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Biography
Prior to coming to Australia, Pierrick was a research associate at the University of Oxford, working in the cognitive and evolutionary science of religion. Pierrick completed his PhD at the University of Sydney in 2015. In 2015-2016, he was an ARC postdoctoral research associate and lecturer at the University of Sydney. He was awarded a Macquarie University Research Fellowship in 2017.
Pierrick has taught at the University of Sydney.
Research interests
Pierrick's main research interest is the philosophy of biology and more particularly the evolutionary side of it. His other areas of interest include the psychology of altruism, cultural evolution and the cognitive science of religion.
Pierrick is currently working on his project on the origins and maintenance of individuality in evolution. This involves questions about levels of selection, heritability and reductionism.
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Solving the puzzle of the emergence of individuals in evolution
Bourrat, P. & Stotz, K.
1/01/17 → …
Project: Research
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DE210100303: Inheritance and the Emergence of Individuals: From concepts to practice
29/12/21 → 31/12/23
Project: Research
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Constructing Objective Biological Criteria of Health
Bourrat, P., Griffiths, P., Rainey, P., Nesse, R. & Gray, R. D.
1/07/18 → 31/03/21
Project: Research
Research Outputs
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Reproducees, reproducers, and Darwinian individuals
Bourrat, P., Feb 2025, In: Synthese. 205, 2, p. 1-26 26 p., 62.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Adding causality to the information-theoretic perspective on individuality
Bourrat, P., Mar 2024, In: European Journal for Philosophy of Science. 14, 1, p. 1-16 16 p., 9.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Are biology experts and novices function pluralists?
Roberts, A. J. & Bourrat, P., 19 Apr 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Review of Philosophy and Psychology.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Context matters: a response to Autzen and Okasha’s reply to Takacs and Bourrat
Takacs, P. & Bourrat, P., Sept 2024, In: Biological Theory. 19, 3, p. 170-176 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Evolutionary transitions in individuality and life cycle closure
Doulcier, G., Takacs, P. & Bourrat, P., Dec 2024, In: Philosophy of Science. 91, 5, p. 1393-1403 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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