Rachael Brown
Rachael commenced work as a post-graduate student in the RSSS, Philosophy Program at the Australian National University in March this year. Prior to that she studied in the Zoology and History and Philosophy of Science Departments at the University of Melbourne.
She is primarily interested in the role of different approaches to evidence and explanation in answering questions about the evolution of mind. She is also interested in the evolution of cognition, philosophy of science, philosophy of biology and animal behaviour. Her primary supervisor is Kim Sterelny.
Her RSSS website and personal page can be found here and here respectively.
Publications
- Kathryn McNamara, Rachael Brown, Mark Elgar, Théresa Jones (2008) Paternity Costs from Polyandry Compensated by Increased Fecundity in the Hide Beetle. Behavioral Ecology, 19: 433-440.