Katie H Morrow

Biographic Data

ID1142431
NAMEKatie H Morrow
GIVEN NAMESKatie H
FAMILY NAMEMorrow
SIGNATUREMORROW K H
AFFILIATIONSBielefeld University
ORCID0000-0002-4126-8121
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS4
WORKS AS AUTHOR6
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2023
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX1

  • Toward a consensus on the intrinsic value of biodiversity

    Open AccessKatie H MorrowARTICLEEnvironmental Values2025

    This article addresses the stalemate on the question of whether biodiversity has intrinsic value. I distinguish between a “weak” conception and two “strong” conceptions of intrinsic value in the environmental ethics literature. The strong conceptions of intrinsic value are connected, respectively, to moral standing and to a strongly objectivist account of value. Neither of these forms of value likely applies to biodiversity. However, the weak con…

  • On the Epistemic Roles of the Individualized Niche Concept in Ecology, Behavioral Biology, and Evolutionary Biology

    Open AccessMarie I Kaiser, Katie H MorrowARTICLEPhilosophy of Science2025Cited by: 1References: 57

    We characterize four fruitful and underappreciated epistemic roles played by the concept of an individualized niche in contemporary biology, utilizing results of a qualitative empirical study conducted within an interdisciplinary biological research center. We argue that the individualized niche concept (1) shapes the research agenda of the center, (2) facilitates explaining core phenomena related to interindividual differences, (3) helps with ma…

  • The individualized niche

    Open AccessKatie H Morrow, Marie I KaiserARTICLEStudies in History and Philosophy…2025References: 64

    We explore the causes and outcomes of scientific conceptual change using a case study of the development of the individualized niche concept. We outline a framework for characterizing conceptual change that distinguishes between epistemically adaptive and neutral processes and outcomes of conceptual change. We then apply this framework in tracing how the individualized niche concept arose historically out of population niche thinking and how it e…

  • Niches and Niche Models

    Katie H MorrowARTICLEThe British Journal for the…2024Cited by: 2References: 52

    Morrow KH. Niches and Niche Models. The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science . 2024

  • A Scale Problem with the Ecosystem Services Argument for Protecting Biodiversity

    Open AccessKatie H MorrowARTICLEEnvironmental Values2023

    The ecosystem services argument is a highly publicised instrumental argument for protecting biodiversity. I develop a new objection to this argument based on the lack of a causal connection from global species losses to local ecosystem changes. I survey some alternative formulations of services arguments, including ones incorporating option value or a precautionary principle, and show that they do not fare much better than the standard version. I…

  • A Causal-Role Account of Ecological Role Functions

    Open AccessKatie H MorrowARTICLEPhilosophy of Science2023Cited by: 1

    I develop an account of ecological role functions—the functions of species within ecosystems—that is informed by alternative regime phenomena in ecology. My account is a causal-role theory that includes a counterfactual sensitivity condition. The account tracks and explains a distinction ecologists make between functions and various activities that are not functions. My counterfactual sensitivity condition resolves the liberality problem often at…