Summary

Before joining the department of philosophy at the w88 casino, Reno, Professor Carlos A. Mariscal was a Herzberg Postdoctoral Fellow working with W. Ford Doolittle in the departments of biochemistry & molecular biology and philosophy in Dalhousie University. He received his Ph.D. from Duke University. Carlos works in areas related to the evolution, origin, and distribution of life in the universe, a field known as astrobiology. His recent work has centered around convergence, the direction of evolution, the nature of the last universal common ancestor, the nature of extreme organisms, the origin and meaning of ‘Life,' and ethical issues regarding new biotechnologies. Carlos is currently concerned with the extent to which we can expect biological explanations to cover distinct or as-yet-unknown systems.

Research interests

• w88 online casino betting of Astrobiology
• History & w88 online casino betting of Biology
• w88 online casino betting of Science
• Science, Technology & Society (STS)
• w88 online casino betting of Cognitive Science
• Applied Ethics (esp. Biotechnology)

Courses taught

Typically courses in the intersection of science (especially the life sciences) and w88 online casino betting.

• Phil 224: Introduction to w88 online casino betting of Science
• Phil 316: Survey of 20th-Century w88 online casino betting
• Phil 434: w88 online casino betting of Cognitive Science
• Phil 438: Problems in the History and w88 online casino betting of Science
• Phil 440: Theory of Knowledge
• Hist/Phil 480: Science, Technology, and Society

Selected publications

Academic books

• Smith K, w88 online casino betting C (eds.):Social and Conceptual Issues in Astrobiology, 2020, Oxford University Press

Academic articles

• Mariscal C: “Introduction to w88 online casino betting of Science,” 2022 inMind, Cognition and Neuroscience: B Young & C Dicey Jennings (eds.). Routledge.
• w88 online casino betting, C: "Life," Winter 2021 Edition,The Stanford Encyclopedia of w88 online casino betting,Edward N. Zalta(ed.), URL =https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/win2021/entries/life/.
• Mariscal C, Barahona A, Aubert-Kato N, Aydinoglu AU, Bartlett S, Cárdenas ML, Chandru K, Cleland C, Cocanougher BT, Comfort N, Cornish-Bowden A, Deacon T, Froese T, Giovannelli D, Hernlund J, Hut P, Kimura J, Maurel M-C, Merino N, Moreno A, Nakagawa M, Pereto J, Virgo N, Witkowski O, Cleaves II HJ: “Hidden Concepts in the History and w88 online casino betting of Origins of Life Studies: A Workshop Report,” 2019,Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres49(3), 111-145.
• w88 online casino betting C, Doolittle WF: “Life and Life Only: A Radical Alternative to Life Definitionism,” 2018,Synthese. doi: 10.1007/s11229-018-1852-2
• w88 online casino betting C, Fleming L: “Why We Should Care About Universal Biology,” 2017,Biological Theory. doi: 10.1007/s13752-017-0280-8
• w88 online casino betting C, Petropanagos A: “CRISPR as a Driving Force: The Model T of Biotechnology,” 2016,Monash Bioethics Review34(2), 101-116. doi: 10.1007/s40592-016-0062-2
• Powell R, w88 online casino betting C: “Convergent Evolution as Natural Experiment: The Tape of Life Reconsidered, 2015,Journal of the Royal Society Interface5(6): 20150040. doi: 10.1098/rsfs.2015.0040

Education

• Ph.D., w88 online casino betting, Duke University, 2014
• M.A., w88 online casino betting, Duke University, 2012
• B.A., Journalism & Mass Communications, New Mexico State University, 2006