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Karen Kovaka

Karen Kovaka, Assistant Professor

Karen Kovaka, Assistant Professor
Karen Kovaka, Assistant Professor

Department of Philosophy
220 Major Williams Hall
220 Stanger Street
Blacksburg, VA 24061
kkovaka@vt.edu

Karen Kovaka is an assistant professor in the Department of Philosophy. For more information, visit Karen Kovaka’s personal website.

  • Philosophy of Science
  • Philosophy of Biology
  • Environmental Philosophy
  • Public Understanding of Science 
  • PhD, University of Pennsylvannia
  • BS, Boston College
  • Deans Scholar, University of Pennsylvania, 2016

Journal Articles

  • Kovaka, K. “Evidence and Underdetermination in the Developmental Plasticity Debate.” British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 2017. DOI: 10.1093/bjps/axx038.
  • Kovaka, K. “Biological Individuality and Scientific Practice.”Philosophy of Science, vol. 82, no. 5, 2015, pp. 1092-1103. DOI: 10.1086/683443

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