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William C. Wimsatt

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University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 
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Philosophy, Linguistics Language
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Joseph L. Camp grad student University of Pittsburgh (Philosophy Tree)
Richard Levins post-doc Chicago (Philosophy Tree)
Richard C. Lewontin post-doc (FlyTree)

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James Griesemer grad student (Philosophy Tree)
Marty Sereno grad student Chicago (Neurotree)
Jeffrey C. Schank grad student 1991 Chicago (Neurotree)
Barbara G. Montero grad student 2000 Chicago
Marshall D. Abrams grad student 2002 Chicago
Guy O. Dove grad student 2002 Chicago
Kiersten Feil grad student 2006 Chicago
Jonathan Y. Tsou grad student 2008 Chicago
Christopher A. DiTeresi grad student 2010 Chicago
Trevor R. Pearce grad student 2010 Chicago
Julio R. Tuma grad student 2011 Chicago
Vincent Wan grad student 2012 Chicago
Beckett W. Sterner grad student 2006-2012 Chicago

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Wimsatt WC. (2006) Reductionism and its heuristics: Making methodological reductionism honest Synthese. 151: 445-475
Wimsatt WC. (2006) Aggregate, composed, and evolved systems: Reductionistic heuristics as means to more holistic theories Biology and Philosophy. 21: 667-702
Wimsatt WC. (2002) Using False Models to Elaborate Constraints on Processes: Blending Inheritance in Organic and Cultural Evolution Philosophy of Science. 69
Wimsatt WC. (2000) Emergence as non-aggregativity and the biases of reductionisms Foundations of Science. 5: 269-297
Wimsatt WC. (1999) Genes, Memes and Cultural Heredity Biology and Philosophy. 14: 279-302
Wimsatt WC. (1998) Simple Systems and Phylogenetic Diversity Philosophy of Science. 65: 267-275
Wimsatt WC. (1997) Aggregativity: Reductive heuristics for finding emergence Philosophy of Science. 64
Wimsatt WC. (1994) The Ontology of Complex Systems: Levels of Organization, Perspectives, and Causal Thickets Canadian Journal of Philosophy. 24: 207-274
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