Causation in Biology
Causation is at the heart of any scientific inquiry. I am interested in characterising this phenomenon both generally and more particularly in biological contexts. In particular, I have been interested in the concept of heritability, which is used in several subfields of biology. I have also developed several information theoretic measures of causation within the interventionist account and, more recently, proposed some ways to link information theory and the interventionist account to heritability.
Pierrick Bourrat
Senior Lecturer & DECRA Fellow
My research interests include the various concepts deployed in evolutionary theory, causation, and the interplay between biological and cultural evolution.