Anders Strand

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Strand's main research interests are in philosophy of science, where he has focused on explanation, causation and the interplay between research methods, ethics and law/regulations. The latter includes methodological and regulatory aspects of cluster-randomized trials and AI based clinical tools. In addition, he has published papers on group responsibility, mental causation and nanotechnology in medicine.

From July 2024 Strand is Associate Professor of philosophy at SPS, OsloMet, affiliated researcher at IFIKK, UiO, and member of the advisory board for CPS. Strand was leader of CPS from May 2023 to June 2024, after joining IFIKK/CPS as Associate Professor II in November 2020. During the pandemic, Strand was senior advisor for the Regional Ethics Committees (REK), working on pre-approval of medical research. Strand was involved inn CPS from the very start, and has previously worked as post doc and researcher at IFIKK, University of Oslo.

Strand, Anders & Oftedal, Gry (2019). Restricted Causal Relevance. British Journal for the Philosophy of Science. ISSN 0007-0882. 70(2), p. 431–457. doi: 10.1093/bjps/axx034. Full text in Research Archive
Strand, Anders (2017). Values in Nanomedical Research: A Discussion Based on the NANOCAN Project on Nanoparticles in Cancer Therapy and Diagnosis. NanoEthics. ISSN 1871-4757. 11(3), p. 259–271. doi: 10.1007/s11569-017-0295-4. Full text in Research Archive
Strand, Anders & Parkkinen, Veli-Pekka (2015). Causation in evidence-based medicine: In reply to Kerry et-al. Journal of Evaluation In Clinical Practice. ISSN 1356-1294. 21(3), p. 532–534. doi: 10.1111/jep.12304. Full text in Research Archive
Strand, Anders & Parkkinen, Veli-Pekka (2014). Causal knowledge in evidence-based medicine. in reply to Kerry et al.'s causation and evidence-based practice: An ontological review. Journal of Evaluation In Clinical Practice. ISSN 1356-1294. 20(6), p. 981–984. doi: 10.1111/jep.12093. Full text in Research Archive
Strand, Anders & Oftedal, Gry (2013). Causation and counterfactual dependence in robust biological systems. In Andersen, Hanne; Dieks, Dennis; Gonzalez, Wenceslao J.; Uebel, Thomas & Wheeler, Gregory (Ed.), New Challenges to Philosophy of Science. Springer. ISSN 9789400758445. p. 179–193. doi: 10.1007/978-94-007-5845-2_15. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
This volume is a serious attempt to open up the subject of European philosophy of science to real thought, and provide the structural basis for the interdisciplinary development of its specialist fields, but also to provoke reflection on the idea of ‘European philosophy of science’. This efforts should foster a contemporaneous reflection on what might be meant by philosophy of science in Europe and European philosophy of science, and how in fact awareness of it could assist philosophers interpret and motivate their research through a stronger collective identity. The overarching aim is to set the background for a collaborative project organising, systematising, and ultimately forging an identity for, European philosophy of science by creating research structures and developing research networks across Europe to promote its development.
Strand, Anders (2012). Group Agency, Responsibility, and Control. Philosophy of the Social Sciences. ISSN 0048-3931. doi: 10.1177/0048393111435527. Full text in Research Archive
Strand, Anders (2010). Causal Exclusion and the Preservation of Causal Sufficiency. Sats: northern european journal of philosophy. ISSN 1600-1974. 11(2), p. 117–135. doi: 10.1515/sats.2010.011. Full text in Research Archive
Strand, Anders & Oftedal, Gry (2010). Functional Stability and Systems Level Causation. Philosophy of Science. ISSN 0031-8248. 76(5). Full text in Research Archive
Strand, Anders & Oftedal, Gry (2009). Functional Stability and Systems Level Causation. Philosophy of Science. ISSN 0031-8248. 76(5), p. 809–820. Full text in Research Archive
Strand, Anders (2007). Immense Multiple Realization. Metaphysica. ISSN 1437-2053. 8(1), p. 61–78. Full text in Research Archive

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Pollock, Joanna Katharine Mary & Strand, Anders (2026). Transdisciplinary Studies of AI in Professional Conduct. Full text in Research Archive
Pollock, Joanna Katharine Mary & Strand, Anders (2026). Transdisciplinary Studies of AI in Professional Conduct. Full text in Research Archive
Strand, Anders & Oftedal, Gry (2017). Restricted Causal Relevance. Full text in Research Archive
Strand, Anders (2016). The explanatory role of dispositions. Full text in Research Archive
Strand, Anders (2016). Er vitenskapelig kunnskap objektiv? Full text in Research Archive
Strand, Anders (2016). How values guide nanomedical research. Full text in Research Archive
Strand, Anders & Ramberg, Bjørn Torgrim (2016). Cross-level causal inquiry: constraints and possibilities. Full text in Research Archive
Strand, Anders (2016). Comments on Erik Fisher (on Responsible Research and Innovation). Full text in Research Archive
Strand, Anders (2016). Fact causation and the problem of distinctness. Full text in Research Archive
Oftedal, Gry & Strand, Anders (2016). ELSA/RRI in NANOCAN. Full text in Research Archive
Strand, Anders (2015). Causal Analysis, Truth Conditions, and Metaphysics. Full text in Research Archive
Strand, Anders (2015). Kausal forståelse, mekanismer og kunnskapsbasert praksis. Full text in Research Archive
Strand, Anders (2015). Restricted Causal Relevance. Full text in Research Archive
Oftedal, Gry & Strand, Anders (2015). ELSA perspectives and RRI in NANOCAN. Full text in Research Archive
Strand, Anders (2015). Kausalteori i kunnskapsbasert praksis. Full text in Research Archive
Strand, Anders (2015). Philosophical theorizing: truth conditions, natures and metaphysical explanations. Full text in Research Archive
Strand, Anders (2014). ELSA Perspectives and Responsible Research and Innovation. Full text in Research Archive
Strand, Anders (2014). Verdier i forskningsdesign. Full text in Research Archive
Strand, Anders (2014). Hva er kunnskap? Filosofiske perspektiver. Full text in Research Archive
Strand, Anders (2013). Structural control. Full text in Research Archive
Strand, Anders (2012). Helheten er mer enn delene. [Internet]. Salongen. Full text in Research Archive
Strand, Anders (2012). Filosofer og systembiologi. [Internet]. salongen.no. Full text in Research Archive
Strand, Anders (2012). How to think about causation. Full text in Research Archive
Strand, Anders (2012). Om Kunnskapsbegrepet. Full text in Research Archive
Strand, Anders (2012). Del-hele og eksistens over tid. Full text in Research Archive
Strand, Anders (2011). Corporate Responsibility and Control. Full text in Research Archive
Strand, Anders & Oftedal, Gry (2011). Causation and Counterfactual Dependence in Robust Biological Systems. Full text in Research Archive
Strand, Anders (2011). Causation and Systemic Robustness. Full text in Research Archive
Strand, Anders (2011). Facts as Causal Relata. Full text in Research Archive
Strand, Anders (2011). Kommentarer til Einar Bøhn om Hume’s Dictum. Full text in Research Archive
Strand, Anders & Oftedal, Gry (2011). Causation and Counterfactual Dependence in Biological Systems. Full text in Research Archive
Strand, Anders (2010). The Ontological Innocence of Second-Order Property Designators. Full text in Research Archive
Strand, Anders (2010). "The mind is what the brain does". Full text in Research Archive
Strand, Anders (2010). Difference making and mental causation. Full text in Research Archive
Strand, Anders (2010). Reduksjon og ikke-lineære systemer. Full text in Research Archive
Strand, Anders & Oftedal, Gry (2010). Functional Stability and System Level Causation. Full text in Research Archive
Strand, Anders (2010). Difference Making and Causal Realism. Full text in Research Archive
Strand, Anders (2010). Argumentasjon om straff. Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.). ISSN 0804-3116. Full text in Research Archive
Strand, Anders & Hansen, Carsten (2009). The Metaphysics of Phenomenal Experience. Full text in Research Archive
Strand, Anders & Oftedal, Gry (2009). Reduksjonismedebatten: Gener versus systemer som årsaker. Full text in Research Archive
Strand, Anders (2009). Reduction and Non-linear Phenomena. Full text in Research Archive
Yamashita, Aiko Amparo Fallas & Strand, Anders (2009). Macro-Perspectives in Engineering Ethics. Full text in Research Archive
Strand, Anders & Oftedal, Gry (2009). Reduksjonismedebatten: Gener versus systemer som årsaker. Full text in Research Archive
Strand, Anders (2008). How to merge the causal self-sufficiency of physics with the causal efficacy of non-reducible mental events. Full text in Research Archive
Strand, Anders (2008). Kausalitet. Full text in Research Archive
Strand, Anders (2008). Ernie Lepore on the Impact and Methodology of Academic Philosophy. [Journal]. Filosofisk supplement. Full text in Research Archive
Strand, Anders & Oftedal, Gry (2008). Functional Stability and Systems Level Causation. Full text in Research Archive
Strand, Anders (2007). The "Ruthless Reductionist": A Conversation with John Bickle. [Journal]. Filosofisk supplement. Full text in Research Archive
Strand, Anders (2006). Qualia. Full text in Research Archive
Strand, Anders (2005). Microstructural Multiple Realization. Full text in Research Archive
Strand, Anders (2005). Hva er egentlig egenskaper? Full text in Research Archive
Strand, Anders (2004). Generelt om Wittgenstein. Arr - Idéhistorisk tidsskrift. ISSN 0802-7005. p. 138–139. Full text in Research Archive
Strand, Anders (2002). Den nye tankerekken. [Journal]. Aftenposten. Full text in Research Archive
Strand, Anders (2008). The Metaphysics of Mental Causation: The Exclusion Problem Revisited, Reconsidered and Resolved. Universitetet i Oslo. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Strand’s thesis addresses a basic problem in contemporary philosophy of mind; how can mental phenomena be causally efficacious in a physical universe? Jaegwon Kim’s causal exclusion argument brings this question into sharp focus. In brief, Kim’s argument says that if mental causes are not identical to physical entities they are excluded from the causal nexus by purely physical causes. The thesis gives a systematic discussion of the challenge to mental causation posed by this argument. The thesis consists of four individual papers and an introduction that provides background and motivation for the arguments in the individual papers. The main aims and conclusions are as follows. In the first paper it is argued that Kim’s reductive account of mental causation conflicts with our standard understanding of macro causation. This is because it involves a radical revision of our understanding of the patterns of counterfactual dependence between macro causal relata. The second paper presents counterexamples to the causal exclusion principle, and thereby shows that the proponent of the causal exclusion argument needs a strong, and questionable, version of the principle of the causal closure of physics in order to establish his or her conclusion. In the third paper, Strand contrasts Stephen Yablo’s account of mental causation with a token-identity based account, and argues that the choice of account depends on their merits with respect to issues outside the specific mental causation debate. Finally, in the fourth paper, Strand spells out a version of physical realizationalism that explains how the causal efficacy of realizable mental properties and events is compatible with central physicalistic tenets.
Strand, Anders (2001). The Fallacy of Epiphobia. Universitetet i Oslo. Full text in Research Archive

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