philosophy of science
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Turner, D., and M.I. Turner, “I’m not saying it was aliens”: An Archaeological and Philosophical Analysis of a Conspiracy Theory,” Explorations in Archaeology and Philosophy, edited by Anton Killin and Sean Hermanson, Synthese Library, in press.
Ereshefsky, M., and D. Turner, "Historicity and Explanation," Studies in History and Philosophy of Science A 80(2020): 47-55. | Article |
Turner, D., "Speculation in the Historical Sciences," Philosophy, Theory, and Practice in Biology 11(2019). Part of an author-meets-critics book symposium on Adrian Currie's Rock, Bone, and Ruin: An Optimist's Guide to the Historical Sciences (MIT Press, 2018)
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Turner, D., and J.C. Havstad, "Philosophy of Macroevolution," Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (3 June, 2019). | Article |
Turner, D. "In Defense of Living Fossils," Biology and Philosophy (April 2019), 34:23. | Preprint | Article |
Ereshefsky, M., and D. Turner, "Historicity and Explanation," Studies in History and Philosophy of Science A 80(2020): 47-55. | Article |
Turner, D., "Speculation in the Historical Sciences," Philosophy, Theory, and Practice in Biology 11(2019). Part of an author-meets-critics book symposium on Adrian Currie's Rock, Bone, and Ruin: An Optimist's Guide to the Historical Sciences (MIT Press, 2018)
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Turner, D., and J.C. Havstad, "Philosophy of Macroevolution," Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (3 June, 2019). | Article |
Turner, D. "In Defense of Living Fossils," Biology and Philosophy (April 2019), 34:23. | Preprint | Article |
Turner, D. “Three Kinds of Realism about Historical Science,” in J. Saatsi, ed., Routledge Handbook of Scientific Realism, Routledge 2018, pp. 321-332. | Find the book |
Turner, D. “Paleobiology’s uneasy relationship with Darwinian tradition: Stasis as Data,” in R. Delisle, ed., The Darwinian Tradition in Context: Research Programs in Twentieth Century Evolutionary Biology, Springer, 2017, pp. 333-352. | Find the book |
Turner, D. "De-extinction as Artificial Species Selection," Philosophy and Technology (online 18 September, 2016), doi:10.1007/s13347-016-0232-4. | Article | Preprint |
Currie, A., and D. Turner, "Introduction: Scientific Knowledge of the Deep Past," Studies in History and Philosophy of Science A (2015).
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Turner, D. "A second look at the colors of the dinosaurs," Studies in History and Philosophy of Science A (2015)
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Currie, A., and D. Turner, "Introduction: Scientific Knowledge of the Deep Past," Studies in History and Philosophy of Science A (2015).
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Turner, D. "A second look at the colors of the dinosaurs," Studies in History and Philosophy of Science A (2015)
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Turner, D. “Historical contingency and the explanation of evolutionary trends,” in Explanation in Biology: An Enquiry into the Diversity of Explanatory Patterns in the Life Sciences, edited by Christophe Malaterre and Pierre-Alain Braillard, Springer, 2015, pp. 73-90. | Preprint | find the book |
Turner, D. “Philosophical Issues in Recent Paleontology,” Philosophy Compass 9(2014): 494-505. | Abstract |
Turner, D. “Causal explanations of historical trends,” in Explanation in the Special Sciences – The Case of Biology and History, edited by Marie Kaiser, Andreas Hüttemann, Daniel Plenge and Oliver Scholz, Springer, 2014, pp. 255-269.
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Turner, D. “Historical Geology: Methodology and Metaphysics” in Baker, V.R., ed., Rethinking the Fabric of Geology: Geological Society of America Special Paper 502(2013): 11-18.
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Inkpen, R. and D. Turner, “The Topography of Historical Contingency,” Journal of the Philosophy of History 6(2012): 1-20.
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Turner, D. “Gould’s Replay Revisited,” Biology and Philosophy 26(2010): 65-79. | Abstract |
Turner, D. “Punctuated Equilibrium and Species Selection: What Does it Mean for one Theory to Suggest Another?” Theory in Biosciences 129(2010): 113-123. | Abstract |
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Turner, D. “Gould’s Replay Revisited,” Biology and Philosophy 26(2010): 65-79. | Abstract |
Turner, D. “Punctuated Equilibrium and Species Selection: What Does it Mean for one Theory to Suggest Another?” Theory in Biosciences 129(2010): 113-123. | Abstract |
Turner, D. “Comments on Kyle Stanford’s, ‘Projective Evidence and the Heterogeneity of Scientific Confirmation’,” The Modern Schoolman LXXXVII (2010): 245-249. | online preview |
Turner, D. “How Much Can We Know About the Causes of Evolutionary Trends?” Biology and Philosophy 24(2009): 341-357. | Abstract |
Turner, D. “Beyond Detective Work: Empirical Testing in Paleobiology,” in M. Ruse and D. Sepkoski (eds.), The Paleobiological Revolution: Essays on the Growth of Modern Paleontology, University of Chicago Press, 2009, pp. 201-214.
| find the book | Reprinted in M. Ruse, ed., The Philosophy of Biology. Prometheus Books, 2007, pp. 193-201.
| find the book | Reprinted in M. Ruse, ed., The Philosophy of Biology. Prometheus Books, 2007, pp. 193-201.
Turner, D. “Just Another Drug? A Philosophical Assessment of Randomized, Controlled Studies of Intercessory Prayer,” Journal of Medical Ethics 32(2006): 487-490. | Read online |
Turner, D. “Universal Darwinism and Process Essentialism,” in Nathalie Gontier, Jean Paul van Bendegem, and Diederik Aerts (eds.), Theory and Decision Library A, volume 39: Evolutionary Epistemology, Language, and Culture. Springer, 2006.
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Turner, D. “Local Underdetermination in Historical Science,” Philosophy of Science 72(2005): 209-230. | Abstract |
Turner, D. “Misleading Observable Analogues in Paleontology,” Studies in History and Philosophy of Science 36(2005): 175-183. | Abstract |
Sufka, K., and D. Turner “An Evolutionary Account of Chronic Pain: Integrating the Natural Method in Evolutionary Psychology,” Philosophical Psychology 18(2005): 243-257. | Abstract |
Turner, D. “The Past vs. the Tiny: Historical Science and the Abductive Arguments for Realism,” Studies in History and Philosophy of Science A 35 (March 2004): 1-17. | Abstract |
Turner, D. “The Functions of Fossils: Inference and Explanation in Functional Morphology,” Studies in History and Philosophy of Science C: Biology and Biomedical Sciences 31(March 2000): 193-212. | Abstract |
Turner, D. “Misleading Observable Analogues in Paleontology,” Studies in History and Philosophy of Science 36(2005): 175-183. | Abstract |
Sufka, K., and D. Turner “An Evolutionary Account of Chronic Pain: Integrating the Natural Method in Evolutionary Psychology,” Philosophical Psychology 18(2005): 243-257. | Abstract |
Turner, D. “The Past vs. the Tiny: Historical Science and the Abductive Arguments for Realism,” Studies in History and Philosophy of Science A 35 (March 2004): 1-17. | Abstract |
Turner, D. “The Functions of Fossils: Inference and Explanation in Functional Morphology,” Studies in History and Philosophy of Science C: Biology and Biomedical Sciences 31(March 2000): 193-212. | Abstract |
Post, J.F., and D. Turner, “Sic Transitivity: A Reply to McGrew and McGrew,” Journal of Philosophical Research XXV (January 2000): 67-82.
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