Causation in Biology
May 29, 2021
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.
Publications
(2022). Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, 94, pp. 87–98
Qiaoying Lu,
Pierrick Bourrat
(2021). Synthese, 198, pp. 6689–6715.
Pierrick Bourrat
(2021). Entropy, 23(6), 690.
Pierrick Bourrat
(2020). Philosophy of Science, 87(5), pp. 1073–1083.
Pierrick Bourrat
(2019). Biology & Philosophy, 34(1), 1.
Pierrick Bourrat
(2019). European Journal for Philosophy of Science, 9(1), 11.
Pierrick Bourrat
(2019). Evolution is about Populations, but its Causes are about Individuals. Biological Theory, 14(4), 254–266.
Pierrick Bourrat
(2018). BioEssays, 40(12), 1800178.
Pierrick Bourrat
(2018). Acta Biotheoretica, 66(3), pp. 159–176.
Pierrick Bourrat
(2017). BioEssays, 39(7).
Pierrick Bourrat,
Qiaoying Lu,
Eva Jablonka
(2017). Philosophy of Science, 84(5), pp. 1055–1067.
Pierrick Bourrat,
Qiaoying Lu
(2017). Philosophy of Science, 84(1), pp. 14–34.
Kate E. Lynch,
Pierrick Bourrat