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Come work with us! Paul Griffiths, David Raubnheimer, and I are hiring a three-year Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Philosophy of Biology at Macquarie University, working at the intersection of Philosophy of Biology, evolutionary medicine, and theoretical biology.

💰 Salary: at least AUD $127,000 per year + 17% superannuation 📍 Location: Sydney, Australia We welcome applicants with interests in Philosophy of Biology, evolutionary medicine, and/or theoretical biology.

Come work with us! Paul Griffiths, David Raubnheimer, and I are hiring a three-year Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Philosophy of Biology at Macquarie University, working at the intersection of Philosophy of Biology, evolutionary medicine, and theoretical biology.

If you are a philosopher of biology, you’ve probably heard that group selection and kin selection are 'formally equivalent', just two different ways of talking about the same thing. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

In this newly published paper, I show that while this is indeed the case, it’s not true in the most interesting way. 'Formal equivalence' is a term that sweeps a lot under the carpet.