Samir Okasha

Samir Okasha
FBA
Native name سمیر عکاشه
Residence Bristol, United Kingdom
Alma mater University of Oxford
Awards Lakatos Award (2009)
Scientific career
Fields History and philosophy of science
Institutions University of Bristol
University of York
National Autonomous University of Mexico
Doctoral advisor Bill Newton-Smith
Website www.bristol.ac.uk/school-of-arts/people/samir-okasha/

Samir Okasha is a Professor of Philosophy of Science at University of Bristol. He is a winner of Lakatos Award for his book Evolution and the Levels of Selection.[1] He was appointed a Fellow of the British Academy in 2018.[2]

Books

  • Agents and Goals in Evolution (OUP 2018)
  • Evolution and the Levels of Selection (OUP 2006)
  • Philosophy of Science: A Very Short Introduction (OUP 2002; second edition 2015)

References

  1. About Okasha
  2. British Academy
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