Susan Oyama

American philosopher

Susan Oyama (born May 22, 1943)^[1] is a psychologist and philosopher of science, currently professor emerita at the John Jay College and CUNY Graduate Center in New York City.^[2]

Oyama's work interrogates the nature versus nurture debates, and problematizes the conceptual foundations (e.g., assumptions, binaries, and classifications) on which these debates depend. Her notion of a "developmental system" allows us to reevaluate and reintegrate standard dichotomies such as development and evolution, body and mind, and stasis and change. Oyama's Developmental systems theory has had a significant impact in cognitive science, psychology, and the philosophy of biology.

Publications

The Ontogeny of Information (2000)
Cycles of Contingency (2001)
Evolution's Eye: A Systems View of the Biology-Culture Divide (2000)
The Ontogeny of Information: Developmental Systems and Evolution is regarded as a foundational text in developmental systems theory^[3]

References

^ "Oyama, Susan". Library of Congress Name Authority File. Retrieved 2019-03-18.
^ "John Jay College". Academia.edu. Retrieved 2013-10-25.
^ "Susan Oyama Bibliography". The American School in Japan. Archived from the original on September 26, 2008. Retrieved 2010-01-30.