Joeri Witteveen
Biographic Data
| ID | 1210928 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joeri Witteveen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joeri |
| FAMILY NAME | Witteveen |
| SIGNATURE | WITTEVEEN J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Copenhagen |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1291-9156 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Golden spikes, scientific types, and the ma(r)king of deep time
Chronostratigraphy is the subfield of geology that studies the relative age of rock strata and that aims at producing a hierarchical classification of (global) divisions of the historical time-rock record. The 'golden spike' or 'GSSP' approach is the cornerstone of contemporary chronostratigraphic methodology. It is also perplexing. Chronostratigraphers define each global time-rock boundary extremely locally, often by driving a gold-colored pin i…
Taxon names and varieties of reference
Evolutionary debunking arguments and the explanatory scope of natural selection
Biological Markets, Cooperation, and the Evolution of Morality
Biological market theory has in recent years become an important part of the social evolutionist’s toolkit. This article discusses the explanatory potential and pitfalls of biological market theory in the context of big picture accounts of the evolution of human cooperation and morality. I begin by assessing an influential account that presents biological market dynamics as a key driver of the evolution of fairness norms in humans. I argue that t…
The history and philosophy of taxonomy as an information science
Of elephants and errors
Coordinating dissent as an alternative to consensus classification
Natural Selection and Contrastive Explanation
This article defends the Negative View of natural selection explanation, according to which natural selection cannot explain of any given individual why it has the traits it does. Over the years, this view has been criticized on empirical, metaphysical, and explanatory grounds. I review the debate and offer additional reasons for rejecting the empirical and metaphysical objections. The explanatory objection, which holds that the Negative View is …
Natural classification
A temporary oversimplification”
A temporary oversimplification”
Coordinating dissent as an alternative to consensus classification
Natural Selection and Contrastive Explanation
This article defends the Negative View of natural selection explanation, according to which natural selection cannot explain of any given individual why it has the traits it does. Over the years, this view has been criticized on empirical, metaphysical, and explanatory grounds. I review the debate and offer additional reasons for rejecting the empirical and metaphysical objections. The explanatory objection, which holds that the Negative View is …
A temporary oversimplification”
A temporary oversimplification”
Taxon names and varieties of reference
Of elephants and errors
Natural classification
A temporary oversimplification”
A temporary oversimplification”
Natural Selection and Contrastive Explanation
This article defends the Negative View of natural selection explanation, according to which natural selection cannot explain of any given individual why it has the traits it does. Over the years, this view has been criticized on empirical, metaphysical, and explanatory grounds. I review the debate and offer additional reasons for rejecting the empirical and metaphysical objections. The explanatory objection, which holds that the Negative View is …
The history and philosophy of taxonomy as an information science
Of elephants and errors
Coordinating dissent as an alternative to consensus classification
Taxon names and varieties of reference
Evolutionary debunking arguments and the explanatory scope of natural selection
Biological Markets, Cooperation, and the Evolution of Morality
Biological market theory has in recent years become an important part of the social evolutionist’s toolkit. This article discusses the explanatory potential and pitfalls of biological market theory in the context of big picture accounts of the evolution of human cooperation and morality. I begin by assessing an influential account that presents biological market dynamics as a key driver of the evolution of fairness norms in humans. I argue that t…
Golden spikes, scientific types, and the ma(r)king of deep time
Chronostratigraphy is the subfield of geology that studies the relative age of rock strata and that aims at producing a hierarchical classification of (global) divisions of the historical time-rock record. The 'golden spike' or 'GSSP' approach is the cornerstone of contemporary chronostratigraphic methodology. It is also perplexing. Chronostratigraphers define each global time-rock boundary extremely locally, often by driving a gold-colored pin i…
Philosophy (8 works) · Epistemology (7 works) · Biology (6 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Philosophy and History of Science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies (3 works) · History (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Anthropology (2 works)