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One of Sober's key fields of research has been the subject of simplicity or Parsimony in connection with theory evaluation in the philosophy of science. To this end he published ''Simplicity'' (1975) and, since then, a growing number of influential articles in mainstream philosophical journals.

Besides contributing to philosophy, Sober also works in the field of Social Psychology . Sober is currently on the Editorial Board of Greater Good Magazine, published by the Greater Good Science Center of the University Of California, Berkeley . Sober's contributions include the interpretation of scientific research into the roots of compassion, altruism, and peaceful human relationships.


PUBLISHED BOOKS

  • ''Evidence and Evolution'', Cambridge University Press, in preparation.


  • (edited with Steven Orzack) ''Adaptationism and Optimality'', Cambridge University Press, 2001.


  • (with David S. Wilson) ''Unto Others: The Evolution and Psychology of Unselfish Behavior'', Harvard University

    • Press, 1998 (Spanish edition, Siglo Veintiouno de EspaÁa Editores, 2000).


  • ''From a Biological Point of View: Essays in Evolutionary Philosophy''. Cambridge University Press, 1994.


  • ''Philosophy of Biology'', Westview Press (in UK: Oxford University Press), 1993; 2nd edition, 1999. Spanish edition,

    • Alianza, 1996; Chinese edition, 2000; Korean edition (Chul Hak Kwa Hyun Sil Sa Publishing Co.), 2004.


  • (with Erik Wright and Andrew Levine) ''Reconstructing Marxism: Essays on Explanation and the Theory of

    • History'', Verso Press, 1992; Portuguese edition, 1993.


  • ''Core Questions in Philosophy: A Text with Readings.'' Macmillan 1990; Prentice Hall 2nd edition 1995, 3rd

    • edition 2000; 4th edition 2005.


  • ''Reconstructing the Past: Parsimony, Evolution, and Inference.'' Bradford/MIT Press, 1988. Japanese

    • edition, Souju Publishers, Tokyo, 1996.


  • ''The Nature of Selection: Evolutionary Theory in Philosophical Focus.'' Bradford/MIT Press, 1984;

    • 2nd edition, University of Chicago Press, 1993.


  • (edited) ''Conceptual Issues in Evolutionary Biology: An Anthology'', Bradford/MIT Press, 1984; 2nd edition

    • 1993.


  • ''Simplicity'', Oxford University Press, 1975.



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