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Eric Desjardins
B.Sc. (Biology), MA (Philosophy) Université de Québec a Montréal; PhD (Philosophy) University of British Columbia

  • Assistant Professor
  • Member, Rotman Institute of Philosophy
  • Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Biology, Environmental Philosophy and Bioethics

Phone: 519-661-2111 ext. 87769
Office: Stevenson Hall, Room 2130
E-mail: edesjar3@uwo.ca
Website: Rotman Institute of Philosophy

2012-2013 Teaching

  • PHIL 1200 - Reason and Critical Thinking
  • PHIL 9255 - Determinism, Chance, Explanation and Reductionism in the Life Sciences

Selected Publications

Desjardins, Eric (forthcoming) “Reflexions on Path Dependence and Irreversibility : Lessons From Evolutionary Biology” Philosophy of Science
 
Desjardins, Eric (2011) “Historicity and Experimental Evolution” in Biology and Philosophy, 26 :339-364.
 
Beatty, John and Eric Cyr Desjardins, 2009, “Natural Selection and History,” in Biology and Philosophy, 24 :231-246.

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