And So It Goes

Researching this portion of the dissertation acquainted me with the writings of Tim Lewens, philosophy professor at the HPS department in the University of Cambridge. He became my MPhil supervisor when I went there to further my graduate studies (2016-2017). One more main part to go before the conclusion. 4. Assessing the Levels of Certainty Required for Science The literature on the broad topic of evolutionary ethics is vast. The debates concerning the legitimacy of the enterprise stretch back to…

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For context, read the description in Part 1. In this part, we move on to the second part of the dissertation, which is about meta-ethics and some philosophy of biology. Researching this portion of the dissertation stoked my interest in philosophy of biology and planted the seeds for my eventual move to the History and Philosophy of Science (HPS) department at the University of Cambridge to further my graduate studies in 2017. Researching this and the next part of the…

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The components of the master’s degree at the University of Oxford include two essays (one on Edward Wilson and the other on Intellectual Humility), one dissertation (which will be included in these forthcoming series of posts), a written exam that cannot be reproduced here, and one oral defense of any aspect of the above essays. The master’s dissertation that I’m posting here is about the potential synergistic relationship between evolutionary and theological ethics. Sounds abstruse, but if you invest effort…

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