Courses Taught
- PHIL 401W: Introduction to Philosophy
- PHIL 435: Human Nature and Evolution
- PHIL 435H: Honors/Human Nature & Evol
- PHIL 440C: Hon/Find a Place for Humanity
- PHIL 444: Remaking Nature/Ethics & Polt
- PHIL 500: Workshop
- PHIL 630: Neuroscience and Philosophy
- PHIL 631: Topics in the Phil of Science
- PHIL 780: Special Topics
Research Interests
- Philosophy of biology
- Philosophy of evolutionary explanation
- Philosophy of Science
Selected Publications
Smith, S. E. (2020). Is Evolutionary Psychology Possible?. Biological Theory, 15(1), 39-49. doi:10.1007/s13752-019-00336-4
Smith, S. E. (2020). PURPOSES, PARTS, AND PERSONS. JOURNAL OF PHILOSOPHICAL RESEARCH, 45, 1-13. doi:10.5840/jpr2020116149
Smith, S. E. (2019). Worlds within Worlds: a Dilemma for Modal Realism. Auslegung a Journal of Philosophy, 33, 22-30. doi:10.17161/auslegung.v33i0.13248
Smith, S. (2018). Why policymaking should not be based on evolutionary accounts of human behavior. In D. Boonin (Ed.), The Palgrave Handbook of Philosophy and Public Policy (1st ed., pp. 551-562). Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. Retrieved from https://www.palgrave.com/br/book/9783319939063
Smith, S. E. (2017). Organisms as Persisters. Philosophy and Theory in Biology, 9(20171201). doi:10.3998/ptb.6959004.0009.014