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Driscoll C. Grandmothers, hunters and human life history. Biology and Philosophy. 2009;24(5):665-86. Abstract
Richards RJ. Haeckel's embryos: Fraud not proven. Biology and Philosophy. 2009;24(1):147-54.
Turner DD. How much can we know about the causes of evolutionary trends? Biology and Philosophy. 2009;24(3):341-57. Abstract
Van Valen L. How ubiquitous is adaptation? A critique of the epiphenomenist program. Biology and Philosophy. 2009;24(2):267-80. Abstract
Gras R, Devaurs D, Wozniak A, Aspinall A. An individual-based evolving predator-prey ecosystem simulation using a fuzzy cognitive map as the behavior model. Artificial Life. 2009;15(4):423-63. Abstract
Okasha S. Individuals, groups, fitness and utility: Multi-level selection meets social choice theory. Biology and Philosophy. 2009;24(5):561-84. Abstract
Forber P. Introduction: A primer on adaptationism. Biology and Philosophy. 2009;24(2):155-9.
Roughgarden J. Is there a general theory of community ecology? Biology and Philosophy. 2009;24(4):521-9. Abstract
Cheung K-, Frost HR, Marshall MS, Prud'hommeaux E, Samwald M, Zhao J, et al. A journey to Semantic Web query federation in the life sciences. BMC Bioinformatics. 2009;10(SUPPL. 10). Abstract
Morgan GJ. Laws of biological design: a reply to John Beatty. Biology and Philosophy. 2009:1-11. Abstract
Rosas A. Levels of selection in synergy. Teorema. 2009;28(2):135-50. Abstract
Ruttenberg A, Rees JA, Samwald M, Marshall MS. Life sciences on the Semantic Web: The Neurocommons and beyond. Briefings in Bioinformatics. 2009;10(2):193-204. Abstract
Root M. Measurement error in racial and ethnic statistics. Biology and Philosophy. 2009;24(3):375-85. Abstract
Nervi M. Mechanisms, malfunctions and explanation in medicine. Biology and Philosophy. 2009:1-14. Abstract
Couch MB. Multiple realization in comparative perspective. Biology and Philosophy. 2009;24(4):505-19. Abstract
Callebaut W. Multiscale phenomena in biology and scientific perspectivism. Vol 1167.; 2009. Abstract

This paper is a plea for considering scientific perspectivism as the appropriate philosophical stance to deal with a number of epistemological, methodological, and ontological challenges modelers of complex, multi-scale phenomena are facing.

Valles SA. The mystery of the mystery of common genetic diseases. Biology and Philosophy. 2009:1-19. Abstract
Beatty J, Desjardins EC. Natural selection and history. Biology and Philosophy. 2009;24(2):231-46. Abstract
Mayes GR. Naturalizing cruelty. Biology and Philosophy. 2009;24(1):21-34. Abstract

I propose a fully naturalized definition of cruelty, one that considerably expands the range of creatures and behaviors that may be conceived as cruel.

Sansom R. The nature of developmental constraints and the difference-maker argument for externalism. Biology and Philosophy. 2009;24(4):441-59. Abstract
Sesardic N. Nature, nurture, and politics. Biology and Philosophy. 2009:1-4.
Sullivan PR. Objects limit human comprehension. Biology and Philosophy. 2009;24(1):65-79. Abstract
Mitteroecker P, Bookstein F. The ontogenetic trajectory of the phenotypic covariance matrix, with examples from craniofacial shape in rats and humans. Evolution. 2009;63(3):727-37. Abstract
Potochnik A. Optimality modeling in a suboptimal world. Biology and Philosophy. 2009;24(2):183-97. Abstract
Taylor P. Perspectives from plant breeding on Tal's argument about the weight of genetic versus environmental causes for individuals. Biology and Philosophy. 2009;24(5):735-8.