Professor Samir Okasha

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• 2020

  Is there a Bayesian justification of hypothetico-deductive inference?

  Okasha, S. & Thebault, K., Dec 2020, In: Noûs. 54, 4, p. 774-794 21 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

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  • Deductive Inference 100%
  • Justification 62%
  • Bayesianism 38%
  • Mismatch 15%
  • Idealization 14%
  34 Downloads (Pure)
• 2019

  Philosophy of Biology: a very short introduction

  Okasha, S., 1 Nov 2019

  Research output: Book/Report › Authored book
• 2018

  Agents and Goals in Evolution

  Okasha, S., 12 Jun 2018, Oxford University Press. 254 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Authored book

• The strategy of endogenization in evolutionary biology

  Okasha, S., 6 Jun 2018, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Synthese. 2018, p. 1-23 23 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

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  • Evolutionary Biology 100%
  • biology 59%
  • Evolutionary 30%
  • Scaffolding 22%
  • Generality 18%
  4 Citations (Scopus)

  291 Downloads (Pure)
• 2016

  Hamilton's rule, inclusive fitness maximization, and the goal of individual behaviour in symmetric two-player games

  Okasha, S. & Martens, J., Mar 2016, In: Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 29, 3, p. 473-482 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

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  • Cost-Benefit Analysis 100%
  • Alleles 42%
  18 Citations (Scopus)

  397 Downloads (Pure)

• On Hamilton's Rule and Inclusive Fitness Theory with Non-additive Payoffs

  Okasha, S., Dec 2016, In: Philosophy of Science. 83, 5, p. 873-883 11 p.

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  • Additivity 100%
  • Fitness 72%
  • Gene 30%
  • Costs 13%
  5 Citations (Scopus)

  350 Downloads (Pure)

• On the Interpretation of Decision Theory

  Okasha, S., Nov 2016, In: Economics and Philosophy. 32, 3, p. 409-433 25 p.

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  • Decision Theory 100%
  • Credence 23%
  • Economists 17%
  • Descriptive 15%
  • Philosopher 12%
  22 Citations (Scopus)

  1124 Downloads (Pure)

• The causal meaning of Hamilton's rule

  Okasha, S. & Martens, J., Mar 2016, In: Royal Society Open Science. 3, 9 p., 160037.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

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  • Cost-Benefit Analysis 100%
  • Retinoblastoma Genes 81%
  • Costs and Cost Analysis 36%
  • Genes 23%
  18 Citations (Scopus)

  305 Downloads (Pure)

• The Relation between Kin and Multi-level Selection: An Approach Using Causal Graphs

  Okasha, S., Jun 2016, In: British Journal for the Philosophy of Science. 67, 2, p. 435-470 36 p.

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  • Graph 100%
  • Causal 76%
  • Kin Selection 68%
  • Adequacy 24%
  • Gene 21%
  40 Citations (Scopus)

  495 Downloads (Pure)
• 2015

  Kin Selection and its Critics

  Birch, J. & Okasha, S., 2015, In: Bioscience. 65, 1, p. 22-32 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

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  67 Citations (Scopus)

  327 Downloads (Pure)

• On Arrow’s Theorem and Scientific Rationality: Reply to Morreau and Stegenga

  Okasha, S., 2015, In: Mind. 124, 493, p. 279-294 16 p.

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  • Theory Choice 100%
  • Scientific Rationalism 97%
  • Arrow 83%
  • Criticism 22%
  6 Citations (Scopus)

  342 Downloads (Pure)

• Philosophy of Science: a very short introduction (2nd edition)

  Okasha, S., 2015, Oxford University Press.

  Research output: Book/Report › Authored book
• 2014

  Adaptation, Fitness and the Selection-Optimality Links

  Okasha, S. & Paternotte, C., Mar 2014, In: Biology and Philosophy. 29, 2, p. 225-232 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

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  10 Citations (Scopus)

  346 Downloads (Pure)

• Inclusive Fitness Maximization: An Axiomatic Approach

  Okasha, S., Weymark, J. & Bossert, W., Jun 2014, In: Journal of Theoretical Biology. 350, p. 24-31

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  5 Citations (Scopus)

  479 Downloads (Pure)

• The Formal Darwinism Project: editors' introduction

  Okasha, S. & Paternotte, C. R., 2014, In: Biology and Philosophy. 29, p. 153-4

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal)

  1 Citation (Scopus)
• 2013

  On a flawed argument against the KK principle

  Okasha, S., Jan 2013, In: Analysis. 73, 1, p. 80-86 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

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  • Fallacies 100%
  • Intensional 59%
  • Externalist 57%
  5 Citations (Scopus)

  463 Downloads (Pure)

• Species and Organisms: What are the Problems?

  Okasha, S. & Clarke, E., 2013, From Groups to Individuals: Evolution and Emerging Individuality. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Press, p. 55-76 21 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter in a book

• The Evolution of Bayesian Updating

  Okasha, S., 2013, In: Philosophy of Science. 80, 5

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

  10 Citations (Scopus)

• The Origins of Human Cooperation

  Okasha, S., 2013, In: Biology and Philosophy. 28, 5, p. 873-8

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

• Units and Levels of Selection

  Okasha, S., 2013, The Princeton Guide to Evolution. Losos, J. (ed.). Princeton: Princeton University Press, p. 200-6

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter in a book
• 2012

  Emergence, hierarchy and top-down causation in evolutionary biology

  Okasha, S., Feb 2012, In: Interface Focus. 2, 1, p. 49-54 6 p.

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  • Causality 100%
  • Genetic Selection 46%
  • Genes 34%
  43 Citations (Scopus)

  360 Downloads (Pure)

• Evolution and Rationality

  Okasha, S. & Binmore, K. G., 2012, Cambridge University Press.

  Research output: Book/Report › Edited book

• Group adaptation, formal Darwinism and contextual analysis

  Okasha, S. & Paternotte, C. R., Jun 2012, In: Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 25, 6, p. 1127-1139 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

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  21 Citations (Scopus)

  397 Downloads (Pure)

• Population Genetics (revised)

  Okasha, S., 2012, In: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

• Social justice, genomic justice, and the veil of ignorance: Harsanyi meets Mendel

  Okasha, S., Mar 2012, In: Economics and Philosophy. 28, 1, p. 43-71 29 p.

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  • Veil of Ignorance 100%
  • Mendel 85%
  • Social Justice 65%
  • Justice 64%
  • Meiosis 34%
  13 Citations (Scopus)

  793 Downloads (Pure)
• 2011

  Biological Ontology and Hierarchical Organization: a defense of rank-freedom

  Okasha, S., 2011, The Major Transitions in Evolution Reconsidered. Sterelny, K. & Calcott, B. (eds.). Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Press, p. 53-64 11 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter in a book

• Experiment, observation, and the confirmation of laws

  Okasha, S., Apr 2011, In: Analysis. 71, 2, p. 222 - 232 11 p.

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  9 Citations (Scopus)

  1123 Downloads (Pure)

• Modelling in Biology and Economics: Editors' Introduction

  Okasha, S. & Weisberg, M., 2011, In: Biology and Philosophy. 26, p. 613-5 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

• Optimal Choice in the Face of Risk: Decision Theory meets Evolution

  Okasha, S., Jan 2011, In: Philosophy of Science. 78, 1, p. 83 - 104 22 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

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  16 Citations (Scopus)

  384 Downloads (Pure)

• Precis of 'Evolution and the Levels of Selection'

  Okasha, S., 2011, In: Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. 82, 1, p. 212-20 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Reply to Sober and Waters

  Okasha, S., 2011, In: Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. 82, 1, p. 241-8 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

  10 Citations (Scopus)

• Theory choice and social choice: Kuhn versus Arrow

  Okasha, S., Mar 2011, In: Mind. 120, 477, p. 83 - 115 33 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

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  • Theory Choice 100%
  • Arrow 83%
  • Amartya Sen 42%
  • Impossibility 28%
  • Model Selection 22%
  40 Citations (Scopus)

  2444 Downloads (Pure)
• 2010

  Altruism researchers must cooperate

  Okasha, S., 7 Oct 2010, In: Nature. 467, 7316, p. 653-655 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

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  33 Citations (Scopus)

  450 Downloads (Pure)

• Cooperation, conflict, sex and bargaining

  Grose, J., Paternotte, C., Okasha, S. & Binmore, K., 2010, In: Biology and Philosophy. 25, 2, p. 257-268 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review (Academic Journal)

  • gender 100%

• Evolution and Directionality: lessons from Fisher's fundamental theorem

  Okasha, S., 2010, EPSA Philosophical Issues in the Sciences. Suarez, M., Redei, M. & Dorato, M. (eds.). Springer, Dordrecht, p. 187-96 9 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter in a book

  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Levels of Selection

  Okasha, S., 2010, In: Current Biology. 20, 7, p. R306 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

• Philosophy of Biology

  Okasha, S., Haber, M., Hamilton, A. & Odenbaugh, J., 2010, Philosophy of the Special Sciences. Fritz, A. (ed.). Blackwell, p. 184-212 28 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter in a book

• Replies to My Critics

  Okasha, S., 2010, In: Biology and Philosophy. 25, p. 425-31 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
• 2009

  Causation in Biology

  Okasha, S., 2009, Oxford Handbook of Causation. Beebee, H., Hitchcock, C. & Menzies, P. (eds.). p. 707 - 725 18 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter in a book

• EPSA Philosophy of Science: Amsterdam 2009

  Okasha, S., de Regt, H. & Hartmann, S., 2009, Springer, Dordrecht.

  Research output: Book/Report › Edited book

• Individuals, Groups, Fitness and Utility: Levels of Selection meets Social Choice Theory

  Okasha, S., 2009, In: Biology and Philosophy. 24, p. 561 - 584 23 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

  17 Citations (Scopus)

• Samir Okasha

  Okasha, S., 2009, Evolutionary Theory: Five Questions. Oftedal, G., Friis, J., Rossel, P. & Norup, M. (eds.). Automatic Press, p. 143-52 9 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter in a book

• Units and Levels of Selection

  Okasha, S., 2009, In: Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
• 2008

  Biological Altruism

  Okasha, S., 2008

  Research output: Non-textual form › Web publication/site

• Fisher’s ‘Fundamental Theorem’ of Natural Selection: a Philosophical Analysis

  Okasha, S., 2008, In: British Journal for the Philosophy of Science. 59, 3, p. 319 - 351 42 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
  44 Citations (Scopus)

• The Units and Levels of Selection

  Okasha, S., 2008, A Companion to the Philosophy of Biology. Sarkar, S. & Plutynski, A. (eds.). p. 138 - 156 18 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter in a book

  7 Citations (Scopus)
• 2007

  Cultural Inheritance and Fisher's Fundamental Theorem of Natural Selection

  Okasha, S., 2007, In: Biological Theory. 2, p. 290-99 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

• Rational Choice, Risk Aversion, and Evolution

  Okasha, S., May 2007, In: Journal of Philosophy. CIV (5), p. 217 - 235 19 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

  22 Citations (Scopus)

• What does Goodman's 'Grue' Problem Really Show? re-reading of Frank Jackson, 'Grue', Journal of Philosophy 5 (1975), pp.113-131.

  Okasha, S., 2007, In: Philosophical Papers. 36, 3, p. 483-502 19 p.

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  1 Citation (Scopus)

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• 2006

  Adaptation

  Okasha, S., 2006, Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy of Science. Sarkar, S. & Pfeifer, J. (eds.). Routledge, p. 732 - 737 5 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter in a book