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. (2025). Nagelian reduction and approximation. European Journal for Philosophy of Science, 15 (7).
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13194-025-00633-9

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