Samir Okasha , is a Professor of

Philosophy of Science Philosophy of science is a branch of philosophy concerned with the foundations, methods, and implications of science. The central questions of this study concern what qualifies as science, the reliability of scientific theories, and the ultim ...

University of Bristol , mottoeng = earningpromotes one's innate power (from Horace, ''Ode 4.4'') , established = 1595 – Merchant Venturers School1876 – University College, Bristol1909 – received royal charter , type ...

. He is a winner of

Lakatos Award The Lakatos Award is given annually for an outstanding contribution to the philosophy of science, widely interpreted. The contribution must be in the form of a monograph, co-authored or single-authored, and published in English during the previo ...

for his book '' Evolution and the Levels of Selection''. He was appointed a Fellow of the

British Academy The British Academy is the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and the social sciences. It was established in 1902 and received its royal charter in the same year. It is now a fellowship of more than 1,000 leading scholars span ...

in 2018.
British Academy

Books

* ''Philosophy of Biology'' (OUP 2019) * ''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

{{DEFAULTSORT:Okasha, Samir Living people Historians of science Philosophers of science Academics of the University of Bristol Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford Lakatos Award winners Fellows of the British Academy Year of birth missing (living people) English people of Egyptian descent