Prof. Dr. Thomas Reydon

Publications

• Journal articles and book chapters
  Reydon, T. A. C., & Valković, M. (2026). Bridging Research in Cultural Evolution and Social Ontology: A Perspective on Future Work. In Cultural Evolution and Social Ontology: Interdisciplinary Perspectives (pp. 237-257). Taylor and Francis. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003643845-15

  Valković, M., & Reydon, T. A. C. (2026). Introduction: Building Bridges Between Fields. In Cultural Evolution and Social Ontology: Interdisciplinary Perspectives (pp. 1-24). Taylor and Francis. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003643845-1

  Friederich, S., Pulte, H., & Reydon, T. (2025). Book Symposium. Journal for General Philosophy of Science, 56(4), 531–532. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10838-025-09756-2

  Pulte, H., & Reydon, T. (2025). Editorial. Journal for General Philosophy of Science, 56(1), 1. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10838-025-09727-7

  Reydon, T. A. C. (2025). Synchronic species aren’t diachronic species: why 3D/4D metaphysical equivalence fails for the case of biological species. SYNTHESE, 206(3), Article 118. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-025-05206-0

  Desmond, H., Ariew, A., Huneman, P., & Reydon, T. (2024). The varieties od Darwinism: Explanation, logic, and worldview. Quarterly Review of Biology, 99(2), 77-98. https://doi.org/10.1086/730667

  Reydon, T. A. C., & Ereshefsky, M. (2024). Ethnobiological kinds and material grounding: comments on Ludwig. European Journal for Philosophy of Science, 14. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13194-024-00568-7

  Reydon, T. A. C. (2024). Weltbilder, Dissens und Wissenschaftsleugnung: Die Perspektive der guten akademischen Praxis. In Wissenschaftsleugnung: Fall-studien, philosophische Analysen und Vorschläge zur Wissenschaftskommunikation (pp. 141-155). de Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110788341-007

  Schoenmakers, L. L. J., Reydon, T. A. C., & Kirschning, A. (2024). Evolution at the Origins of Life? Life, 14(2), Article 175. https://doi.org/10.3390/life14020175

  Cuypers, V., & Reydon, T. A. C. (2023). An oak is an oak, or not? Understanding and dealing with confusion and disagreement in biological classification. Biology and Philosophy, 38(5), Article 39. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10539-023-09925-x

  du Crest, A., Valković, M., Ariew, A., Desmond, H., Huneman, P., & Reydon, T. A. C. (2023). Generalizing Darwinism as a Topic for Multidisciplinary Debate. In Synthese Library (pp. 1-17). (Synthese Library; Vol. 478). Springer Science and Business Media B.V.. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-33358-3_1

  Reydon, T., & Ereshefsky, M. (2023). The Grounded Functionality Account of Natural Kinds. In From Biological Practice to Scientific Metaphysics (pp. 236-266). University of Minnesota Press. https://core.ac.uk/display/225560906?utm_source=pdf&utm_medium=banner&utm_campaign=pdf-decoration-v1

  Reydon, T. A. C. (2023). The proper role of history in evolutionary explanations. Noûs, 57(1), 162-187. https://doi.org/10.1111/nous.12402

  Cuypers, V., Reydon, T. A. C., & Artois, T. (2022). Deceiving insects, deceiving taxonomists? Making theoretical sense of taxonomic disagreement in the European orchid genus Ophrys. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics, 56, Article 125686. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ppees.2022.125686

  Dammann, O., Dörk, T., Hillemanns, P., & Reydon, T. (2022). Causation and causal inference in obstetrics-gynecology. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 226(1), 12-23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajog.2021.09.047

  Reydon, T. A. C. (2022). Deflating the De-Extinction Debates: Domination and Artifactuality are Not the Problem. Ethics, Policy and Environment, 25(2), 113-115. https://doi.org/10.1080/21550085.2022.2071551

  Reydon, T. A. C., & Ereshefsky, M. (2022). How to Incorporate Non-Epistemic Values into a Theory of Classification. European Journal for Philosophy of Science, 12(1), Article 4. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13194-021-00438-6

  Reydon, T. A. C. (2022). Psychopathy as a Scientific Kind: On Usefulness and Underpinnings. In L. Malatesti, J. McMillan, & P. Šustar (Eds.), Psychopathy: Its Uses, Validity and Status (1 ed., pp. 169-187). (History, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences; Vol. 27). Springer VS Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-82454-9_10

  Reydon, T. A. C. (2022). ‘Species’ as a Technical Term: Multiple Meanings in Practice, One Idea in Theory. In J. S. Wilkins, F. E. Zachos, & I. Y. Pavlinov (Eds.), Species Problems and Beyond: Contemporary Issues in Philosophy and Practice (1. ed., pp. 65-90). CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9780367855604-4

  Reydon, T. A. C., & Kunz, W. (2021). Classification below the species level: when are infraspecific groups biologically meaningful? Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 134(1), 246-260. https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blab067

  Reydon, T. (2021). De la nature du problème de l'espèce et les quatre sens du mot “espèce”. In J. Gayon, & T. Pradeu (Eds.), Textes Clés de Philosophie de la Biologie: Vol. II: Évolution, Environnement, Diversité Biologique (pp. 257-304). Vrin.

  Reydon, T. (2021). Functional kinds and the metaphysics of functional levels: In what sense are functionally defined kinds and levels nonarbitrary? In D. S. Brooks, J. DiFrisco, & W. C. Wimsatt (Eds.), Levels of Organization in the Biological Sciences (pp. 261-277). MIT Press. https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/12389.003.0017

  Reydon, T. A. C. (2021). Generalized Darwinism as Modest Unification. AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL QUARTERLY, 58(1), 79-94. https://doi.org/10.2307/48600687

  Reydon, T. A. C. (2021). Misconceptions, conceptual pluralism, and conceptual toolkits: bringing the philosophy of science to the teaching of evolution. European Journal for Philosophy of Science, 11, Article 48. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13194-021-00363-8

  Reydon, T. A. C. (2021). On radical solutions in the philosophy of biology: What does “individuals thinking” actually solve? SYNTHESE, 198(4), 3389-3411. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-019-02285-8

  Reydon, T. (2021). Zur Unvergleichbarkeit akademischer Systeme. Ordnung der Wissenschaft, 2021(1), 33-46. http://www.ordnungderwissenschaft. de

  Beisbart, C., Pulte, H., & Reydon, T. (2020). Grete Henry-Hermann (1901–1984). Journal for General Philosophy of Science, 51(4), 511. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10838-020-09538-y

  Lohse, S., Wasmer, M. S., & Reydon, T. A. C. (2020). Integrating Philosophy of Science into Research on Ethical, Legal and Social Issues in the Life Sciences. Perspectives on Science, 28(6), 700-736. https://doi.org/10.1162/posc_a_00357

  Reydon, T. A. C. (2020). How can science be well-ordered in times of crisis? Learning from the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences, 42(4), Article 53. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40656-020-00348-5

  Reydon, T. (2020). What is the foundation of biological classification? The search for natural systems. In K. Kampourakis, & T. Uller (Eds.), Philosophy of Science for Biologists (pp. 216-234). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108648981.012

  Beisbart, C., Pulte, H., & Reydon, T. (2019). Editorial: Fifty Years Journal for General Philosophy of Science. Journal for General Philosophy of Science, 50(1), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10838-019-09453-x

  Reydon, T. A. C. (2019). Are Species Good Units for Biodiversity Studies and Conservation Efforts? In E. Casetta, J. M. da Silva, & D. Vecchi (Eds.), From Assessing to Conserving Biodiversity: Conceptual and Practical Challenges (1. ed., pp. 167-193). (History, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences; Vol. 24). Springer Science and Business Media B.V.. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-10991-2_8

  Reydon, T. A. C., Teira, D., & Toon, A. (2019). EPSA17: Selected papers from the biannual conference in Exeter. European Journal for Philosophy of Science, 9(1), Article 1. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13194-018-0232-6

  Reydon, T. A. C., & Kunz, W. (2019). Species as natural entities, instrumental units and ranked taxa: New perspectives on the grouping and ranking problems. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 126(4), 623-636. https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blz013

  Reydon, T. A. C. (2019). Taxa hold little information about organisms: Some inferential problems in biological systematics. History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences, 41(4), Article 40. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40656-019-0281-y

  Reydon, T. (2019). What attitude should scientists have? Good academic practice as a precondition for the production of knowledge. In K. McCain, & K. Kampurakis (Eds.), What is Scientific Knowledge?: An Introduction to Contemporary Epistemology of Science (1. ed., pp. 18-32). Taylor and Francis Inc.. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203703809-2

  Beisbart, C., Pulte, H., & Reydon, T. (2017). Editorial. Journal for General Philosophy of Science, 48(1). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10838-017-9360-5

  Reydon, T., & Lohse, S. (2017). Einleitung: Zur Ausdifferenzierung der Wissenschaftsphilosophie. In T. A. C. Reydon, & S. Lohse (Eds.), Grundriss Wissenschaftsphilosophie: Die Philosophien der Einzelwissenschaften (pp. 9-15). Felix Meiner Verlag.

  Reydon, T. (2017). Philosophie der Biologie. In S. Lohse, & T. A. C. Reydon (Eds.), Grundriss Wissenschaftsphilosophie: Die Philosophien der Einzelwissenschaften (Vol. 41, pp. 253-286). (History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences). Felix Meiner Verlag.

  Reydon, T. (2016). A critical assessment of graph-based Generalized Darwinism. In G. A. J. M. Jagers op Akkerhuis (Ed.), Evolution and Transitions in Complexity: The Science of Hierarchical Organization in Nature (pp. 125-135). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43802-3_7

  Reydon, T. (2016). Die Wissenschaftsethik von Übermorgen: Zwischen Werten und Verantwortung. In .): Zur Zukunft der Bereichsethiken – Herausforderungen durch die Ökonomisierung der Welt (pp. 303-316). KIT Scientific Publishing.

  Ereshefsky, M., & Reydon, T. A. C. (2015). Scientific kinds. Philosophical Studies, 172, 969-986. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11098-014-0301-4

  Kirschning, A., & Reydon, T. A. C. (2015). Is organic chemistry science: And does this question make any sense at all? Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry, 11, 893-896. https://doi.org/10.3762/bjoc.11.100

  Reydon, T. (2015). Epistemologische Aspekte der Anwendung des Vorsorgeprinzips bei Biosicherheitsfragen. Ordnung der Wissenschaft, 73-82. Article 2. http://www.ordnungderwissenschaft.de

  Reydon, T. A. C. (2015). From a zooming-in model to a co-creation model Towards a more dynamic account of classification and kinds. In C. E. Kendig (Ed.), Natural Kinds and Classification in Scientific Practice (pp. 59-73). Taylor and Francis Inc.. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315619934

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• Monographs and edited volumes
  Valković, M., & Reydon, T. A. C. (2026). Cultural Evolution and Social Ontology: Interdisciplinary Perspectives. Taylor and Francis. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003643845

  Reydon, T. (2025). The Scope of Evolutionary Thinking. Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009181839

  Crest, A. D., Valković, M., Ariew, A., Desmond, H., Huneman, P., & Reydon, T. A. C. (Eds.) (2023). Evolutionary Thinking Across Disciplines: Problems and Perspectives in Generalized Darwinism. (Synthese Library; Vol. 478). Springer International Publishing AG. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-33358-3

  Reydon, T., & Lohse, S. (Eds.) (2017). Grundriss Wissenschaftsphilosophie: Die Philosophien der Einzelwissenschaften. Felix Meiner Verlag.

  Franssen, M., Kroes, P., Reydon, T. A. C., & Vermaas, P. E. (2014). Artefact kinds: Ontology and the human-made world. Springer International Publishing AG. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00801-1

  Reydon, T. (2013). Wissenschaftsethik: Eine Einführung. Verlag Eugen Ulmer.

  Hoyningen-Huene, P., Reydon, T., & Heit, H. (Eds.) (2009). Der universale Leibniz: Denker, Forscher und Erfinder. Franz Steiner Verlag Wiesbaden GmbH.

  Reydon, T., & Hoyningen-Huene, P. (Eds.) (2009). Der universale Leibniz: Denker, Forscher, Erfinder. Franz Steiner Verlag Wiesbaden GmbH.

  Reydon, T. A. C., & Hemerik, L. (2005). Current themes in theoretical biology: A Dutch perspective. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-2904-7

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