Edited by Elizabeth Hannon, Senior Fellow, London School of Economics, and Tim Lewens, Professor of Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge

Elizabeth Hannon is Director of the Forum, LSE, and the Assistant Editor for the British Journal for the Philosophy of Science. She has taught in Durham University, the University of Leeds, and the University of Cambridge. Her primary research interests lie within the philosophy of biology and she also edits the popular philosophy essay series, theEssays.

Tim Lewens is a Professor of Philosophy of Science in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge, and a Fellow of Clare College. From 2014 to 2017 he was Deputy Director of the Centre for Research in Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Cambridge. His primary research interests include the philosophy of biology, biomedical ethics, and general philosophy of science. His publications include Darwin (Routledge 2007), Biological Foundations of Bioethics (OUP 2015), Cultural Evolution: Conceptual Challenges (OUP 2015), and The Meaning of Science (Penguin 2015). He was a member of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics from 2009 to 2015.

Gillian R. Brown, Reader in the School of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of St Andrews
John Dupré, Professor of Philosophy of Science at the University of Exeter, and Director of Egenis, the Centre for the Study of Life Sciences
Paul Griffiths, Professorial Research Fellow, University of Sydney, and Visiting Professor in the Egenis Centre for the Study of Life Sciences, University of Exeter
Cecilia Heyes, Senior Research Fellow in Theoretical Life Sciences and Professor of Psychology, University of Oxford
Maria Kronfeldner, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Central European University
Kevin N. Laland, Professor of Behavioural and Evolutionary Biology, University of St Andrews
Tim Lewens, Professor of Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge
Edouard Machery, Distinguished Professor of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh
Grant Ramsey, Research Professor of Philosophy, KU Leuven
Peter J. Richerson, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Environmental Science and Policy, University of California-Davis
Kim Sterelny, Professor of Philosophy, Australian National University
Karola Stotz, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, Macquarie University
Christina Toren, Professor of Social Anthropology, University of St Andrews

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