” Biology and Philosophy 18, no. 5 (November 1, 2003): 653–68. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1026311011245.Full Text
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Rosenberg, A. “The priority of intellectual property.” Fraser Forum, February 2003, Pp. 12 15 February (2003): 12–15.
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Rosenberg, A. “How is biological explanation possible?” British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 52, no. 4 (January 1, 2001): 735–60. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjps/52.4.735.Full Text
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Rosenberg, A. “Indeterminacy, probability and randomness in evolutionary theory.” Philosophy of Science 64 (2001): 536–44.
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Rosenberg, A. “Reductionism in a historical science.” Philosophy of Science 68, no. 2 (2001): 135–63. https://doi.org/10.1086/392870.Full Text Link to Item
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Rosenberg, A. “On multiple realization and the special sciences.” Journal of Philosophy 98, no. 7 (2001): 365–73. https://doi.org/10.2307/2678441.Full Text Link to Item
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Rosenberg, A. “Privacy as a matter of taste and right.” Social Philosophy and Policy 17, no. 2 (January 1, 2000): 68–90. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0265052500002119.Full Text
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Rosenberg, A. “The Problem of Enforcement: Is there an Alternative to Leviathan?” Journal of Consciousness Studies 7 (2000): 236–39.
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Rosenberg, A., and Andrew Clark. “La Genetique et le holism debride.” Review Internationale De Philosophie 4 (2000): 35–61.
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Graves, L., B. L. Horan, and A. Rosenberg. “Is indeterminism the source of the statistical character of evolutionary theory?” Philosophy of Science 66, no. 1 (January 1, 1999): 140–57. https://doi.org/10.1086/392680.Full Text
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Rosenberg, A. “Economic theory as political philosophy.” Social Science Journal 36, no. 4 (January 1, 1999): 575–87. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0362-3319(99)00039-7.Full Text
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Rosenberg, A. “Les Limits de la Connaissance Biologique.” Annales D’Histoire Et De Philosophie Du Vivant 2 (1999): 15–35.
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Rosenberg, A. “Naturalistic Epistemology for Eliminative Materialists.” Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 59 (1999): 1–24.
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Rosenberg, A., B. Horan, and L. Graves. “Is Indeterminism the Source of the Statistical Character of the Theory of natural Selection.” Philosophy of Science 66 (1999): 140–57.
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Rosenberg, A. “La teoria economica como filosofia politica.” Teoria 13 (1998): 279–99.
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Rosenberg, A. “Reductionism Redux: Computing the Embryo.” Biology and Philosophy 12, no. 4 (January 1, 1997): 445–70. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1006574719901.Full Text
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Rosenberg, A. “Can physicalist antireductionism compute the embryo?” Philosophy of Science 64, no. 4 SUPPL. 1 (January 1, 1997). https://doi.org/10.1086/392614.Full Text
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Rosenberg, A. “Laws, damn laws, and ceteris paribus clauses.” Southern Journal of Philosophy 34, no. S1 (January 1, 1996): 183–204. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2041-6962.1996.tb00820.x.Full Text
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Rosenberg, A. “A Field Guide to Recent Species of Naturalism.” British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 47, no. 1 (January 1, 1996): 1–29. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjps/47.1.1.Full Text
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Rosenberg, A. “Critical review: Sober's philosophy of biology and his philosophy of biology.” Philosophy of Science 63, no. 3 (January 1, 1996): 452–64. https://doi.org/10.1086/289921.Full Text
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Rosenberg, A. “Research Tactics and Economic Strategies: Case of the Human Genome Project.” Social Philosophy and Policy 13 (1996): 1–18.
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Rosenberg, A. “Sober’s "Philosophy of Biology" and His Philosophy of Biology.” Philosophy of Science 63 (1996): 452–65.
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Rosenberg, A. “Philosophy of Biology.” Edited by D. Borchert Supplementary (1996): 407–11.
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Rosenberg, A. “Equality, Sufficiency, and Opportunity in the Just Society.” Social Philosophy and Policy 12, no. 2 (January 1, 1995): 54–71. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0265052500004672.Full Text
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Rosenberg, A. “Metaphysical Foundations of Microeconomics.” Monist 78 (1995): 353–67.
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Rosenberg, A., and Carl Hoefer. “Empirical Equivalence, Underdetermination and Systems of the World.” Philosophy of Science 61 (1994): 592–607.
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Rosenberg, A. “Scientific innovation and the limits of social scientific prediction.” Synthese 97, no. 2 (November 1, 1993): 161–81. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01064113.Full Text
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ROSENBERG, A. “Genie Selection, Molecular Biology and Biological Instrumentalism.” Midwest Studies in Philosophy 18, no. 1 (January 1, 1993): 343–62. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-4975.1993.tb00272.x.Full Text
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Rosenberg, A. “Powers and Limits of Agricultural Economics.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics 75 (1993): 15–24.
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Rosenberg, A. “Genic Selection and Biological Instrumentalism.” Midwest Studies in Philosophy XVIII (1993): 343–62.
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Rosenberg, A. “Scientific Innovation and the Limits of Social Scientific Prediction.” Synthese 97 (1993): 1–21.
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Rosenberg, A. “"Hausman, Inexact and Separate Science of Economics,” Critical Notice.” Journal of Philosophy 90 (1993): 533–37.
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Rosenberg, A. “Selection and Science: Critical notice of David Hull's Science as a Process.” Biology and Philosophy 7, no. 2 (April 1, 1992): 217–28. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00129886.Full Text
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Rosenberg, Alexander. “Contractarianism and the "trolley" problem.” Journal of Social Philosophy 23, no. 3 (January 1992): 88–104. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9833.1992.tb00134.x.Full Text
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Rosenberg, A. “Causation, Probability and the Monarchy.” American Philosophical Quarterly 29 (1992): 305–18.
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Rosenberg, A. “Contractarianism and the Trolley.” Journal of Social Philosophy, 23, 1992: 88 104 23 (1992): 88–104.
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Rosenberg, A. “Adequacy criteria for a theory of fitness.” Biology and Philosophy 6, no. 1 (January 1, 1991): 38–41. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02426822.Full Text
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ROSENBERG, A. “Moral Realism and Social Science.” Midwest Studies in Philosophy 15, no. 1 (January 1, 1990): 150–66. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-4975.1990.tb00211.x.Full Text
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Rosenberg, A. “The biological justification of ethics: A best-case scenario.” Social Philosophy and Policy 8, no. 1 (January 1, 1990): 86–101. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0265052500003757.Full Text
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Rosenberg, A. “Normative Naturalism and the Role of Philosophy.” Philosophy of Science 57 (1990): 34–43.
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Rosenberg, A. “Is lewis's 'genuine modal realism' magical too?” Mind 98, no. 391 (July 1, 1989): 411–21. https://doi.org/10.1093/mind/XCVIII.391.411.Full Text
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Rosenberg, A. “Are generic predictions enough?” Erkenntnis 30, no. 1–2 (March 1, 1989): 43–68. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00184815.Full Text
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Rosenberg, A. “Russell vs. Steiner on Physics and Causality.” Philosophy of Science 56 (1989): 341–47.
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Rosenberg, A. “Intensionality, intenSionality and Representation.” Behaviorism 17 (1989): 137–40.
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Rosenberg, A. “Perceptual Presentations and Biological Functions: A Comment on Matthen.” Journal of Philosophy 86 (1989): 38–44.
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Rosenberg, A. “Is Lewis’s Genuine Modal Realism Magical Too?” Mind 98 (1989): 412–21.
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Rosenberg, A. “Superseding Explanation vs. Understanding: The View from Rorty.” Social Research 56 (1989): 479–510.
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Rosenberg, A. “Is the Theory of Natural Selection a Statistical Theory?” Canadian Journal of Philosophy 18, no. sup1 (January 1, 1988): 187–207. https://doi.org/10.1080/00455091.1988.10715949.Full Text
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Rosenberg, A. “The Past Recaptured: Mongin on the Problem of Realism in Economics.” Philosophy of the Social Sciences 18, no. 3 (January 1, 1988): 379–81. https://doi.org/10.1177/004839318801800307.Full Text
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Rosenberg, A. “Will the argument for abstracta please stand up?” Behavioral and Brain Sciences 11, no. 3 (January 1, 1988): 526–27. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X00058799.Full Text
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Rosenberg, A. “Economics Is Too Important to be Left to the Rhetoricians.” Economics and Philosophy 4 (1988): 129–49.
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Rosenberg, A. “Rhetoric is Not Important Enough for Economists to Bother About.” Economics and Philosophy 4 (1988): 173–75.
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Rosenberg, A. “Grievous Faults in "Vaulting Ambition"?” Ethics 98 (1988): 827–38.
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Rosenberg, A. “Will the Real Argument for "Abstracta" Please Stand Up?” Behavioral and Brain Sciences 11 (1988): 526–27.
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Rosenberg, A. “Are Generic Predictions Enough?” Fundamenta Scientiae 9 (1988): 329–52.
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Brandon, Robert N., and Alexander Rosenberg. “The Structure of Biological Science.” The Journal of Philosophy 84, no. 4 (April 1987): 224–224. https://doi.org/10.2307/2027161.Full Text
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Rosenberg, A. “Weintraub’s aims: A Brief Rejoinder.” Economics and Philosophy 3, no. 1 (January 1, 1987): 143–44. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0266267100002807.Full Text
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Rosenberg, A. “The political philosophy of biological endowments: Some considerations.” Social Philosophy and Policy 5, no. 1 (January 1, 1987): 1–31. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0265052500001229.Full Text
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Rosenberg, A. “Is there really “juggling,” “artifice,” and “trickery” in Genes, Mind, and Culture?” Behavioral and Brain Sciences 10, no. 1 (January 1, 1987): 80–82. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X00056429.Full Text
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Rosenberg, A. “Why Does the Nature of Species Matter.” Biology and Philosophy 2 (1987): 192–97.
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Rosenberg, A. “Ignorance and disinformation in the philosophy of biology: A reply to Stent.” Biology and Philosophy 1, no. 4 (December 1, 1986): 461–71. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00140963.Full Text
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Rosenberg, A. “Lakatosian consolations for economics.” Economics and Philosophy 2, no. 1 (January 1, 1986): 127–39. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0266267100000821.Full Text
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Rosenberg, A. “What Rosenberg’s Philosophy of Economics Is Not.” Philosophy of Science 53 (1986): 127–32.
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Rosenberg, A. “On the Explanatory Role of Existence Proofs.” Ethics 97 (1986): 177–86.
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Rosenberg, A. “Causation and Explanation in Evolutionary Biology.” Behaviorism 14 (1986): 77–88.
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Rosenberg, A. “Intentional Psychology and Evolutionary Biology, Part I: The Uneasy Analogy.” Behaviorism 14 (1986): 15–28.
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Rosenberg, A. “Intentional Psychology and Evolutionary Biology: Part II: Crucial Disanalogy.” Behaviorism 14 (1986): 125–38.
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Rosenberg, A., and Mary B. Williams. “Fitness as Primitive and Propensity.” Philosophy of Science 53 (1986): 412–18.
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Rosenberg, A. “Prospects for the elimination of tastes from economics and ethics.” Social Philosophy and Policy 2, no. 2 (January 1, 1985): 48–68. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0265052500003216.Full Text
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Rosenberg, A. “The Place of Psychology in a Vacuum of Theories.” Annals of Theoretical Psychology 3 (1985): 95–102.
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Rosenberg, A. “Methodology, Theory and the Philosophy of Science.” Pacific Philosophical Quarterly 66 (1985): 377–93.
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Rosenberg, A., and Mary B. Williams. “Fitness in Fact and Fiction.” Journal of Philosophy 82 (1985): 738–49.
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ROSENBERG, A. “Mackie and Shoemaker on Dispositions and Properties.” Midwest Studies in Philosophy 9, no. 1 (January 1, 1984): 77–91. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-4975.1984.tb00053.x.Full Text
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Rosenberg, A. “Fitness, reinforcement, underlying mechanisms.” Behavioral and Brain Sciences 7, no. 4 (January 1, 1984): 495–96. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X0002690X.Full Text
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Rosenberg, A. “Protagoras Among the Physicists.” Dialogue 22, no. 2 (January 1, 1983): 311–17. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0012217300018011.Full Text
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Rosenberg, A. “Content and consciousness versus the International stance.” Behavioral and Brain Sciences 6, no. 3 (January 1, 1983): 375–76. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X00016629.Full Text
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Rosenberg, A. “Fitness.” Journal of Philosophy 80 (1983): 457–74.
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Rosenberg, A. “Critical Notice of Genes, Mind and Culture.” Journal of Philosophy 80 (1983): 304–11.
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Rosenberg, A. “The Human Sciences: Obstacles and Opportunities.” Syracuse Scholar 4 (1983): 63–80.
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Rosenberg, A. “If Economics Isn’t Science, What Is It?” Philosophical Forum 14 (1983): 296–314.
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Rosenberg, A. “Coefficients, Effects and Genic Selection.” Philosophy of Science 50 (1983): 332–38.
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Rosenberg, A. “Consciousness and Content vs. the Intentional Stance.” Behavioral and Brain Sciences 6 (1983): 375–76.
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Rosenberg, A. “Are there culturgens?” Behavioral and Brain Sciences 5, no. 1 (January 1, 1982): 22–24. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X00010281.Full Text
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Rosenberg, A. “In Hume’s Cause: A Reply to Mackie and Flew.” Philosophical Books 23 (1982): 140–46.
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Rosenberg, A., and C. L. Harden. “On the Propensity Definition of Fitness.” Philosophy of Science 49 (1982): 605–15.
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Rosenberg, A., and C. L. Harden. “In Defense of Convergent Realism.” Philosophy of Science 49 (1982): 604–15.
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Rosenberg, A. “Typologies: Obstacles and opportunities in scientific change.” Behavioral and Brain Sciences 4, no. 2 (January 1, 1981): 298–99. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X00009006.Full Text
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Rosenberg, A. “Critical Notice of Method and Appraisal in Economics.” Nous 15 (1981): 225–30.
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Rosenberg, A. “A skeptical history of microeconomic theory.” Theory and Decision 12, no. 1 (March 1, 1980): 79–93. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00154660.Full Text
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Rosenberg, A. “Obstacles to the Nomological Connection of Reasons and Actions.” Philosophy of the Social Sciences 10, no. 1 (January 1, 1980): 79–91. https://doi.org/10.1177/004839318001000106.Full Text
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Rosenberg, A. “Species Notions and the Theoretical Hierarchy of Biology.” Nature and System 2 (1980): 163–72.
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ROSENBERG, A., and R. M. MARTIN. “The Extensionality of Causal Contexts.” Midwest Studies in Philosophy 4, no. 1 (January 1, 1979): 401–8. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-4975.1979.tb00389.x.Full Text
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Rosenberg, A. “Can Economic Theory Explain Everything?” Philosophy of the Social Sciences 9, no. 4 (January 1, 1979): 509–29. https://doi.org/10.1177/004839317900900409.Full Text
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Rosenberg, A. “Causation and counteifactuals: Lewis’ treatment reconsidered.” Dialogue 18, no. 2 (January 1, 1979): 209–19. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0012217300048071.Full Text
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Rosenberg, A. “Causation and Counterfactuals: Lewis’ Treatment Reconsidered.” Dialogue 18 (1979): 210–19.
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Rosenberg, A. “Hollis and Nell: Rationalist Economic Men.” Philosophy of the Social Sciences 8, no. 1 (January 1, 1978): 87–98. https://doi.org/10.1177/004839317800800109.Full Text
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Rosenberg, A. “The Supervenience of Biological Concepts.” Philosophy of Science 45 (1978): 368–86.
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Rosenberg, A. “The Puzzle of Economic Modeling.” Journal of Philosophy 75 (1978): 679–83.
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Rosenberg, A. “Genetics and the Theory of Natural Selection: Synthesis or Sustenance?” Nature and System, 1, 1978: 3 15. 1 (1978): 3–15.
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Beauchamp, T. L., and A. Rosenberg. “Critical Notice.” Canadian Journal of Philosophy 7, no. 2 (January 1, 1977): 371–404. https://doi.org/10.1080/00455091.1977.10717025.Full Text
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Rosenberg, A. “Concrete occurrences vs. explanatory facts: Mackie on the extensionality of causal statements.” Philosophical Studies 31, no. 2 (January 1, 1977): 133–40. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01857183.Full Text
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Rosenberg, A., and T. L. Beauchamp. “Critical Notice of The Cement of the Universe.” Canadian Journal of Philosophy 7 (1977): 371–404.
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Martin, R. M., and A. Rosenberg. “Materialism and Evolution: A Reconsideration.” Canadian Journal of Philosophy 6, no. 1 (January 1, 1976): 127–38. https://doi.org/10.1080/00455091.1976.10716983.Full Text
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Martin, R. M., and A. Rosenberg. “Rejoinder to Puccetti.” Canadian Journal of Philosophy 6, no. 1 (January 1, 1976): 143–44. https://doi.org/10.1080/00455091.1976.10716985.Full Text
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Rosenberg, A. “On the Interanimation of Micro and Macroeconomics.” Philosophy of the Social Sciences 6, no. 1 (January 1, 1976): 35–53. https://doi.org/10.1177/004839317600600103.Full Text
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Rosenberg, A. “The nomological character of microeconomics.” Theory and Decision 6, no. 1 (January 1, 1975): 1–26. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00139817.Full Text
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Rosenberg, A. “The virtues of vagueness in the languages of science.” Dialogue 14, no. 2 (January 1, 1975): 281–305. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0012217300043407.Full Text
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Rosenberg, A. “Terms of experience and theory: A rejoinder to Körner.” Dialogue 14, no. 2 (January 1, 1975): 309–11. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0012217300043420.Full Text
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Rosenberg, A. “Proper Hoc, Ergo Post Hoc.” American Philosophical Quarterly 12 (1975): 245–54.
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Rosenberg, A. “On Kim’s Account of Events and Event Identity.” Journal of Philosophy 71 (1974): 327–36.
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Rosenberg, A., and N. J. MacIntosh. “Strong, Weak, and Functional Equivalence in Machine Simulation.” Philosophy of Science 41 (1974): 412–14.
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Rosenberg, A., and T. L. Beauchamp. “Singular Causal Statements: a Reconsideration.” Philosophical Forum, 5, 1974: 611 618 5 (1974): 611–18.
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Rosenberg, A. “Causation and recipes: The mixture as before?” Philosophical Studies 24, no. 6 (November 1, 1973): 378–85. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00376106.Full Text
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Rosenberg, A. “On Fodor’s Distinction Between Strong and Weak Equivalence in Machine Simulation.” Philosophy of Science 40 (1973): 118–20.
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Rosenberg, A. “Mill and Some Contemporary Critics on ‘Cause’.” Personalist 54 (1973): 123–29.
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Rosenberg, A., and R. Campbell. “Action, Purpose and Consciousness Among the Computers.” Philosophy of Science 40 (1973): 547–57.
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Braybrooke, D., and A. Rosenberg. “IV—Anti-Behaviourism in the Hour of its Disintegration.” Philosophy of the Social Sciences 2, no. 1 (January 1, 1972): 355–63. https://doi.org/10.1177/004839317200200127.Full Text
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Braybrooke, D., and A. Rosenberg. “Comment: Getting the war news straight: The actual situation in the philosophy of science.” American Political Science Review 66, no. 3 (January 1, 1972): 818–26. https://doi.org/10.2307/1957480.Full Text
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Rosenberg, A. “Friedman's ‘Methodology’ for Economics: A Critical Examination.” Philosophy of the Social Sciences 2, no. 1 (January 1, 1972): 15–29. https://doi.org/10.1177/004839317200200102.Full Text
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Rosenberg, A., and David Braybrooke. “Getting the War News Straight: The Actual Situation in the Philosophy of Science.” American Political Science Review, 66, 1972: 818 826 66 (1972): 818–26.
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Rosenberg, A., and David Braybrooke. “Anti-behaviourism in the Hour of its Disintegration.” Philosophy of the Social Sciences 2 (1972): 355–63.
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Rosenberg, A. “Philosophical challenges for scientism (and how to meet them?).” In Scientism: Prospects and Problems, 83–105, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190462758.003.0004.Full Text
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Bouchard, F., and A. Rosenberg. “Fitness, Probability and the Principles of Natural Selection.” In Philosophy of Evolutionary Biology: Volume I, 299–318, 2017.
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Graves, L., B. L. Horan, and A. Rosenberg. “Is Indeterminism the Source of the Statistical Character of Evolutionary Theory?” In Philosophy of Evolutionary Biology: Volume I, 237–54, 2017.
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Rosenberg, A. “Reductionism Redux: Computing the Embryo.” In Philosophy of Evolutionary Biology: Volume I, 447–72, 2017.
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Sommers, T., and A. Rosenberg. “Darwin's Nihilistic Idea: Evolution and the Meaninglessness of Life.” In Evolutionary Ethics: Volume III, 3:169–84, 2017. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315255767-19.Full Text
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Rosenberg, A. “Darwinism as philosophy can the universal acid be contained?” In How Biology Shapes Philosophy: New Foundations for Naturalism, 23–50, 2016. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781107295490.003.Full Text
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Rosenberg, A. “The biological character of social theory.” In Handbook on Evolution and Society: Toward an Evolutionary Social Science, 31–58, 2015. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315634203.Full Text
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Rosenberg, A. “Replies to critics: Very brief, very selective, rather snarky.” In Is Faith in God Reasonable?: Debates in Philosophy, Science, and Rhetoric, 166–70, 2014. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315885544-12.Full Text
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Rosenberg, A., and William Lane Craig. “The debate: Is faith in God reasonable?” In Is Faith in God Reasonable? Debates in Philosophy, Science and Rhetoric, edited by Corey Miller and Paul Gould. Routledge, 2014.
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Rosenberg, A. “Biology.” In The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Science, 575–85, 2013. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203744857-65.Full Text
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Rosenberg, A. “Theism and Allism.” In The Philosophy of Peter Van Inwagen, edited by John Christopher Adorno Keller. Oxford University Press, 2013.
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Rosenberg, A. “Why I am a naturalist.” In The Armchair or the Laboratory, edited by Matthew Haug, 32–35. Routledge, 2013.
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Rosenberg, A. “Reply to critics.” In Is Faith in God Reasonable? Debates in Philosophy, Science and Rhetoric, edited by Corey Miller and Paul Gould. Routledge, 2013.
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Rosenberg, A. “Can naturalism save the humanities?” In The Armchair or the Laboratory, edited by Matthew Haug, 39–42. Routledge, 2013.
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Rosenberg, A. “Disenchanted Naturalism.” In Contemporary Philosophical Naturalism and Its Implications, edited by Bana Bashour and Hans Muller, 17–36. Routledge, 2013.
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Rosenberg, A. “Designing a successor to the patent as second best solution to the problem of optimum provision of good ideas.” In New Frontiers in the Philosophy of Intellectual Property, 88–109, 2012. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511920837.004.Full Text
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Rosenberg, A. “Designing an alternative to the patent as a second best solution to the problem of intellectual property.” In New Frontiers in the Philosophy of Intellectual Property, edited by Annabelle Lever. Cambridge University Press, 2012.
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Rosenberg, A. “How physics fakes design.” In Evolutionary Biology: Coneptual, Ethical Religion Issues, edited by A. Thompson and A. Walsh. Cambridge U.P., 2011.
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Rosenberg, A. “Lessons for Cognitive Science from Neurogenomics.” In The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy and Neuroscience, 2009. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195304787.003.0007.Full Text
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Rosenberg, A. “Lessons from neurogenomics for cognitive science.” In Oxford Handbook of Philosophy and Neuroscience, edited by John Bickle. Oxford University Press, 2009.
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Rosenberg, A. “Darwinism in moral philosophy and social theory.” In The Cambridge Companion to Darwin, 2d Edition, edited by G. Raddick and J. Hodge. Cambridge University Press, 2009.
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Rosenberg, A. “Reductionism in Biology.” In A Companion to the Philosophy of Biology, 550–67, 2008. https://doi.org/10.1002/9780470696590.ch29.Full Text
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Rosenberg, A. “If economics is a science, what kind of a science is it?” In Oxford Handbook of the Philosophy of Economics, edited by Harold Kincaid, 55–68. Oxford University Press, 2008.
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Rosenberg, A. “Reductionism in biology.” In Philosophy of Biology, 349–68, 2007. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-044451543-8/50018-6.Full Text
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Rosenberg, A. “Reductionism (and antireductionism) in biology.” In The Cambridge Companion to the Philosophy of Biology, 120–38, 2007. https://doi.org/10.1017/CCOL9780521851282.007.Full Text
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Rosenberg, A. “Will genomics do more for metaphysics than locke?” In Evolutionary Ethics and Contemporary Biology, 178–98, 2006. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511498428.012.Full Text
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Rosenberg, A. “Biology, Philosophy of.” In The Routledge Companion to the Philosophy of Science, edited by M. Curd and S. Psillos. Routledge, 2006.
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Rosenberg, A. “Reductionism.” In Handbook for the Philosophy of Science, v.3 Philosophy of Biology. Elsevier, 2006.
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Rosenberg, A. “Reductionism in molecular biology.” In Oxford Handbook in Philosophy of Biology, edited by D. Hull and M. Ruse. Oxford University Press, 2006.
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Rosenberg, A. “Good Ideas and Human Welfare: Big Pharma versus the Developing Nations.” In Developmental Dilemmas, edited by M. Ayogu and D. Ross. London: Routledge, 2005.
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Rosenberg, A. “Will genomics do more for metaphysics than Locke.” In Scientific Evidence, edited by Peter Achinstein, 186–206. Johns Hopkins Unversity, 2005.
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Rosenberg, A. “Genomics and cultural evolution.” In Evolutionary Ethics and Contemporary Biology, edited by Giovanni Boniolo and Gabriele de Anna. Cambridge University Press, 2005.
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Rosenberg, A. “Darwinism in Moral Philosophy and Social Theory.” In Cambridge Companion to Darwin, edited by A. Hodge and A. Radick. Cambridge University Press, 2003.
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Rosenberg, A., and Frederic Bouchard. “Drift, fitness, and the foundations of probability.” In Indeterminism in Physics and Biology, edited by Adreas Hutterman. Paderborn: Mentis, 2003.
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Rosenberg, A., and R. Brandon. “Problems of the Philosophy of Biology.” In Philosophy of Science Today, edited by Peter Clark and Katherine Hawley. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003.
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Rosenberg, A. “Reductionism in a historical science.” In Promises and Limits of Reductionism in the Biomedical Sciences, edited by David Hull and Marc Van Regenmortel, 125–55. John Wiley, 2002.
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Rosenberg, A., and Frederic Bouchard. “Fitness.” In Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 2002.
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Rosenberg, A. “Philosophy of molecular biology.” In Encyclopedia of Life Sciences. London: McMillan, 2001.
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Rosenberg, A. “Philosophy of Social Science.” In A Companion to the Philosophy of Science, edited by W. Newton-Smith, 451–60. London: Blackwell, 2000.
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Rosenberg, A. “Laws, History and the Nature of Scientific Understanding.” In Evolutionary Biology, edited by MacIntyre Hecht and MacIntyre Clegg, 32:51–71. New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, 2000.
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Rosenberg, A. “Limits to Biology.” In Science at Century’s End, edited by M. Carrier, L. Ruetsche, and G. Massey, 247–65. Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2000.
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Rosenberg, A. “Privacy as a Matter of Taste and Right (Reprint).” In The Right to Privacy, edited by Miller Paul, 68–91. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000.
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Rosenberg, A. “The Character Concept in Taxonomy, Evolution, and Development.” In The Character Concept in Evolutionary Biology, edited by G. Wagner, 199–214. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2000.
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Rosenberg, A. “The problem of enforcement: Is there an alternative to Leviathan.” In Evolutionary Origins of Morality, edited by Leonard Katz, 236–39. Thorverton, UK: Imprint Academic, 2000.
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Rosenberg, A. “Folk Psychology.” In Handbook of Economic Methodology, edited by J. B. Davis. Aldershot, UK: Elgar, 1998.
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Rosenberg, A. “The Human Genome Project: Research Tactics and Economic Strategies (Reprint).” In Philosophy of Biology, edited by A. Hull and A. Ruse. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 1998.
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Rosenberg, A. “Altruism: theoretical Considerations (Reprint).” In Philosophy of Biology, edited by A. Hull and A. Ruse. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 1998.
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Rosenberg, A. “Problems of the Philosophy of Social Science.” In Blackwell’s Encyclopedia of Philosophy, edited by E. Craig. Oxford: Blackwells, 1998.
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Rosenberg, A. “Sociobiology.” In Blackwell’s Encyclopedia of Philosophy, edited by E. Craig. Oxford: Blackwells, 1998.
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Rosenberg, A. “Is There an Evolutionary Biology of Play? (Reprint).” In Readings in Animal Cognition, edited by M. Bekoff and D. Jameson, 217–28. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1996.
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Rosenberg, A. “Philosophy of Economics.” In Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy, edited by R. Audi, 582–83. Cambridge University Press, 1996.
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Rosenberg, A. “The Human Genome Project: Research Tactics and Economic Strategies (Reprint).” In Scientific Innovation, Philosophy and Public Policy, edited by E. Paul, F. Miller, and J. Paul, 1–26. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996.
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Rosenberg, A. “Philosophy of Biology.” In The Encyclopedia of Philosophy, edited by D. Borchert, Supplementary:407–11. New York, NY: Simon-Schuster McMillan, 1996.
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Rosenberg, A. “The Biological Justification of Ethics: A Best Case Scenario (Reprint).” In Ethics and Biology, edited by P. Thompson. SUNY Press, 1995.
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Rosenberg, A. “The Cognitive Status of Economic theory.” In Nature of Economic Method, edited by A. Backhouse, 216–35. London: Routledge, 1994.
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Rosenberg, A. “Does Evolutionary Theory Give Aid or Comfort to Economics.” In Natural Images in Economic Thought, edited by P. Mirowski, 384–407. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994.
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Rosenberg, A. “If Economics Isn’t a Science, What Is It? (Reprint).” In Readings in the Philosophy of Social Science, edited by M. Martin and L. McIntyre, 661–74. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1994.
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Rosenberg, A. “Subversive Reflections on the Human Genome Project.” In PSA, 2:329–38. East Lansing, MI: Philosophy of Science Association, 1994.
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Rosenberg, A. “How is Eliminative Materialism Possible?” In Mind and Common Sense, edited by Radu Bogdan. Cambridge:Cambridge University Press, 1993.
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Rosenberg, A. “If Economics Isn’t a Science, What Is It? (Reprint).” In The Philosophy and Methodology of Economics, edited by B. Caldwell, 426–42. Aldershot, UK: Elgar, 1993.
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Rosenberg, A. “Common Knowledge, Equilibrium and Other Idealizations: Commentary Bicchieri.” In Postpopperian Methodology of Economics, edited by N. DeMarchi, 189–94. Boston: Dordrecht, 1992.
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Rosenberg, A. “Altruism: Theoretical Context.” In Keywords in Evolutionary Biology, edited by E. Fox-Keller and L. Lloyd, 20–28. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1992.
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Rosenberg, A. “Evolutionary Biology and Neoclassical Economics: Strange Bedfellows.” In PSA, 1:174–83. East Lansing, MI: Philosophy of Science Association, 1992.
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Rosenberg, A. “Hume and the Philosophy of Science.” In Cambridge Companion to Hume, edited by A. Norton, 64–89. Cambridge University Press, 1992.
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Rosenberg, A. “The Biological Justification of Ethics: A Best Case Scenario (Reprint).” In Ethics, Politics and Human Nature, edited by Miller Paul and Miller Rowe, 86–101, 1991.
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Rosenberg, A. “What’s So Special About General Equilibrium?” In Economics, Culture, Education, 10–133. London: Elgar, 1991.
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Rosenberg, A. “Teleology.” In Handbook of Metaphysics, edited by et al Burkhardt, 391–93. Munich, Germany: Philosophia Verlag, 1991.
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Rosenberg, A. “Is There an Evolutionary Biology of Play?” In Interpretation and Explanation in the Study of Annual Behavior, edited by M. Bekoff and M. Jameson, 180–96. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1990.
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Rosenberg, A. “Fitness, Reinforcement and Underlying Mechanisms (reprint).” In The Selection of Behavior, edited by C. Catania and S. Harnad, 57–59. Oxford University Press, 1990.
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Rosenberg, A. “A quoi bon la theorie de l’equilibre general?”.” In La Methodologie de L’economie Theorique et Applique Aujourd’hui, edited by J. Wolff and et al, 170–87. Paris Nathan, 1990.
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Rosenberg, A. “From Reductionism to Instrumentalism.” In What Philosophy of Biology Is, 245–62. Dordrecht: Kluwer, 1989.
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Rosenberg, A. “Are Generic Predictions Enough (reprint).” In Philosophy and Economics II, edited by B. Hamminga, 43–68. Dordrecht: Kluwer, 1989.
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Rosenberg, A. “The Political Philosophy of Biological Endowments: Some Considerations (Reprint).” In Equal Opportunity, edited by Miller Paul and Miller Ahrens, 1–31. Oxford: Blackwell, 1987.
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Rosenberg, A. “Autonomy and Provincialism (Reprint).” In Holisme En Reductionisme En de Empirishe Wetenschappen, edited by Greetvan Geinert, 10–21. Groningen, Studium Generale, 1987.
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Rosenberg, A. “Darwinism Today–Tomorrow, But Not Yesterday.” In PSA 1984, edited by P. Kitcher and P. Asquith, 2:157–73. East Lansing, MI: Philosophy of Science Association, 1985.
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Rosenberg, A. “Philosophy of Science and the Potential for Knowledge in Social Sciences.” In Pluralisms and Subjectivities in Social Science, edited by D. Fiske and R. Schweder, 339–46. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1985.
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Rosenberg, A. “Adaptionalist Imperatives and Panglossian Paradigms.” In Sociobiology and Epistemology, edited by J. M. Fetzer, 161–79. Dordrecht: Reidel, 1985.
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Rosenberg, A. “Davidson’s Unintended Attack on Psychology.” In Actions and Events, edited by E. LePore, 399–407. Oxford: Blackwell, 1985.
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Rosenberg, A. “Prospects for the Elimination of Tastes in Economics and Ethics (Reprint).” In Ethics and Economics, edited by E. F. Paul, J. Paul, and F. D. Miller, 48–69. Oxford: Blackwell, 1985.
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Rosenberg, A. “The Supervenience of Biological Concepts (Reprint).” In Conceptual Issues in Evolutionary Biology, edited by E. Sober, 99–116. Cambridge, MA: Bradford Books/MIT Press, 1984.
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Rosenberg, A. “The Interanimation of Micro and Macroeconomics (Reprint).” In The Philosophy of Economics, edited by D. Hausman, 324–43. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1984.
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Rosenberg, A. “Public Sector Monopolies.” In Productivity and Public Policy, edited by A. Holzer and A. Nagle, 219–33. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage Publications, 1984.
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Rosenberg, A., and J. D. Straussman. “Maximization, Markets and the Measurement of Productivity in the Public Sector.” In New Directions in Public Administration, edited by J. D. Bozeman and J. D. Straussman, 280–87. Monterey, CA: Brooks/Cole, 1984.
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Rosenberg, A. “Human Science and Biological Science.” In Scientific Explanation and Understanding, edited by N. Rescher, 37–52. Lanham, MD: University Presses of America, 1983.
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Rosenberg, A. “Causation and Teleology in Contemporary Philosophy of Science.” In Contemporary Philosophy, A New Survey, 2:51–86. The Hague: Nijhoff, 1982.
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Rosenberg, A. “The Interaction of Evolutionary and Genetic Theory.” In Pragmatism and Purpose, edited by Slater Summer and Slater Wilson, 207–19. Toronto, Canada: University of Toronto Press, 1981.
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Rosenberg, A. “A Skeptical History of Microeconomic Theory (Reprint).” In Philosophy in Economics, edited by J. Pitt, 47–62. Dordrecht: Reidel, 1981.
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Rosenberg, A. “Ruse’s Treatment of the Evidence for Evolution: A Reconsideration.” In PSA, edited by A. Giere and A. Asquith, 83–93. East Lansing, MI: Philosophy of Science Association, 1980.
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Rosenberg, A. “Towards the Assimilation of Rules to Generalizations.” In Basic Issues in Philosophy of Science, edited by W. Shea, 156–72. New York: Science History Publications, 1976.
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Rosenberg, A. “Partial Interpretation and Microeconomics.” In Developments in the Methodology of Social Science: Theory and Decision Library, edited by W. Leinfellner and W. Kohler, 93–109. Dordrecht: Reidel, 1974.
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Rosenberg, A., and David Braybrooke. “Vincula Revindicata.” In Philosophical Problems of Causation, edited by T. L. Beauchamp, 217–22. Encino, CA: Dickenson, 1974.
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Rosenberg, Alex. “Is epigenetic inheritance a counterexample to the central dogma?” In History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences, 28:549–65, 2006.
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Bouchard, F., and A. Rosenberg. “Drift, fitness and the foundations of probability.” In Determinism in Physics and Biology, 108–35, 2003.Link to Item
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Rosenberg, A. “Good ideas and human welfare.” edited by Don Ross. Cambridge University Press, 2002.
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