Professor Elliot Sober

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2002

Sole author

  • Sober, Elliott. 'Kindness and Cruelty in Evolution.' In Visions of Compassion: Western Scientists and Tibetan Buddhists Examine Human Nature. Edited by Davidson, R.; Harrington, A. Oxford University Press, 2002, pp. 46-65.
     
  • Sober, Elliott. 'Reconstructing the Character States of Ancestors - A Likelihood Perspective on Cladistic Parsimony.' The Monist 85 (2002), pp. 156-176.
     

2001

Sole author

  • Sober, Elliott. 'Separating Nature and Nurture.' In Genetics and Criminal Behavior: Methods, Meanings and Morals. Edited by Wasserman, D.; Wachbroit, R. Cambridge University Press, 2001, pp. 47-78.
     
  • Sober, Elliott. 'The Principle of Conservatism in Cognitive Ethology.' In Naturalism, Evolution, and Mind. Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplement 49. Edited by Walsh, D. Cambridge University Press, 2001, pp. 225-238.
     
  • Sober, Elliott. 'Venetian Sea Levels, British Bread Prices, and the Principle of the Common Cause.' British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 52, no. 2 (2001), pp. 1-16.
     

Co-author

  • Sober, Elliott; Orzack, S. 'Phylogenetic Inertia, Adaptation, and the Method of Controlled Comparisons.' In Adaptationism and Optimality. Edited by Orzack, S.; Sober, E. Cambridge University Press, 2001, pp. 45-63.
     
  • Sober, Elliott; Wilson, D. S. 'Replies to Commentators on "Unto Others".' Metascience 10 (2001), pp. 202-208.
     
  • Sober, Elliott; Orzack, S (eds.). Unto Others - The Evolution and Psychology of Unselfish Behavior. Cambridge University Press, 2001.
     

1999

Sole author

  • Sober, Elliott. 'Instrumentalism Revisited.' Critica 31 (1999).
     
  • Sober, Elliott. 'Interview on "Unto Others".' Imprints Vol. 3 (1999).
     
  • Sober, Elliott. 'Modus Darwin.' Biology and Philosophy 14 (1999).
     
  • Sober, Elliott. 'Physicalism from a Probabilistic Point of View.' Philosophical Studies 95, no. 1/2 (1999), pp. 135-174.
     
  • Sober, Elliott. 'Reply to Godfrey Smith.' Philosophical Studies 95, no. 1/2 (1999), pp. 183-186.
     
  • Sober, Elliott. 'Testability. Presidential Address, American Philosophical Association Central Division.' Proceedings and Addresses of the APA. (1999).
     
  • Sober, Elliott. 'The Multiple Realizability Argument against Reductionism.' Philosophy of Science 66, no. 4 (1999), pp. 542-564.
     

Co-author

  • Sober, Elliott; Barrett, M.; Eells, E.; Fitelson, B. 'Ethics as Evolved Irrationality: A Review of Brian Skyrm's "The Evolution of the Social Contract"'. Review of The Evolution of the Social Contract. In Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 59 (1999).
     
  • Sober, Elliott; Fitelson, B.; Stephens, C. 'How Not to Detect Design: Critical Notice of W. Dembski's "The Design Inference".' Philosophy of Science 66 (1999).
     
  • Sober, Elliott; Wilson, D. S. 'The Golden Rule of Group Selection: A Reply to R. Trivers' Review of "Unto Others".' In The Skeptic. Vol. 6. 1999.
     

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