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Sandra D. Mitchell, Professor of the History and Philosophy of Science
Philosophy of Science, especially Philosophy of Biology and Philosophy of the Social Sciences
PhD, Pittsburgh, 1987
Sandra D. Mitchell is professor of history and philosophy of science. Her research interests are in general philosophy of science, with particular attention to epistemological and metaphysical issues in biology and the social sciences. She has published articles on functional explanation, units of selection, sociobiology, biological complexity and self-organization, and scientific laws. She is co-editor of Human by Nature: Between Biology and the Social Sciences Her current interests include strategies for integrating diverse explanations of complex phenomena.
