Susan Oyama Explained

Susan Oyama (born May 22, 1943)^[1] is a psychologist and philosopher of science, currently professor emerita at the John Jay College and CUNY Graduate Center in New York City.^[2]

Oyama's work interrogates the nature versus nurture debates, and problematizes the conceptual foundations (e.g., assumptions, binaries, and classifications) on which these debates depend. Her notion of a "developmental system" allows us to reevaluate and reintegrate standard dichotomies such as development and evolution, body and mind, and stasis and change. Oyama's Developmental systems theory has had a significant impact in cognitive science, psychology, and the philosophy of biology.

Publications

• The Ontogeny of Information (2000)
• Cycles of Contingency (2001)
• Evolution's Eye: A Systems View of the Biology-Culture Divide (2000)
• is regarded as a foundational text in developmental systems theory^[3]

See also

• Epigenetics
• Evo-devo
• Modern evolutionary synthesis

Notes and References

1. Web site: Oyama, Susan . Library of Congress Name Authority File . 2019-03-18.
2. Web site: John Jay College . Academia.edu. 2013-10-25.
3. Web site: Susan Oyama Bibliography . The American School in Japan . 2010-01-30 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080926160006/http://www.asij.ac.jp/japan/asij_authors/m_o/oyama.htm . September 26, 2008 .