Susan Oyama

Susan Oyama (born May 22, 1943)[1] is a philosopher of biology, a developmental systems theorist and a professor of psychology; 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.[3]

She graduated from Mills College and Harvard University.[4]

Personal life

She married the Italian composer Luciano Berio in 1966. They divorced in 1972.

Publications

Books, as author

  • Evolution's Eye: A Systems View of the Biology-Culture Divide (2000), ISBN 978-0-8223-2472-0
  • L'occhio dell'evoluzione. Una visione sistematica della divisione fra biologia e cultura (italian translation) (2000), ISBN 978-8887319491
  • The Ontogeny of Information (2000), originally published in 1985, and revised for republication, is regarded as a foundational text in developmental systems theory[5][6] ISBN 978-0-8223-2466-9

Books, as editor

  • Cycles of Contingency (2001) edited by Russell D. Gray, Paul E. Griffiths and Susan Oyama, ISBN 9780262150538

Papers

  • Oyama, S (2010). "Biologists behaving badly: Vitalism and the language of language". History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences. 32 (2–3): 401–423. JSTOR 23335080. PMID 21162376.
  • Oyama, S (1990). "Commentary. The idea of innateness: Effects on language and communication research". Developmental Psychobiology. 23 (7): 741–760. doi:10.1002/dev.420230713. PMID 2286301.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Oyama, Susan". Library of Congress Name Authority File. Retrieved March 18, 2019.
  2. ^ "John Jay College". Academia.edu. Retrieved October 25, 2013.
  3. ^ "Oyama, Susan". www.gc.cuny.edu. Retrieved January 16, 2025.
  4. ^ "John Jay College - Faculty and Staff".
  5. ^ "Susan Oyama Bibliography". The American School in Japan. Archived from the original on September 26, 2008. Retrieved January 30, 2010.
  6. ^ "The Ontogeny of Information on Duke University Press". Duke University Press. Retrieved January 27, 2025.
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