Brief Curriculum Vitae

Associate Professor

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Office: 2287 Social Science and Humanities

Phone: (530) 752-8987

E-mail: rlmillstein@ucdavis.edu

Ph.D.: University of Minnesota, 1997

Dissertation: "The Chances of Evolution: An Analysis of the Roles of Chance in Microevolution and Macroevolution," co-directed by C. Kenneth Waters and John Beatty

Areas of Specialization: Philosophy of science, history and philosophy of biology

Joined the UC Davis Philosophy Faculty: 2006

2008-2009 Course Schedule

Fall
38 Introduction to Philosophy of Biology
115 Problems in Normative Ethics

Winter
108 Philosophy of the Biological Sciences
210 Philosophy of Science Seminar

Spring
Not Teaching

Other Courses


208 Philosophy of Biology Seminar

Recent Publications

"Natural Selection as a Population-Level Causal Process," forthcoming in The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science

"Discussion of Four Case Studies on Chance in Evolution: Philosophical Themes and Questions," forthcoming in Philosophy of Science (PSA 2004)

Currently Supervising Dissertations

None


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