The Philosophy of Philip Kitcher

Mark Couch is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Seton Hall University. He works in the areas of philosophy of science and philosophy of mind.Jessica Pfeifer is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County and the Executive Director of the Philosophy of Science Association. She works in the areas of philosophy of science and philosophy of biology.

• ContributorsIntroductionMark Couch and Jessica Pfeifer1 Kitcher Against the PlatonistsGideon RosenReply by Philip Kitcher2 Kitcher's Two Design StancesKaren NeanderReply by Philip Kitcher3 Proximate and Ultimate Information in BiologyPaul E. GriffithsReply by Philip Kitcher4 Bringing Real Realism Back Home: A Perspectival SlantMichela MassimiReply by Philip Kitcher5 Unificationism, Explanatory Internalism, and AutonomyJim WoodwardReply by Philip Kitcher6 Special-Science Autonomy and the Division of LaborMichael StrevensReply by Philip Kitcher7 Towards a Political Philosophy of ScienceJohn DupréReply by Philip Kitcher8 Kitcher on Science, Democracy, and Human FlourishingLorraine DastonReply by Philip Kitcher9 Deliberating Policy: Where Morals and Methods MixNancy Cartwright and Alexandre MarcellesiReply by Philip Kitcher10 Function and Truth in EthicsMichael SmithReply by Philip Kitcher11 What to Do While Religions Evolve Before Our Very EyesDaniel DennettReply by Philip KitcherReferencesIndex

In each chapter, distinguished colleagues offer sustained engagement with one theme followed by a succinct and magnanimous response from Kitcher. The format is illuminating and helps display the complex evolutionary dynamics in the thought of an eminent contemporary philosopher.