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Peter Godfrey-Smith (born 1965) is an Australian philosopher of science and writer, who is currently Professor of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Sydney. He works primarily in philosophy of biology and philosophy of mind, and also has interests in general philosophy of science, pragmatism (especially the work of John Dewey), and some parts of metaphysics and epistemology. Godfrey-Smith was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 2022. Education and career Born in Australia in 1965, Godfrey-Smith received a Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of California, San Diego in 1991 under the supervision of Philip Kitcher. He previously taught at Harvard University, Stanford University, Australian National University, and the CUNY Graduate Center. Godfrey-Smith was the recipient of the Lakatos Award for his 2009 book, Darwinian Populations and Natural Selection which discusses the philosophical foundations of the theory of evolution. He has criticized the arguments of intelligent design proponents. Other Minds In 2016, Godfrey-Smith published the book Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness. It explores the origin of sentience, consciousness and intelligence in the animal kingdom, specifically how it evolved in cephalopods compared to mammals and birds. Selected publications Books Complexity and the function of mind in nature. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1996. ISBN 0-521-45166-3. OCLC 32468942. Theory and reality : an introduction to the philosophy of science (1st ed.). Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 2003. ISBN 0-226-30062-5. OCLC 51223665. Darwinian populations and natural selection. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2009. ISBN 978-0-19-156778-0. OCLC 373185464. Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness. New York: William Collins. 2016. ISBN 978-0-374-22776-0. OCLC 957696590. Metazoa : animal life and the birth of the mind. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 2020. ISBN 978-0-374-20794-6. OCLC 1158510266. References Further reading Stubbings, Diane (January–February 2021). "Gradual evolution: investigating the origins of consciousness: review of Metazoa: animal minds and the birth of consciousness by Peter Godfrey-Smith". Australian Book Review. 428: 62. External links Official website. Discover the Peter Godfrey Smith popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Peter Godfrey Smith books.