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I am a philosopher of science with a background in physics, philosophy, and theoretical biology. Officially I am Professor of Philosophy of Science and Technology at the Institute of Philosophy at Leibniz Universität Hannover, with a cross appointment as Professor in the Centre for Ethics and Law in the Life Sciences (CELLS). I also am Visiting Scholar in the Socially Engaged Philosophy of Science Group (SEPOS) group at Michigan State University.

I grew up in The Hague on the Dutch North Sea coast and was educated at Aloysius College and Leiden University. I live in Lansing, Michigan, and divide my time between Lansing and Hannover, Germany.

Contact:

Institute of Philosophy

Leibniz Universität Hannover

Im Moore 21 (Room B421)

30167 Hannover, Germany

Email: reydon [at] ww [dot] uni-hannover.de

Web: LUH Institute of Philosophy

Map: here

Centre for Ethics and Law in the Life Sciences (CELLS)

Leibniz Universität Hannover

Otto-Brenner-Straße 1 (Room 806)

30159 Hannover, Germany

Email: thomas [dot] reydon [at] cells [dot] uni-hannover.de

Web: CELLS

Map: here

New papers:

A new blog post (in German) on philosophy of science and nature conservation is here on the Swiss Portal for Philosophy.

Reydon, T.A.C. (2020): ‘What is the foundation of biological classification? The search for natural systems’, in: Kampourakis, K. & Uller, T. (Eds): Philosophy of Science for Biologists, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, in press (publisher's book page here).

Reydon, T.A.C. (2019): ‘Taxa hold little information about organisms: Some inferential problems in biological systematics’, History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences 41: 40; here.

Preprint of Marc Ereshefsky's & my account of natural kinds, 'The Grounded Functionality Account of natural kinds' [pdf here] - comments and criticism are very welcome!

Reydon, T.A.C. (2020 or 2021): ‘On radical solutions in the philosophy of biology: What does “individuals thinking” actually solve?’, Synthese, in press, here.

Reydon, T.A.C. & Kunz, W. (2019): ‘Species as natural entities, instrumental units and ranked taxa: New perspectives on the grouping and ranking problems’, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 126: 623-636.

Reydon, T.A.C. (2019): ‘Are species good units for biodiversity studies and conservation efforts?’, in: Casetta E., Marquez da Silva, J. & Vecchi, D. (Eds): From Assessing to Conserving Biodiversity: Beyond the Species Approach, Cham: Springer, pp. 167-193. [open access book - publisher's book page here]

Reydon, T.A.C. (2020): 'What attitude should scientists have? Good academic practice as a precondition for the production of knowledge', in: McCain, K.R. & Kampourakis, K. (Eds): What is Scientific Knowledge? An Introduction to Contemporary Epistemology of Science, New York & London: Routledge, pp. 18-32. [publisher's book page here]