Timothy Shanahan
Professor, Daum Professor of Liberal Arts, TOP Program Coordinator
Ph.D., University of Notre Dame, 1988
Specialties: History and Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Biology
Special Interests: Philosophy and Film; Philosophy and Terrorism
Current Projects: I am currently writing papers on the nature of terrorism, on the morality of torture interrogation, on the concept of 'constraint' in evolutionary biology, and have begun writing a book on philosophical themes in the film Blade Runner.
Selected Publications:
The Provisional Irish Republican Army and the Morality of Terrorism [Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2009].
The Evolution of Darwinism: Selection, Adaptation, and Progress in Evolutionary Biology [NY: Cambridge University Press, 2004].
Philosophy 9/11: Thinking about the War on Terrorism (edited volume) [Chicago: Open Court, 2005].
"The Units of Selection," in Evolution: Concepts and Debates, edited by Andre Levy et al. [Lisbon: Esfera do Caos Editores, 2009].
“The Units of Selection,” in The Growth of Evolutionary Thought, eds. Olga Pombo et al. [Lisbon: Esfera do Caos Editores, 2008].
“The Morality of Palestinian Terrorism,” in Israel, Palestine, and Terror, ed. Stephen Law [London and NY: Continuum, 2008], 34-46.
“Why Don’t Zebras Have Machine Guns? Adaptation, Selection, and Constraints in Evolutionary Theory,” Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Vol. 39, No. 1, March, 2008: 135-146.
Contact Information:
Phone: 310.338.3042
Website: http://myweb.lmu.edu/tshanahan
Email: tshanahan@lmu.edu