Publications:
- Shavit, A. 2007, One for All? Facts and Values in the Debates
Over Group Selection (Jerusalem: The Magness Press, in Hebrew)
- Nachtomy O., Shavit A. and Yachini Z. 2007, "The Notion of the
Phenotype and Gene Expression", Studies in the History and
Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, 38:238-254.
- Shavit, A. 2005, "The Notion of ‘Group’ and Tests
of Group Selection", Philosophy of Science 72: 1052-1063
- Shavit, A. 2004, "Shifting Values Partly Explain the Debate
Over Group Selection", Studies in History and Philosophy of
Biological and Biomedical Sciences 35: 697-720.
- Nachtomy, O., Shavit A. and Smith, J. 2002, "Leibnizian Organisms,
Nested Individuals and Units of Selection", Theory in Biosciences 121:
205-
230.
- Shavit, A. 2001, “Diversity of Selection Processes in the Evolution
of Cooperation”, Selection 2: 223-236.
- Shavit, A, 2001, “Is Nietzsche Present in the Kibbutz’s
Education System?” In J Golomb (ed.) Nietzsche, Zionism and
Hebrew Culture (Jerusalem: Magnes Press. Hebrew)
- Shavit, A. 1999, "The Debate Over Group Selection", Iyyun 48:151-164
(Hebrew).
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Recent Grants and Awards:
- 2007: Honorable Mention for Excellence in Postdoctoral Research,
Davis CA.
- 2006: The European Union FP6 program, Marie Curie OIF grant
no. 04036
- 2006: ISF (Israeli Science Foundation) grant co-authored with Ohad
Nachtomy
- 2004: The Fulbright scholarship for post doctoral research
- 2004: The Hebrew University scholarship for post doctoral research
- 2004: "The Bloomfield Prize" awarded by the Hebrew University,
to a single PhD. thesis in the schools of Humanities and Social Sciences.
- 2001: The “Bar-Hillel Award” awarded by the Hebrew University
for graduate research in the program for the History, Philosophy and
Sociology of the Sciences.
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