The importance of models in theorizing: A deflationary semantic view SM Downes PSA: Proceedings of the biennial meeting of the philosophy of science …, 1992 | 172 | 1992 |
Socializing naturalized philosophy of science SM Downes Philosophy of Science 60 (3), 452-468, 1993 | 62 | 1993 |
Heritability SM Downes, LJ Matthews | 57 | 2019 |
Arguing about human nature: Contemporary debates S Downes, E Machery | 45 | 2013 |
Scientific models SM Downes Philosophy Compass 6 (11), 757-764, 2011 | 33 | 2011 |
Models, pictures, and unified accounts of representation: Lessons from aesthetics for philosophy of science SM Downes Perspectives on Science 17 (4), 417-428, 2009 | 30 | 2009 |
Heredity and heritability SM Downes | 30 | 2008 |
Baldwin effects and the expansion of the explanatory repertoire in evolutionary biology SM Downes Evolution and learning: the Baldwin effect reconsidered, 33-52, 2003 | 30 | 2003 |
Some recent developments in evolutionary approaches to the study of human cognition and behavior SM Downes Biology and Philosophy 16, 575-594, 2001 | 27 | 2001 |
Truth, selection and scientific inquiry SM Downes Biology and Philosophy 15 (3), 425-442, 2000 | 26 | 2000 |
Agents and norms in the new economics of science SM Downes Philosophy of the Social Sciences 31 (2), 224-238, 2001 | 23 | 2001 |
Evolutionary perspectives on human aggression: Introduction to the special issue E Cashdan, SM Downes Human Nature 23, 1-4, 2012 | 21 | 2012 |
The basic components of the human mind were not solidified during the Pleistocene epoch SM Downes Contemporary debates in philosophy of biology, 243-252, 2010 | 21 | 2010 |
The role of ancient DNA research in archaeology SM Downes Topoi 40 (1), 285-293, 2021 | 19 | 2021 |
Integrating the multiple biological causes of human behavior SM Downes Biology and Philosophy 20, 177-190, 2005 | 19 | 2005 |
Biological information SM Downes | 17 | 2003 |
The theory theory thrice over: the child as scientist, Superscientist or social institution? MA Bishop, SM Downes Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A 33 (1), 117-132, 2002 | 17 | 2002 |
Alternative splicing, the gene concept, and evolution SM Downes History and philosophy of the life sciences, 91-104, 2004 | 16 | 2004 |
How much work do scientific images do? SM Downes Spontaneous Generations: A Journal for the History and Philosophy of Science …, 2012 | 15 | 2012 |
Models and Modeling in the Sciences: A Philosophical Introduction SM Downes Routledge, 2020 | 13 | 2020 |