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Biology needs philosophy, but what philosophy?

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James DiFrisco
Steven Hecht Orzack

Bioscience

Published 1 May 2026

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James DiFrisco

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Early transitions in the evolution of cognition

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Arsham Nejad Kourki

History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences

Published 3 December 2025

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James DiFrisco

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Character individuation: functional, descriptive, and developmental

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James DiFrisco

Philosophy of Science

Published 17 October 2025

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James DiFrisco

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Major transitions in sociocultural evolution

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Arsham Nejad Kourki

Evolutionary Human Sciences

Published 10 October 2025

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James DiFrisco

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The interplay of tissue mechanics and gene regulatory networks in the evolution of morphogenesis

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Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Published 1 November 2025

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Cross-species comparative connectomics reveals the evolution of an olfactory circuit

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Ruairi Roberts
Christoph Giez
Serene Dhawan
Song Pang
Nadine Randel
Zhiyuan Lu
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C Shan Xu
Harald F Hess
Marta Zlatic
Albert Cardona
Lucia Prieto Godino

bioRxiv

Published 11 June 2025

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Beyond networks: Explaining dynamics in the natural and social sciences

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James DiFrisco
Johannes Jaeger
Andrea Loettgers

Modeling the Possible : Perspectives from Philosophy of Science

Published 7 February 2025

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James DiFrisco

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Biological agency: a concept without a research program

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James DiFrisco
Richard Gawne

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Published 1 February 2025

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James DiFrisco

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Metabolic complementation between cells drives the evolution of tissues and organs

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Mihaela Pavlicev
James DiFrisco
Alan C Love
Günter P Wagner

Biology Letters

Published 20 November 2024

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James DiFrisco

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Codes for the paper: Sharp habitat shifts, evolutionary tipping points and rescue: Quantifying the perilous path of a specialist species toward a refugium in a changing environment

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Leonard Dekens

Figshare

Published 19 November 2024

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James DiFrisco

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The evolution of complex multicellularity in land plants

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Hossein Madhani
Arsham Nejad Kourki

Genes

Published 14 November 2024

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James DiFrisco

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The logic of monsters: development and morphological diversity in stem-cell-based embryo models

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Dominica Cao
Sumit Garai
James DiFrisco
Jesse V Veenvliet

Interface focus

Published 25 October 2024

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James DiFrisco

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Understanding developmental system drift

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Development

Published 15 October 2024

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James DiFrisco

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Sharp habitat shifts, evolutionary tipping points and rescue: Quantifying the perilous path of a specialist species toward a refugium in a changing environment

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Leonard Dekens

Theoretical Population Biology

Published 1 December 2024

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James DiFrisco

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What is a trait? Lessons from the human chin

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Andra Meneganzin
Grant Ramsey
James DiFrisco

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution

Published 1 March 2024

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James DiFrisco

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Beyond networks: Explaining dynamics in the natural and social sciences

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Johannes Jaeger
James DiFrisco
Andrea Loettgers

Other

Published 22 December 2023

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James DiFrisco

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Adaptationism and trait individuation

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James DiFrisco
Grant Ramsey

Philosophy of Science

Published 1 December 2023

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James DiFrisco

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The hierarchical basis of serial homology and evolutionary novelty

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James DiFrisco
Alan C Love
Günter P Wagner

Journal of Morphology

Published 1 January 2023

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James DiFrisco

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Reframing research on evolutionary novelty and co-option: Character identity mechanisms versus deep homology

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James DiFrisco
Günter P Wagner
Alan C Love

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Published 1 August 2023

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James DiFrisco

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Body plan identity: A mechanistic model

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James DiFrisco
Günter P Wagner

Evolutionary Biology

Published 1 June 2022

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James DiFrisco

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Biology needs philosophy, but what philosophy?

Early transitions in the evolution of cognition

Character individuation: functional, descriptive, and developmental

Major transitions in sociocultural evolution

The interplay of tissue mechanics and gene regulatory networks in the evolution of morphogenesis

Cross-species comparative connectomics reveals the evolution of an olfactory circuit

Beyond networks: Explaining dynamics in the natural and social sciences

Biological agency: a concept without a research program

Metabolic complementation between cells drives the evolution of tissues and organs

Codes for the paper: Sharp habitat shifts, evolutionary tipping points and rescue: Quantifying the perilous path of a specialist species toward a refugium in a changing environment

The evolution of complex multicellularity in land plants

The logic of monsters: development and morphological diversity in stem-cell-based embryo models

Understanding developmental system drift

Sharp habitat shifts, evolutionary tipping points and rescue: Quantifying the perilous path of a specialist species toward a refugium in a changing environment

What is a trait? Lessons from the human chin

Beyond networks: Explaining dynamics in the natural and social sciences

Adaptationism and trait individuation

The hierarchical basis of serial homology and evolutionary novelty

Reframing research on evolutionary novelty and co-option: Character identity mechanisms versus deep homology

Body plan identity: A mechanistic model

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