Books:

Chen, B. (2024). Transforming Philosophy in the Early Twentieth Century: A Historico-Critical Investigation. Routledge, available at https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/10.4324/9781003544128/transforming-philosophy-early-twentieth-century-bohang-chen.

Chen, B. (2024). On the Riddle of Life: A Historico-Logical Study of Vitalism. Springer, available at https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-70690-5.

Articles:

Chen, B. (accepted). Eugenio Rignano’s energetical vitalism. Science in Context.

Chen, B. (accepted). Nagelian reduction and approximation. European Journal for Philosophy of Science.

Chen, B. (2024). Does Nagel’s model of reduction permit ontological reduction? Journal of Contemporary Chinese Philosophy, 1-28. doi:10.1163/29502799-bja10002

Chen, B. (2024). Entelechy and energy: Reconsider Hans Driesch’s vitalism in the
Science and Philosophy of the Organism. Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences, 54 (4): 423-60.

Chen, B. (2024). Two dimensions of the biological function debate.
Theoria: An International Journal for Theory, History and Foundations of Science
, 39 (1): 109-129.

Chen, B. (2024). Why is biological teleology non-constitutive (merely regulative)
for Kant? Transversal: International Journal for the Historiography of Science, 15: 1-20.

Chen, B. (2023). Ernest Nagel’s model of reduction and theory change.
International Studies in the Philosophy of Science, 36 (1): 19-37.

陈勃杭(2023),康德和演化,《科学技术哲学研究》,40(4):109-115

Chen, B. (2022). On biological function: a critical examination of eliminativism.
Transversal: International Journal for the Historiography of Science, 13: 1-16.

陈勃杭(2022),重新审视欧内斯特·内格尔的还原模型,《科学技术哲学研究》,
39(4):9-15。

陈勃杭(2022),谢林的生物演化学说,《自然辩证法通讯》, 44(9):19-26。

Chen, B., J. Poucke, and G. de Vijver (2021). Criticizing the Modern Synthesis:
between phenomenal characteristics and synthetic principles. Biosemiotics, 14: 135-140.

Chen, B. (2019). Revisiting the logical empiricist criticisms of vitalism.
Transversal: International Journal for the Historiography of Science, 7: 25-40.

Chen, B. (2018). A non-metaphysical evaluation of vitalism in the early twentieth
century. History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences, 40(3): 50. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40656-018-0221-2.

Chen, B., Bognon, C. & Wolfe, C. (2017). Metaphysics, Function and the
Engineering of Life: The Problem of Vitalism. Kairos. Journal of Philosophy & Science, 20 (1): 113-140.

陈勃杭和王巍(2015),夏皮尔科学哲学的另一面: 还是 “中间道路”,《科
学技术哲学研究》,32(5):21-24。

陈勃杭, 王巍, 和范雪(2015),基因选择的本质,《自然辩证法通讯》,37(3):
29-33。

陈勃杭(2015),未完成的对话: 宗教特创论与达尔文主义之争,《文化纵横》,
2:60-67。

陈勃杭和王巍(2014),对布兰登基因选择批判的反思,《自然辩证法研究》
30 (2) :35-39.

陈勃杭和王巍(2013),追问基因选择,《哲学分析》,2:147-154.

王巍和陈勃杭(2013),自然选择单位的问题解析,《自然辩证法研究》, 29 (2):
3-7.

Book Chapters:

Chen, B., and Wolfe, C. (forthcoming). Vitalism. In Routledge Handbook of the History of Philosophy of Science (P. Flavia and A. Tuboly, eds.), Routledge.

Chen, B., (2023). A critique of organicism in current philosophy of biology. In
the Contemporary Perspectives on Architectural Organicism: The Limits of Self-Generation
(S. Luarasi and G. He, eds.), Routledge, pp. 239-254.

Chen, B., (2023). A historico-logical re-assessment Hans Driesch’s vitalism. In
Vitalism and its Legacies in the 20th Century (C. Donohue and C. Wolfe, eds.). Springer, pp. 49-65.

陈勃杭(2023),埃里克·沃格林对意向性和启明性的区分,《思想与文化》
,华东师范大学出版社,19:142-149。

Chen, B., (2022). On Ernest Nagel on teleology in biology. In Ernest Nagel: Philosophy of Science and the Fight for Clarity (M. Neuber and A. T. Tuboly, eds.). Springer, pp. 189-210.

Book Reviews:

Chen, B., (2021). A Review of Trepanier, Lee, ed., Eric Voegelin’s Asian Political Thought. Dao, 20: 515-520.

王巍和陈勃杭(2013),第五届 “清华-匹大科学哲学暑期学院” 综述,《哲
学动态》,6:108-110.

Translations:

哲理庐(2020),《当权的第三帝国》(Third Reich in Power, By Richard Evans,
From English to Chinese) ,理想国,广西师范大学出版社。

Manuscripts:

Chen, B., Nagelian reduction and approximation, submitted to European Journal
for Philosophy of Science (re-submitted and under review).

Chen, B., Life as vital agency directing energy transfer: a version of vitalism in the
late nineteenth century. Submitted to Annals of Science (under revision).

Chen, B., Maxwell’s demon at work in living organisms: Vitalizing Maxwell’s
demon in the early twentieth century. Submitted to Perspectives on Science (under revision).

Public engagements:

Years ago, I was an active writer on various popular issues, including philosophy, science, religion, and evolution. I plan to re-vitalize myself on social media to make a case for my unique conception of philosophy (with science and humanity included). My penname is “哲理庐” ,and also Check out my wechat public account “哲理庐(Philhouse)” 。

哲理庐(2017),你并不了解的进化“论”(逻辑篇):作为文字游戏的“选择”,
《澎湃新闻》,2017年6月21日。https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1714246

哲理庐(2017),你并不了解的进化“论”(历史篇):作为一种意识形态,《澎
湃新闻》,2017年6月20日。https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1712238

哲理庐(2017),阴阳五行是科学吗?《澎湃新闻》,2017年4月26日。
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1671157

哲理庐(2017),科学与宗教的关系?关键在于澄清概念,《澎湃新闻》,2017
年1月2日。https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1589906

陈勃杭(2015),生物学中的“活力论”为什么消失了?《中国社会科学报》,
2015年9月22日。

陈勃杭(2015),同性恋争论能有结果吗?《凤凰网》,2015年7月21日。
http://culture.ifeng.com/a/20150721/44215663_0.shtml

陈勃杭(2015),约瑟夫•熊彼特:一个奥匈帝国保守主义者的一生,《澎湃新
闻》, 2015年7月13日。http://m.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1351819

陈勃杭(2015),纪念顾准先生诞辰一百周年,《凤凰网》,2015年7月1日。
http://culture.ifeng.com/a/20150701/44079358_0.shtml