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RESEARCH

I am a philosopher of science, with special interests in the philosophy of biology and in data ethics. My current project is called "Rethinking our individual differences through genomics: an ethical framework for the use of data" and is funded by the Fonds de Recherche du Québec (FRQ). In this project am currently investigating the concept of "ancestry" in human genomics. I focus on the ethical implications of the concept for our understanding of human genetic variation. 

You can see some of my work on the topic in the video below:

Additionally, I am also interested in causation in biology. In particular, I investigated what biologists mean when they talk about causes. From a philosophical perspective, causation is often studied from a metaphysical perspective. In scientific practice, however, some causal claims and causal explanations seem to be at odds with how philosophers tend to think about causes. I have provided philosophical analysis of how scientists appeal to causes in their research programs in two of my papers. I have done so by providing an epistemic assessment of notions such as downward causation and reciprocal causation in evolutionary developmental explanations.

PUBLICATIONS


⏤ Haddad, Yasmin. 2024. "The Scope of Reciprocal Causation". Philosophy, Theory, and Practice in Biology.

https://doi.org/10.3998/ptpbio.5258

 

⏤ Haddad, Yasmin. 2024. "Demystifying Downward Causation in Biology". Journal for General Philosophy of Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10838-024-09686-5

⏤ Haddad, Yasmin. 2023. “The Epistemic Harms of Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Tests.” Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11019-023-10164-w.

UNDER REVIEW

⏤ Haddad, Y. and Neto, C. Values in Genomics. The Routledge Handbook of Values and Science.


⏤ Haddad, Y. (Minor revisions) The Value-Ladenness of Ancestry.

IN PREPARATION

⏤ Haddad, Y. Measuring Ancestry.

⏤ Haddad, Y. Neto, C. Value Trade-offs and Alignments. A Case from Genomics. 

⏤ Haddad, Y. Doolittle, F. Reciprocal Causation: Reviving Mayr's Proximate/Ultimate Distinction.

⏤ The Unbearable Lightness of Intervening: A Realist Metaphysics for Manipulability Theories of Causation (with Caleb Hazelwood)

TRANSLATIONS

De Laclos, Choderlos. 2019. “Da Educação Das Mulheres.” In Arqueofeminismo: Mulheres Filósofas e Filósofos Feministas Do Século XVII-XVIII, edited by Maxime Rovere, translated by Yasmin Haddad. São Paulo: n-1 edições.

Poullain De La Barre, François. 2019. “Da Igualdade Entre Os Dois Sexos, Discurso Físico e Moral, Onde Vemos a Importância de Se Desfazer Dos Preconceitos.” In Arqueofeminismo: Mulheres Filósofas e Filósofos Feministas Do Século XVII-XVIII, edited by Maxime Rovere, translated by Yasmin Haddad. São Paulo: n-1 edições.

 

Ravaisson, Félix. 2018. “Do Hábito.” Translated by Yasmin Haddad. Revista Ideação 1       (37).

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