Susan Finsen is a contemporary philosopher of science associated with California State University, San Bernardino, whose work engages with the epistemology and cognitive foundations of evolutionary biology. She has examined the theoretical structure of natural selection, questioning how it functions as a scientific explanation and what epistemic status it properly holds. Her contributions sit at the intersection of philosophy of biology and philosophy of science.
Critiqued the cognitive and explanatory status of the theory of natural selection
Contributed to debates on the epistemic foundations of evolutionary biology
Engaged with questions of theory structure in philosophy of biology