Denis Walsh, University of Toronto

Research

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Latest funding

Natural Agency: An ecological approach
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$44,547
Natural Agency: An ecological approach
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$43,813
Society for Philosophy of Science in Practice Conference
SSHRC · 2012 · Principal investigator
$13,781

All 6 grants and awards

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Natural Agency: An ecological approach

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Walsh, Denis M.

Keywords: agency; evolutionary biology; natural science; methodology; metaphysics; teleology; Neo-Aristotelianism; artificial intelligence; technology

$44,547

Natural Agency: An ecological approach

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Walsh, Denis M.

Keywords: agency; evolutionary biology; natural science; methodology; metaphysics; teleology; Neo-Aristotelianism; artificial intelligence; technology

$43,813

Society for Philosophy of Science in Practice Conference

Principal investigatorSSHRC2012

Principal investigators: Walsh, Denis M.

Keywords: scientific practice; philosophy of science; history of science; science and technology studies; philosophy of medicine; epistemology; bioethics; instruments; models; measurement; experiment; evidence; representation; justification; policy; values

$13,781

Canada Research Chair in Philosophy of Biology

Principal investigatorSSHRC2010Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Walsh, Denis

Keywords: evolution, explanation, causation, probability, statistics, teleology, organismal development, adaptation, normativity.

$500,000

Consortium for the history and philosophy of biology

Principal investigatorSSHRC2006International Opportunities Fund

Principal investigators: Walsh, Denis M.

Keywords: philosophy of science; history of science; scientific explanation; evolutionary theory; conceptual foundations of biology

$72,977

Philosophy of Biology

Principal investigatorSSHRC2005Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Walsh, Denis M

Keywords: evolution; explanation; teleology; causation; intentionality

$500,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor Walsh, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Natural Agency: An ecological approach" (2021), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]