Charles H. Pence is a contemporary philosopher of science specializing in the philosophy of biology, with particular focus on the conceptual foundations of evolutionary theory. He has examined the logical and cognitive structure of natural selection, fitness, and chance in biological explanation. He holds a position at UCLouvain (Université catholique de Louvain) in Belgium.
Analyzed the cognitive and logical structure of the theory of natural selection
Developed accounts of probabilistic concepts (fitness, drift) in evolutionary biology
Contributed to the history and philosophy of early Darwinism and statistical thinking in biology
Co-developed tools for computational history of philosophy of science