MEHMET ELGIN
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About Mehmet

Associate Professor of Philosophy, Muğla University, Turkey

Ph.D. in Philosophy, 2002, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Dissertation:
Laws in the Special Sciences: A Comparative Study of Biological Generalizations

M.A. in Philosophy, 1996, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge

M.A. Thesis:
Science As Conjecture: Popper on Demarcation and Induction

B.A. in Philosophy Group Teacher Education, 1991, Çukurova University, Turkey

Philosophical Interests:


Philosophy of Biology
Logic and Philosophy of Science
Philosophy of Psychology

Recent Papers:

"There May Be Strict Empirical Laws in Biology, after all"
Biology &Philosophy 21 (1) 2006: 119-134.