# Elliott Sober
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Elliott R. Sober (born 6 June 1948, Baltimore) is Hans Reichenbach Professor and William F. Vilas Research Professor in the Department of Philosophy at University of Wisconsin–Madison. Sober is noted for his work in philosophy of biology and general philosophy of science.
== Academic career ==
Sober earned his Ph.D in philosophy from Harvard University under the supervision of Hilary Putnam, after doing graduate work at Cambridge University under the supervision of Mary Hesse.
Ep. #63 The Explanatory Power of Evolution w/ Prof. David Sloan Wilson, PhD
David Sloan Wilson is president of Prosocial World and SUNY Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Biology and Anthropology at Binghamton University. He applies evolutionary theory to all aspects of humanity in addition to the rest of life, through Prosocial World and in his own research and writing. …
Elliott Sober, "The Design Argument" (Cambridge UP, 2018)
The story goes: you are walking in the woods and see a wrist-watch on the ground; you don’t know how it got there or why it has come to be abandoned here, but you can surmise that someone somewhere designed and made it due to its complexity. This is the basic premise of the argument for intelligent…
How Can Philosophy Probe Evolutionary Biology?
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Explore evolution—its scope and depth. How did life on earth come to be as it is, and how did humans come to be as we are? What are the deep pr…
What are Units or Levels of Selection?
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While evolution is how life on earth came to be, where does the evolution occur? At what level of the hierarchy of life—from genes to individuals to groups to species—do…
Evolution vs. Religion: Anything New?
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Two kinds of questions probe evolution vs. religion. The first explores discrepancies, even contradictions, between the science of evolution and the beliefs of religio…
CYKIAE Season 15 Part 12. And Christ Rose Yet Again – The Sudden Death of Atheism – More Input Stephanie.
Richard Dawkins, in his 1986 book, The Blind Watchmaker wrote:
What lies at the heart of every living thing is not a fire, not warm breath, not a 'spark of life'. It is information, words, instructions. If you want a metaphor, don't think of fires and sparks and breath. Think, instead, of a billion…
Why Philosophy of Evolutionary Biology?
Why do we need philosophy to understand evolution?
Robert Lawrence Kuhn explores the philosophy of evolutionary biology — not just how evolution works, but what its core concepts really mean. Through conversations with Elliott Sober, Richard Dawkins, Samir Okasha, John Dupré, Dennis Noble, and Mic…
Time and Knowability in Evolutionary Processes
Elliott Sober (Wisconsin) gives a talk at the MCMP Colloquium (24 October, 2012) titled "Time and Knowability in Evolutionary Processes".
David Sloan Wilson on Co-Creating the Third Attractor
What does it take to build a truly pro-social world?In this conversation, evolutionary biologist David Sloan Wilson brings Darwinian evolution into dialogue with the vision of the Third Attractor. We explore why cooperation is one of evolution’s greatest achievements, why good intentions alone are …
Ben Burgis on Confessing Class Reductionism
Today, we are joined by philosopher, columnist, and host of Give Them an Argument, Ben Burgis, for a wide-ranging, deeply analytical dive into his recent Sublation pamphlet, Confessions of a Class Reductionist, and his upcoming co-edited volume on the legacy of G.A. Cohen.In the contemporary landsc…
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