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Robert N. Brandon

Professor Emeritus of Philosophy
Philosophy
Duke Box 90743, Durham, NC 27708-0743
209 West Duke Bldg, Durham, NC 27708

Selected Presentations & Appearances


The ZFEL Explanation of Macro-evolutioary Diversity · December 30, 2013 Lecture Montpellier, France
Causation in Biology · September 2, 2012 Lecture UNC-Chapel Hill
“The ZFEL Explanation of Macroevolutionary Diversity” at the University of Vermont, Department of Biology, February 2011 · January 7, 2012 Other
February, Robert N. Brandon, “The ZFEL Explanation of Macroevolutionary Diversity” at the University of Vermont, Department of Biology, · July 1, 2011 Lecture
April, Robert N. Brandon, “The ZFEL Explanation of Macroevolutionary Diversity” at the University of Chicago, Conceptual Foundations of Evolution · January 7, 2011 Lecture
June, Robert N. Brandon, “The Hierarchical Nature of Biology’s First Law” at the annual Duke/Toronto/Montreal/Paris Consortium in Philosophy of Biology held in Paris · January 7, 2011 Lecture
July, Robert N. Brandon - “Response to Critics” at the biennial meeting of the International Society for History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Biology, Salt Lake City, Utah · January 7, 2011 Lecture

Service to the Profession


External evaluator on tenure cases at Arizona State University and Tufts. · January 7, 2012 Other
Manuscript referee for Biology and Philosophy, Philosophy of Science, and The British Journal for Philosophy of Science. · January 7, 2012 Other