EDUCATION

        Ph.D.            Philosophy, University of Notre Dame, August 1988

        M.A.             History and Philosophy of Science, University of Notre Dame, January 1986

        B.S./B.A.      Biology/Philosophy, State University of New York at Cortland, May 1983
 

    ACADEMIC POSITIONS

        Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts Daum Professorship, 2009-2010
        Professor of Philosophy, Loyola Marymount University, 2000-present
        Robert H. Taylor, S.J. Chair in Philosophy, 2002-2004
        Associate Professor of Philosophy, Loyola Marymount University, 1995-2000
        Postdoctoral Fellow, Science Studies Program, University of California, San Diego, 1994-1995
        Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Loyola Marymount University, 1988-1995
        Senior Teaching Fellow, University of Notre Dame, 1987-1988
        Instructor in Philosophy, University of Notre Dame, 1984-1987
 

    COURSES TAUGHT

          Philosophy of Biology                   Philosophy of Mind           Theory of Knowledge
          Philosophy of Science                   Modern Philosophy I        Darwinism and Christian Belief
          Philosophy of Human Nature        Cognitive Relativism          On the Nature of Things.       
          Irish Moral/Political Philosophy     Philosophy & Film            Immortality & the Meaning of Life

    DEPARTMENTAL SERVICE

         Chair, Core Curriculum Committee of Philosophy (CCCP), Spring-Fall 2008
         Acting Director, M.A. Program in Philosophy, Fall 2006, 2009
         TOP Director and Teaching Fellows Supervisor, 2008-present
         Chair of the Department of Philosophy, 2002-2006
         Chair, Department Assessment Committee, 2002-2006
         Faculty Mentor for Dr. Jason Baehr, Fall 2002-present
         MA Program Graduate Committee, Spring 2001-present
         Colloquium Coordinator, Fall 1995-2001
         Search Committee, 1991-1992; Spring 1994; Fall 1994; Spring 1995;
             2002-2003 (Chair); 2004-2005 (Chair); 2005-2006 (Chair);
             2006-2007 (Chair)
         Majors Advisor, 1993-1995
         Faculty Moderator, Phi Sigma Tau, 1988-1991
         Faculty Moderator, LMU Philosophy Society, 1988-1991

     COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY SERVICE        

        Faculty Senate, 2010-2013
        BCLA Planning Council, 2009-2012
        Rank & Tenure Independent Review Committee, 2009-2010
        Acting Chair, Department of Classics & Archaeology, Fall 2008
        Review Committee for Nick Kochler, Bioethics Institute, 2008-2010
        University Honors Program Director Search Committee, 2007-2008
        Honors Advisory Council, Fall 2006-2008
        Graduate Council, Fall 2006, 2009
        BCLA Graduate Directors, Fall 2006, 2009       
        NEH Proposal Review Committee, Fall 2006, 2010
        Council of Chairs, 2002-2006
        Acting Director, Summer in Ireland Program, 2002-2003
        University College Cork, Devere Scholarship Committee, Spring 2001, 2002, 2003
        Fulbright Campus Interview Committee, 1998, 1999
        Bioethics Institute Director Search Committee, 1997-1999
        University Research Committee, 1996-1999
        Advisor for Undeclared Liberal Arts Students, 1995-present
        Instructional Standards Task Force, 1993-1994
        Co-Chair, Library Case Advisory Group, Spring 1993
        Faculty Senator (At-Large), 1992-1993
        Chair, Faculty Senate Election Committee, 1992-1993
        Rhodes Scholarship Committee, Fall 1992
        Library Committee, 1991-1994
        Assistant Academic Grants Officer Search Committee, Spring 1992
        Organizing Committee, LMU Teach-In on Ecology, 1990-1991
        Casassa Conference Organizing Committee, 1990-1991
        Faculty Moderator, LMU Sierra Club, 1990-1991
        Co-Coordinator, Forum on "Crisis in the Middle East," Fall 1990

    EDITORIAL, CONSULTING, REFEREEING WORK

         Critical Studies on Terrorism (2010)
         Studies in History and Philosophy of Biology and Biomedical Sciences (2010)
         Routledge Publishing (2007, 2008)
         Longman Publishing (2003, 2005)
         National Science Foundation (2001)
         Trends in Ecology and Evolution (1999)
         Philosophy of Science (1997)
         Blackwell Publishers (1997, 2007)
         Prentice-Hall Publishers (1996, 1997, 2008)
         Journal of the History of Ideas (1993)
         Journal of Philosophical Research (1993)
         Dialogue: Canadian Philosophical Review (1992, 1994)
         Oxford University Press (1991, 1992, 2002, 2006)
         SUNY Press (1991)
         Wadsworth Publishing Co. (1989, 2000)
         Journal of the History of Philosophy (1988)

        American Philosophical Association (APA)
        Philosophy of Science Association (PSA)
        International Society for History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Biology (ISHPSSB)   

    PUBLICATIONS

        Books

        Reason and Insight: Western and Eastern Perspectives on the Pursuit of Moral Wisdom,
        Second Edition (Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing Company, 2003), 492 pp.

        The Evolution of Darwinism: Selection, Adaptation, and Progress in Evolutionary Biology  
        (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2004).

        Philosophy 9/11: Thinking about the War on Terrorism [edited volume] (Chicago: Open
        Court Publishing, 2005).

        The Provisional Irish Republican Army and the Morality of Terrorism (Edinburgh: Edinburgh
        University Press, 2009).

        Journal Articles and Book Chapters

         "The First Moment of Scientific Inquiry: C.S. Peirce on the Logic of Abduction," Transactions
           of the C.S. Peirce Society, Fall 1986, Vol. XXII, No. 4, pp. 449-466.

        "God and Nature in the Thought of Robert Boyle," Journal of the History of Philosophy, Oct.
          1988, Vol. XXVI, No.4, pp. 547-569. Reprinted in Vere Chappell (ed.), Seventeenth-Century 
          Natural Scientists, volume 7 of Essays on Early Modern Philosophers (New York & London:
          Garland Publishing, 1992), pp. 123-145.

        "Kant, Naturphilosophie, and Oersted's Discovery of Electromagnetism: A Reassessment,"
         Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, Sept. 1989, Vol. 20, No. 3, pp. 287-305.

        "Missing the Trees for the Forest -- Literally! Beatty on Chance and Natural Selection" Philosophy
         of Science, Sept. 1989, Vol. 56 (no. 3), pp. 484-489.

        "Group Selection and the Evolution of Myxomatosis," Evolutionary Theory, June 1990, Vol. 9,
          pp. 239-254.

        "Evolution, Phenotypic Selection, and the Units of Selection," Philosophy of Science, June 1990,
         Vol. 57 (no. 2), pp.172-187.

        "Chance as an Explanatory Factor in Evolutionary Biology," History and Philosophy of the Life
         Sciences, Fall 1991, Vol. 13, pp. 249-269.

        "Selection, Drift, and the Aims of Evolutionary Theory," in Paul Griffiths (ed.), Trees of Life:
         Essays in Philosophy of Biology (Dordrecht: Kluwer, 1992), pp. 133-161.

        "Teleological Reasoning in Robert Boyle's Disquisition about Final Causes," in Michael Hunter
         (ed.), Robert Boyle Reconsidered (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994), pp. 177-192.

        "Realism and Antirealism in Evolutionary Biology," in R.S. Cohen, R. Hilpinen and Q. Renzong (eds.),
         Realism and Anti-Realism in the Philosophy of Science (Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers,
        1996), pp. 447-464.

        "Pluralism, Antirealism, and the Units of Selection,"Acta Biotheoretica Volume 45, Number 2,
         June 1997, pp. 117-126.

        "Kitcher's Compromise: A Critical Evaluation of the Compromise Model of Scientific Closure, and
         its Implications for the Relationship Between History and Philosophy of Science," Studies in
         History and Philosophy of Science, Volume 28, number 2, June 1997, pp. 319-338.

        "Darwinian Naturalism, Theism, and Biological Design," Perspectives on Science and Christian
         Faith Volume 49, Number 3, September 1997, pp. 170-178.

        "The Troubled Past and Uncertain Future of Group Selectionism," Endeavour Volume 22, Number
         2, 1998, pp. 57-60.

        "Evolutionary Progress from Darwin to Dawkins," Endeavour Volume 23, Number 4 (December
        1999), pp. 171-174.

        "Evolutionary Progress?" BioScience Volume 50, Number 3, May 2000, pp. 451-459.

        "Opportunism and Progress in Evolution" BioScience Volume 51, Number 1, January 2001, p. 3.

        "Species," in The Scientific Revolution: An Encyclopedia, edited by Wilbur Applebaum
         (New York & London: Garland Publishing, 2000), pp. 611-612.

         "Methodological and Contextual Factors in the Dawkins/Gould Dispute Over Evolutionary
          Progress" Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences
          Volume 32, Number 1, Spring 2001, pp. 127-151.

        "Progress -- A Philosophical Analysis," Encyclopedia of Life Sciences (London: Macmillan
         Reference Ltd, 2001), Volume 15, pp. 228-230.

        "The Evolutionary Indeterminism Thesis," BioScience Volume 53, Number 2, February 2003,
          pp. 164-170.

        "Can There be a Nonconsequentialist Rights-Based Moral Justification of Terrorism?" in Patricia
         Hanna, Adrianne McEvoy, and Penelope Voutsina (eds.), An Anthology of Philosophical Studies
         (Athens: ATINER, 2006), pp. 409-420.

        "Why Don't Zebras Have Machine Guns? Adaptation, Selection, and Constraints in Evolutionary
         Theory," Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Volume 39
         Number 1, March 2008, pp. 135-146.

        "The Morality of Palestinian Terrorism," in Stephen Law (ed.), Israel, Palestine, and Terror   
         (London and New York: Continuum, 2008), pp. 34-46.

        "The Units of Selection," in Olga Pombo et al. (eds.), Evolution: Controversies and Debates  
         (Lisbon: Esfera do Caos Editores, 2009), pp. 153-173.

        "Betraying a Certain Corruption of Mind: How (and How Not) to Define 'Terrorism,'"
         Critical Studies on Terrorism, Volume 3, Issue 2, August 2010, pp.173-190.

        Book Reviews

        "A Mystery Still," review of Mystery of Mysteries: Is Evolution a Social Construction? by
         Michael Ruse, Trends in Ecology and Evolution Vol. 14, No. 10, October 1999, p. 411.

        "Design by Nature," review of Organisms and Artifacts: Design in Nature and Elsewhere, 
         by Tim Lewens, BioScience, Volume 54, Number 11, November 2004, pp. 1044-1046.

        "Not a Four-Letter Word," review of Darwinian Reductionism: Or, How to Stop Worrying and
         Love Molecular Biology, by Alexander Rosenberg, BioScience Volume 57, Number 7,
         July/August 2007, pp. 629-630.

        "Shanahan's Law," review of Back to Darwin: A Richer Account of Evolution, by John R. Cobb, Jr.
        (ed.), Reports of the National Center for Science Education Volume 29, Number 2, Mar-Apr 2009,
        pp. 45-46.

        "Philosophy of Biology Evolving," review of Contemporary Debates in Philosophy of Biology, by
         Francisco J. Ayala and Robert Arp (eds.), Science & Education, Volume 19, March 2010.

        "A Clever Ruse," review of Defining Darwin: Essays on the History and Philosophy of Evolutionary
         Biology, by Michael Ruse, BioScience Volume 60, Number 7, July/August 2010, pp. 553-555.

    PRESENTATIONS AND PUBLIC LECTURES

        "Adaptation, Diversity, and Chance: Conceptual Interrelations in the History of Biology," presented
          at the 24th Annual Joint Atlantic Seminar on the History of Biology, Yale University, March
          31-April 1, 1989.

        "Rethinking Darwin: What are the Units of Selection?" presented at the International Society for the
          History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Biology Conference, University of Western Ontario,
          London, Ontario, Canada, June 21-25, 1989.

        "The Blind Watchmaker Breaker: Comments on 'Dawkins on Design -- A Critique of The Blind
          Watchmaker,' by Dallas Willard," presented at Biola University, La Mirada, CA, Feb.10, 1990.

        "Philosophy and the Roots of the Ecological Crisis," presented at the LMU Earth Day Festival,
          Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, California, April 21, 1990.

        "Evolution, Selection, and the Units of Adaptation," presented to the History and Philosophy of
         Science Section of the Pacific Division of the American Association for the Advancement of
         Science, University of California at Davis, June 21, 1990.

        "Chance in Evolution," presented to the Biology Section of the Pacific Division of the American
         Association for the Advancement of Science, University of California at Davis, June 22, 1990.

        "The Twin Paradox of Evolutionary Theory," at a conference on Philosophical Problems in
          Evolutionary Biology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, August 4-6, 1990.

        "Selection, Drift, and the Aims of Evolutionary Theory," presentation to the Department of
          Philosophy of Loyola Marymount University, September 21, 1990.

        "Reincarnation and the Minnesota Twins," presentation to the LMU Philosophy Society, Los
         Angeles, CA, October 30, 1990.

        "Individuality and the New Essentialism in Evolutionary Biology," presented at the International
         Society for the History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Biology Conference, Northwestern
         University, Evanston, Illinois, July 11-14, 1991.

        "Typological Thinking in Evolutionary Biology," presented at the IXth International Congress of
         Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science, University of Uppsala, Sweden, August 7-14,
         1991.

        "Teleological Reasoning in Robert Boyle's Disquisition," presented at the Stalbridge Boyle
         Symposium, Templecombe, Somerset, England, December 14-16, 1991.

        "The Science of Behavior," presented at Zhongshan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China,
         May 25, 1992.

        "The Sociobiology Controversy," presented at Shaanxi Teachers University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China,
         June 9, 1992.

        "Realism and Antirealism in Evolutionary Biology," presented at the Beijing International Conference
         on Philosophy of Science, June 15-17, 1992, Beijing, China.

        "From the Renaissance to the New Age: Occult Powers in Early Modern Science and the Late
         Twentieth Century," presented to the LMU Philosophy Society, October 24, 1992.

        "Magic and Mechanics: Alchemy and the Emergence of Chemical Science," presented to the
         Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Loyola Marymount University, October 30, 1992.

        "Pluralistic Antirealism vs. Inclusive Hierarchical Monism in Evolutionary Biology," Philosophy
         Department Colloquium, Loyola Marymount University, April 23, 1993.

        "Methodological Pluralism, Scientific Realism, and the Units of Selection," presented at the
         International Society for the History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Biology Conference,
         Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, July 14, 1993.

        "Pluralism, Monism, and Evolutionary Explanations of Behavior," presented at the Human Behavior
         and Evolution Society Meeting, State University of New York at Binghamton, Binghamton, New
         York, August 5, 1993.

        "From Magic to Mechanics: Alchemy and the Emergence of Modern Science," presented for LMU
         President's Day, February 26, 1994.

        "Pluralism, Relativism, and Post-Modernist Philosophy of Biology," presented at the Boston
         Colloquium for the Philosophy of Science, Boston University, April 27, 1994.

        "History of Science and its Rational Reconstructions," presented to the Science Studies Core
         Seminar, University of California, San Diego, November 15, 1994.

        "Cognitive Variation and Scientific Rationality," presented at the Science Studies Program
         Colloquium Series, University of California, San Diego, February 6, 1995.

        "When Was it Rational, If At All, to be a 'Copernican'?", presented to Prof. Robert Westman's
         History of Science Seminar, University of California, San Diego, February 15, 1995.

        "Feminism, Standpoint Epistemology, and the Privilege of Partial Perspective," presented to the
         Science Studies Core Seminar, University of California, San Diego, February 28, 1995.

        "Teleology and the Mechanical Philosophy: Descartes and Boyle on Final Causality," presented at a
         conference on Descartes, Cartesianism, and Anti-Cartesianism, University of California at Irvine,
         June 10, 1995.

        "Compromising History: A Critical Evaluation of Kitcher's Compromise Model of Scientific
         Closure," presented at the International Society for History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of
         Biology meeting, University of Leuven, Belgium, July 21, 1995.

        "Darwinian Naturalism, Theism, and Biological Design," presented at a conference on Naturalism,
         Theism, and the Scientific Enterprise, hosted by the Department of Philosophy, University of
         Texas, Austin, February 20-23, 1997.

        "The Patristic Theory of Resurrection: A Critical Evaluation," LMU Philosophy Department
         Colloquium, April 18, 1997.

        "Evolutionary (In-)Determinism and the Statistical Nature of Evolutionary Theory," presented at the
         International Society for the History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Biology Conference,
         University of Washington, Seattle, WA, July 16-20, 1997.

        "In Darwin's Shadow: The Gould/Dawkins Debate Over Evolutionary Progress and the Nature of
         Darwinism," presented at the International Society for the History, Philosophy, and Social Studies
         of Biology Conference, Oaxaca, Mexico, July 6-11, 1999.

        "Darwinian Medicine" presented to the LMU Department of Biology Seminar Series, October 19,
         1999.

        "Is Evolution Progressive?" presented at the Australasian Association for the History, Philosophy, and
         Social Studies of Science Conference, University of Sydney, Australia, June 28-July 1, 2000

        "Darwinism and Christian Belief," poster presentation at conference on "Interpreting Evolution:
        Scientific and Religious Perspectives," Haverford College, Haverford, PA, June 17, 2001.

        "Why Don't Zebras Have Machine Guns? Recent (and not so recent) Work on Adaptationism  
         and Constraint," invited colloquium presentation, Department of Logic and Philosophy of
         Science, University of California, Irvine, October 8, 2004.

         "Creationism, Intelligent Design and Evolutionary Biology," delivered as Marymount College’s
          Scholar-in-Residence Mead Mentor Lecture, Marymount College, Palos Verde, California,
          March 8, 2006.

        "Can There be a Nonconsequentialist Rights-Based Moral Justification of Terrorism?" Athens
          International Conference on Philosophy, Athens, Greece, June 2, 2006.

        "The Principle of Humanity and the Morality of Palestinian Terrorism," Hawaii International
         Conference on Arts and Humanities, Honolulu, Hawaii, January 12, 2008.

        "Betraying a Certain Corruption of Mind: Terrorism and Moral Inquiry," LMU Department of
         Philosophy Colloquium, November 7, 2008.

        "Why Don't Zebras Have Machine Guns? Selection, and Constraints in Evolutionary Theory,"
         International Society for the History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Biology Conference,
         Emmanual College, St. Lucia, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, July 12-16, 2009.

        "The Evolution of Darwinism," Symposium: Defining Darwinism: One Hundred and Fifty Years
         of Debate, The University of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada, November 12-14, 2009.

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