About

History and Philosophy of Science
Philosophy of Biology

Chris Haufe works on problems in the history and philosophy of science. He is currently completing two books, one on the concept of fruitfulness, and one on the evolutionary nature of scientific progress.

Publications

(forthcoming) “Testing Philosophical Theories” Studies in History and Philosophy of Science

(2015) “Gould’s Laws.” Philosophy of Science. 82(1): 1-20

(2013) “Why Do Funding Agencies Favor Hypothesis Testing?” Studies in the History and Philosophy of Science 44(3): 363–374

(2013) “From Necessary Chances to Biological Laws” British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 64(2): 279-295

(2012) “Darwin’s Laws” Studies in the History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences 43(1): 269-280

(2010) “Machine Science: What’s Missing” Science 330(6002): 317-318 (with Maureen O’Malley, Richard Burian, and Kevin Elliott)

(2009a) “Philosophies of Funding” Cell 138(4): 611 – 615 (with Maureen O’Malley, Richard Burian, and Kevin Elliott)

(2009b) “Where No Mind Has Gone Before: Exploring Laws in Distant and Lonely Worlds” International Studies in the Philosophy of Science 23(3): 265 – 276 (with Matthew Slater)

(2008a) “Perverse Engineering” Philosophy of Science 75(4): 437 – 446

(2008b) “Sexual Selection and Mate Choice in Evolutionary Psychology” Biology and Philosophy 23(1):115 – 128