Ingo Brigandt, PhD

About

My research in philosophy of biology and related domains attempts to understand scientific practice and concept use from a methodological, epistemological, and semantic point of view. This includes investigating the change and diversity of scientific practices, as well as critically scrutinizing the intersection of science and society based on environmental and social values.

I am particularly interested in evolutionary developmental biology (evo-devo), molecular biology, systems biology, cognitive science, and (most recently) neuropsychiatry.

My detailed personal website.

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Teaching

Winter 2027 (Tuesday Thursday 9:30–10:50am)

PHIL 317 -- Philosophy of Biology 

This course is an introduction to philosophy of biology, suitable for philosophy students and for biology students, among others. Philosophy of biology addresses and contributes to a variety of conceptual and methodological questions that often arise from within biological science. This class will address issues pertaining to evolutionary, developmental, and molecular biology, focusing in particular on the role of genes in development and evolution and different kinds of explanations bearing on evolutionary biology.

Previous syllabus

PHIL 317 - Philosophy of Biology

Core topics at the interface of biology and philosophy.

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Browse more courses taught by Ingo Brigandt

Brigandt, Ingo

Cambridge University Press. 2025 August;

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Journal of Morphology. 2023 May; 284

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Canadian Journal of Philosophy. 2022 January; 52

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Evolution & Development. 2020 January; 22

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Ingo Brigandt and Esther Rosario

2020 January; Conceptual Engineering and Conceptual Ethics. A. Burgess, H. Cappelen, and D. Plunkett (eds), Oxford University Press

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Philosophy of Science. 2018 January; 85

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Sara Green, Maria Şerban, Raphael Scholl, Nicholaos Jones, Ingo Brigandt, and William Bechtel

Synthese. 2018 January; 195

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Science & Education. 2016 January; 25

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Canadian Journal of Philosophy. 2015 January; 45

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The Philosophy of Biology: A Companion for Educators. K. Kampourakis (ed), Springer. 2013 January;

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Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences. 2013 January; 44

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Ingo Brigandt, Alan C. Love

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution. 2012 January; 318

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Erkenntnis. 2010 January; 73

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Synthese. 2010 January; 177

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