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This wiki provides an unranked list of Ph.D. and terminal M.A. programs that have strengths in philosophy of biology. '''Since it's a wiki, [[#How to Contribute|you can edit it]], so please do'''. The primary intended audience is prospective and current graduate students with interests in philosophy of biology who want to get the lay of the land by seeing who works where, and on what. Follow us on [http://twitter.com/philwikinet Twitter]. Questions, comments, ideas? Let [http://shamiller.net me] know at [mailto:shamiller@ucdavis.edu shamiller@ucdavis.edu].
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== Note to Prospective Graduate Students ==
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The purpose of this wiki is to aid your search for philosophy of biology graduate programs that suit your tastes. It does so in two ways:
  
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All programs reside in philosophy departments, unless otherwise specified. Wiki Program Pages contain identical information to front-page listings, also unless otherwise specified.
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* By listing as many philosophy of biology graduate programs as possible.
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* By making research into those programs more efficient and convenient by identifying the relevant philosophy of biology faculty and providing easy access to their bios, research interests, CVs, partial publication lists, etc.  
  
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=== Australian National University ===
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However, while this site may be where your research into programs starts, it decidedly should not be where it ends. You need to dig around and do your due diligence&mdash;e.g., contact people within the programs<ref>This site is not in the business of giving prospective students advice&mdash;on how to select programs or anything else&mdash;but it can be very helpful and illuminating to contact graduate students currently enrolled in departments you are considering and asking if they would be willing to share their impressions of and experience in the programs. The worst that can happen is that they say 'no'. Of course, what they share must be taken with a grain of salt since everyone's experiences differ, and disgruntled students will paint a radically different picture than contented ones. For that reason, seeking out multiple sources can be worthwhile.</ref>&mdash;in order to put yourself in the best possible position to make an informed decision about where to apply. The [http://www.apaonline.org/ American Philosophical Association], for instance, provides a useful [http://c.ymcdn.com/sites/www.apaonline.org/resource/resmgr/Grad_guide/gg14_complete.pdf Guide to Graduate Programs] that is worth consulting. Good luck!
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== Download All Ph.D. Programs as PDF ==
  
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: [http://philrsss.anu.edu.au/ Department Website]
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This entire list of Ph.D. programs with strengths in philosophy of biology can be [http://philbio.net/docs/Phil-Bio-Grad-Programs.pdf '''downloaded''']. The text file that produced the PDF can be access on [https://gist.github.com/shamille/d477d28b81ae6858de06 GitHubGist].
  
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== Ph.D. Programs (Australasia) ==
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All programs reside in philosophy departments, unless otherwise specified.
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=== Australian National University ===
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: [http://philrsss.anu.edu.au/ | Department Website]
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: [[Australian National University|| Additional Program Information]] <nowiki>[</nowiki>yes<nowiki>]</nowiki>
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* <strong>Kim Sterelny</strong> // [http://philrsss.anu.edu.au/profile/kim-sterelny website], [http://philpapers.org/s/kim%20sterelny PhilPapers]
 
* <strong>Kim Sterelny</strong> // [http://philrsss.anu.edu.au/profile/kim-sterelny website], [http://philpapers.org/s/kim%20sterelny PhilPapers]
 
** Specialties: Philosophy of Biology, Evolution, Philosophy of Psychology and Philosophy of Mind (via website)
 
** Specialties: Philosophy of Biology, Evolution, Philosophy of Psychology and Philosophy of Mind (via website)
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:<nowiki>{</nowiki>[[Australian National University|Wiki Program Page]]<nowiki>}</nowiki>
 
  
 
=== Macquarie University ===
 
=== Macquarie University ===
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: [http://phil.mq.edu.au Department Website]
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: [http://phil.mq.edu.au | Department Website]
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: [[Macquarie University|| Additional Program Information]] <nowiki>[</nowiki>no<nowiki>]</nowiki>
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* <strong>Rachael Brown</strong> // website [http://rachaelbrown.net 1], [http://www.mq.edu.au/about_us/faculties_and_departments/faculty_of_arts/department_of_philosophy/staff/rachael_brown/ 2],  [http://philpapers.org/profile/25396 PhilPapers]
 
* <strong>Rachael Brown</strong> // website [http://rachaelbrown.net 1], [http://www.mq.edu.au/about_us/faculties_and_departments/faculty_of_arts/department_of_philosophy/staff/rachael_brown/ 2],  [http://philpapers.org/profile/25396 PhilPapers]
 
** Specialties: The evolution of cognition and behaviour; the relationship between evolutionary developmental biology and the Neo-Darwinian Synthesis; model-based reasoning in biology and philosophy; and methodological issues in the study of animal behaviour and cognition (via website)
 
** Specialties: The evolution of cognition and behaviour; the relationship between evolutionary developmental biology and the Neo-Darwinian Synthesis; model-based reasoning in biology and philosophy; and methodological issues in the study of animal behaviour and cognition (via website)
 
* <strong>Karola Stotz</strong> // [http://paul.representinggenes.org/Stotz/ website], [http://philpapers.org/profile/74332 PhilPapers]
 
* <strong>Karola Stotz</strong> // [http://paul.representinggenes.org/Stotz/ website], [http://philpapers.org/profile/74332 PhilPapers]
 
** Specialties: Evolutionary, developmental and molecular biology, psychobiology and cognition (via website)
 
** Specialties: Evolutionary, developmental and molecular biology, psychobiology and cognition (via website)
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: <nowiki>{</nowiki>[[Macquarie University|Wiki Program Page]]<nowiki>}</nowiki>
 
  
 
=== University of Otago (New Zealand) ===
 
=== University of Otago (New Zealand) ===
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: [http://www.otago.ac.nz/philosophy/ Department Website]
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: [http://www.otago.ac.nz/philosophy/ | Department Website]
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: [[University of Otago (New Zealand)|| Additional Program Information]] <nowiki>[</nowiki>no<nowiki>]</nowiki>
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* <strong>James Maclaurin</strong> // [http://www.otago.ac.nz/philosophy/Staff/james_maclaurin.html website], [http://philpapers.org/profile/2066 PhilPapers]
 
* <strong>James Maclaurin</strong> // [http://www.otago.ac.nz/philosophy/Staff/james_maclaurin.html website], [http://philpapers.org/profile/2066 PhilPapers]
 
** Specialties: Philosophy of Biology, including innateness, fitness, theoretical morphology, biological diversity and universal darwinism (via website)
 
** Specialties: Philosophy of Biology, including innateness, fitness, theoretical morphology, biological diversity and universal darwinism (via website)
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: <nowiki>{</nowiki>[[University of Otago (New Zealand)|Wiki Program Page]]<nowiki>}</nowiki>
 
  
 
=== University of Sydney ===
 
=== University of Sydney ===
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: [http://sydney.edu.au/arts/philosophy/ Department Website]
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: [http://sydney.edu.au/arts/philosophy/ | Department Website]
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: [[University of Sydney|| Additional Program Information]] <nowiki>[</nowiki>no<nowiki>]</nowiki>
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* <strong>David Braddon-Mitchell</strong> // [http://sydney.edu.au/arts/philosophy/staff/profiles/dbm.braddon-mitchell.php website], [http://philpapers.org/profile/8599 PhilPapers]
 
* <strong>David Braddon-Mitchell</strong> // [http://sydney.edu.au/arts/philosophy/staff/profiles/dbm.braddon-mitchell.php website], [http://philpapers.org/profile/8599 PhilPapers]
 
** Specialties: Philosophy of Mind and metaphysics, and cross borders into philosophy of science, philosophy of biology, ethics and political philosophy from time to time (via website)
 
** Specialties: Philosophy of Mind and metaphysics, and cross borders into philosophy of science, philosophy of biology, ethics and political philosophy from time to time (via website)
 
* <strong>Paul Griffiths</strong> // website [http://sydney.edu.au/arts/philosophy/staff/profiles/paul.griffiths.php 1], [http://paulgriffiths.representinggenes.org/wordpress/ 2], [http://philpapers.org/asearch.pl?strict=1&searchStr=Griffiths,%20Paul%20E.&filterMode=authors PhilPapers]
 
* <strong>Paul Griffiths</strong> // website [http://sydney.edu.au/arts/philosophy/staff/profiles/paul.griffiths.php 1], [http://paulgriffiths.representinggenes.org/wordpress/ 2], [http://philpapers.org/asearch.pl?strict=1&searchStr=Griffiths,%20Paul%20E.&filterMode=authors PhilPapers]
 
** Specialties: Causal foundations of biological information; evolutionary medicine; innateness and human nature; concept of the gene; developmental systems theory (via website)
 
** Specialties: Causal foundations of biological information; evolutionary medicine; innateness and human nature; concept of the gene; developmental systems theory (via website)
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: <nowiki>{</nowiki>[[University of Sydney|Wiki Program Page]]<nowiki>}</nowiki>
 
  
 
=== Waikato University (New Zealand) ===
 
=== Waikato University (New Zealand) ===
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: [http://www.waikato.ac.nz/fass/study/subjects/philosophy Department Website]
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: [http://www.waikato.ac.nz/fass/study/subjects/philosophy | Department Website]
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: [[Waikato University|| Additional Program Information]] <nowiki>[</nowiki>no<nowiki>]</nowiki>
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* <strong>Justine Kingsbury</strong> // [http://www.waikato.ac.nz/fass/about/staff/justinek website], [http://philpapers.org/profile/28635 PhilPapers]
 
* <strong>Justine Kingsbury</strong> // [http://www.waikato.ac.nz/fass/about/staff/justinek website], [http://philpapers.org/profile/28635 PhilPapers]
 
** Specialties: Philosophy of mind; philosophy of biology; critical thinking; aesthetics (especially philosophy of music) (via website)
 
** Specialties: Philosophy of mind; philosophy of biology; critical thinking; aesthetics (especially philosophy of music) (via website)
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: <nowiki>{</nowiki>[[Waikato University|Wiki Program Page]]<nowiki>}</nowiki>
 
  
 
== Ph.D. Programs (Canada) ==
 
== Ph.D. Programs (Canada) ==
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All programs reside in philosophy departments, unless otherwise specified.
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=== University of Alberta ===
 
=== University of Alberta ===
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: [http://www.philosophy.ualberta.ca/ Department Website]
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: [http://www.philosophy.ualberta.ca/ | Department Website]
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: [http://philwiki.net/docs/apaGuide2014.pdf#page=203 Entry in APA Guide to Graduate Programs in Philosophy]
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: [http://philwiki.net/docs/apaGuide2014.pdf#page=203 | Entry in APA Guide to Graduate Programs in Philosophy]
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: [[University of Alberta|| Additional Program Information]] <nowiki>[</nowiki>yes<nowiki>]</nowiki>
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* <strong>Ingo Brigandt</strong> // [http://www.ualberta.ca/~brigandt/ website], [http://www.ualberta.ca/~brigandt/Brigandt_CV.pdf CV], [http://philpapers.org/profile/637 PhilPapers]
 
* <strong>Ingo Brigandt</strong> // [http://www.ualberta.ca/~brigandt/ website], [http://www.ualberta.ca/~brigandt/Brigandt_CV.pdf CV], [http://philpapers.org/profile/637 PhilPapers]
 
** Specialties: Evolutionary developmental biology, molecular biology, systems biology, science and values
 
** Specialties: Evolutionary developmental biology, molecular biology, systems biology, science and values
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** Specialties: Eugenics, disability, and reproductive technology, species and natural kinds, levels of selection, group-level cognition and collective intentionality, the nature of biological individuals and organisms, kinship, intersections between biology, mind, and sociality.
 
** Specialties: Eugenics, disability, and reproductive technology, species and natural kinds, levels of selection, group-level cognition and collective intentionality, the nature of biological individuals and organisms, kinship, intersections between biology, mind, and sociality.
 
** Willing to work with new students? Yes
 
** Willing to work with new students? Yes
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: <nowiki>{</nowiki>[[University of Alberta|Wiki Program Page]]<nowiki>}</nowiki> ''<-- Page contains additional program information''
 
  
 
=== University of British Columbia ===
 
=== University of British Columbia ===
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: [http://philosophy.ubc.ca/ Department Website]
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: [http://philosophy.ubc.ca/ | Department Website]
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: [http://philwiki.net/docs/apaGuide2014.pdf#page=218 Entry in APA Guide to Graduate Programs in Philosophy]
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: [http://philwiki.net/docs/apaGuide2014.pdf#page=218 | Entry in APA Guide to Graduate Programs in Philosophy]
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: [[University of British Columbia|| Additional Program Information]] <nowiki>[</nowiki>no<nowiki>]</nowiki>
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* <strong>John Beatty</strong> // website [http://philosophy.ubc.ca/persons/john-beatty/ 1], [http://faculty.arts.ubc.ca/jbeatty/ 2], [http://faculty.arts.ubc.ca/jbeatty/Final%20Files/JBeattyCV.pdf CV], [http://philpapers.org/profile/10554 PhilPapers]
 
* <strong>John Beatty</strong> // website [http://philosophy.ubc.ca/persons/john-beatty/ 1], [http://faculty.arts.ubc.ca/jbeatty/ 2], [http://faculty.arts.ubc.ca/jbeatty/Final%20Files/JBeattyCV.pdf CV], [http://philpapers.org/profile/10554 PhilPapers]
 
** Specialties: Theoretical foundations, methodology, and socio-political dimensions of genetics and evolutionary biology (via website)
 
** Specialties: Theoretical foundations, methodology, and socio-political dimensions of genetics and evolutionary biology (via website)
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* <strong>Christopher Stephens</strong> // website [http://philosophy.ubc.ca/persons/chris-stephens/ 1], [http://faculty.arts.ubc.ca/cstephens/Chris_Stephens_Website/Home_Page.html 2], [http://faculty.arts.ubc.ca/cstephens/Chris_Stephens_Website/CV.html CV], [http://philpapers.org/profile/36197 PhilPapers]
 
* <strong>Christopher Stephens</strong> // website [http://philosophy.ubc.ca/persons/chris-stephens/ 1], [http://faculty.arts.ubc.ca/cstephens/Chris_Stephens_Website/Home_Page.html 2], [http://faculty.arts.ubc.ca/cstephens/Chris_Stephens_Website/CV.html CV], [http://philpapers.org/profile/36197 PhilPapers]
 
** Specialties: Conceptual foundations of evolutionary theory, causation, the nature of evidence in evolutionary biology, reciprocal altruism, phylogenetic inference, and on models of the evolution of rationality (via website)
 
** Specialties: Conceptual foundations of evolutionary theory, causation, the nature of evidence in evolutionary biology, reciprocal altruism, phylogenetic inference, and on models of the evolution of rationality (via website)
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: <nowiki>{</nowiki>[[University of British Columbia|Wiki Program Page]]<nowiki>}</nowiki>
 
  
 
=== University of Calgary ===
 
=== University of Calgary ===
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: [http://phil.ucalgary.ca/ Department Website]
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: [http://phil.ucalgary.ca/ | Department Website]
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: [http://philwiki.net/docs/apaGuide2014.pdf#page=221 Entry in APA Guide to Graduate Programs in Philosophy]
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: [http://philwiki.net/docs/apaGuide2014.pdf#page=221 | Entry in APA Guide to Graduate Programs in Philosophy]
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: [[University of Calgary|| Additional Program Information]] <nowiki>[</nowiki>no<nowiki>]</nowiki>
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* <strong>Megan Delehanty</strong> // [http://phil.ucalgary.ca/philosophy/people/delehanty.html website], [http://philpapers.org/profile/10566 PhilPapers]
 
* <strong>Megan Delehanty</strong> // [http://phil.ucalgary.ca/philosophy/people/delehanty.html website], [http://philpapers.org/profile/10566 PhilPapers]
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* <strong>C. Kenneth Waters</strong> // [http://phil.ucalgary.ca/profiles/c-kenneth-waters website], [https://apps.cla.umn.edu/directory/items/cv/295233.pdf CV], [http://philpapers.org/s/c.%20kenneth%20waters PhilPapers]
 
* <strong>C. Kenneth Waters</strong> // [http://phil.ucalgary.ca/profiles/c-kenneth-waters website], [https://apps.cla.umn.edu/directory/items/cv/295233.pdf CV], [http://philpapers.org/s/c.%20kenneth%20waters PhilPapers]
 
** Specialties: Causation, explanation, molecular biology, genetics, pluralism (via PhilPapers entries)
 
** Specialties: Causation, explanation, molecular biology, genetics, pluralism (via PhilPapers entries)
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: <nowiki>{</nowiki>[[University of Calgary|Wiki Program Page]]<nowiki>}</nowiki>
 
  
 
=== University of Toronto ===
 
=== University of Toronto ===
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: [http://www.philosophy.utoronto.ca/ Department Website]
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: [http://www.philosophy.utoronto.ca/ | Department Website]
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: [http://philwiki.net/docs/apaGuide2014.pdf#page=362 Entry in APA Guide to Graduate Programs in Philosophy]
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: [http://philwiki.net/docs/apaGuide2014.pdf#page=362 | Entry in APA Guide to Graduate Programs in Philosophy]
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* <strong>Ronald de Sousa</strong> (emeritus) // website [http://www.philosophy.utoronto.ca/directory/ronald-de-sousa/ 1], [http://homes.chass.utoronto.ca/~sousa/ 2], [http://philpapers.org/profile/14678 PhilPapers]
 
* <strong>Ronald de Sousa</strong> (emeritus) // website [http://www.philosophy.utoronto.ca/directory/ronald-de-sousa/ 1], [http://homes.chass.utoronto.ca/~sousa/ 2], [http://philpapers.org/profile/14678 PhilPapers]
 
* <strong>Mohan Matthen</strong> // website [http://www.philosophy.utoronto.ca/directory/mohan-matthen/ 1], [http://individual.utoronto.ca/matthen/Site/Mohan_Matthen.html 2], [http://philpapers.org/profile/1544 PhilPapers]
 
* <strong>Mohan Matthen</strong> // website [http://www.philosophy.utoronto.ca/directory/mohan-matthen/ 1], [http://individual.utoronto.ca/matthen/Site/Mohan_Matthen.html 2], [http://philpapers.org/profile/1544 PhilPapers]
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* <strong>Denis Walsh</strong> // [http://www.philosophy.utoronto.ca/directory/denis-walsh/ website], [http://philpapers.org/s/denis%20walsh PhilPapers]
 
* <strong>Denis Walsh</strong> // [http://www.philosophy.utoronto.ca/directory/denis-walsh/ website], [http://philpapers.org/s/denis%20walsh PhilPapers]
 
** Specialties: Models, mechanisms, fitness, causation (via PhilPapers entries)
 
** Specialties: Models, mechanisms, fitness, causation (via PhilPapers entries)
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: <nowiki>{</nowiki>[[University of Toronto|Wiki Program Page]]<nowiki>}</nowiki>
 
  
 
=== University of Waterloo ===
 
=== University of Waterloo ===
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: [https://uwaterloo.ca/philosophy/ Department Website]
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: [https://uwaterloo.ca/philosophy/ | Department Website]
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: [http://philwiki.net/docs/apaGuide2014.pdf#page=375 Entry in APA Guide to Graduate Programs in Philosophy]
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: [http://philwiki.net/docs/apaGuide2014.pdf#page=375 | Entry in APA Guide to Graduate Programs in Philosophy]
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: [[University of Waterloo|| Additional Program Information]] <nowiki>[</nowiki>no<nowiki>]</nowiki>
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* <strong>Carla Fehr</strong> // website [https://uwaterloo.ca/philosophy/people-profiles/carla-fehr 1], [http://carlafehr.org/ 2], [http://carlafehr.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Carla_Fehr_Vita.pdf CV], [http://philpapers.org/profile/62046 PhilPapers]
 
* <strong>Carla Fehr</strong> // website [https://uwaterloo.ca/philosophy/people-profiles/carla-fehr 1], [http://carlafehr.org/ 2], [http://carlafehr.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Carla_Fehr_Vita.pdf CV], [http://philpapers.org/profile/62046 PhilPapers]
 
** Specialties: Philosophy of biology, Feminist Epistemology and Philosophy of Science, Feminist Science Studies, Philosophy of Science, evolution (via website)
 
** Specialties: Philosophy of biology, Feminist Epistemology and Philosophy of Science, Feminist Science Studies, Philosophy of Science, evolution (via website)
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* <strong>Paul Thagard</strong> // website [https://uwaterloo.ca/philosophy/people-profiles/paul-thagard 1], [http://watarts.uwaterloo.ca/~pthagard/Biographies/pault.html 2], [http://philpapers.org/s/paul%20thagard PhilPapers]
 
* <strong>Paul Thagard</strong> // website [https://uwaterloo.ca/philosophy/people-profiles/paul-thagard 1], [http://watarts.uwaterloo.ca/~pthagard/Biographies/pault.html 2], [http://philpapers.org/s/paul%20thagard PhilPapers]
 
** Specialties: Philosophy of science and medicine, cognitive science, philosophy of mind. Specific topics include analogy, coherence, decision making, conceptual change, explanatory reasoning, theoretical neuroscience, discovery and innovation, emotions and consciousness, moral psychology, and theories and explanations in biomedicine (via website)
 
** Specialties: Philosophy of science and medicine, cognitive science, philosophy of mind. Specific topics include analogy, coherence, decision making, conceptual change, explanatory reasoning, theoretical neuroscience, discovery and innovation, emotions and consciousness, moral psychology, and theories and explanations in biomedicine (via website)
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: <nowiki>{</nowiki>[[University of Waterloo|Wiki Program Page]]<nowiki>}</nowiki>
 
  
 
=== University of Western Ontario ===
 
=== University of Western Ontario ===
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: [http://www.uwo.ca/philosophy/ Department Website]
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: [http://www.uwo.ca/philosophy/ | Department Website]
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: [http://philwiki.net/docs/apaGuide2014.pdf#page=378 Entry in APA Guide to Graduate Programs in Philosophy]
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: [http://philwiki.net/docs/apaGuide2014.pdf#page=378 | Entry in APA Guide to Graduate Programs in Philosophy]
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* <strong>Gillian Barker</strong> // [http://www.uwo.ca/philosophy/people/barker.html website], [http://philpapers.org/profile/4278 PhilPapers]
 
* <strong>Gillian Barker</strong> // [http://www.uwo.ca/philosophy/people/barker.html website], [http://philpapers.org/profile/4278 PhilPapers]
 
* <strong>Eric Desjardins</strong> // [http://www.uwo.ca/philosophy/people/desjardins.html website], [http://philpapers.org/s/eric%20Desjardins PhilPapers]
 
* <strong>Eric Desjardins</strong> // [http://www.uwo.ca/philosophy/people/desjardins.html website], [http://philpapers.org/s/eric%20Desjardins PhilPapers]
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* <strong>Devin Henry</strong> // [http://www.uwo.ca/philosophy/people/henry.html website], [http://philpapers.org/profile/11238 PhilPapers]
 
* <strong>Devin Henry</strong> // [http://www.uwo.ca/philosophy/people/henry.html website], [http://philpapers.org/profile/11238 PhilPapers]
 
** Specialties: Ancient Philosophy, History & Philosophy of Science (esp. Philosophy of Biology) (via website)
 
** Specialties: Ancient Philosophy, History & Philosophy of Science (esp. Philosophy of Biology) (via website)
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: <nowiki>{</nowiki>[[University of Western Ontario|Wiki Program Page]]<nowiki>}</nowiki>
 
  
 
== Ph.D. Programs (United Kingdom) ==
 
== Ph.D. Programs (United Kingdom) ==
  
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=== Birkbeck, University of London ===
 
=== Birkbeck, University of London ===
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:[http://www.bbk.ac.uk/philosophy/ Department Website]
+
:[http://www.bbk.ac.uk/philosophy/ | Department Website]
 +
:[[Birkbeck, University of London|| Additional Program Information]] <nowiki>[</nowiki>no<nowiki>]</nowiki>
 +
</div>
  
 
* <strong>Robert Northcott</strong> // website [http://www.bbk.ac.uk/philosophy/our-staff/academics/dr-robert-northcott 1], [http://robertnorthcott.weebly.com/ 2], [http://philpapers.org/profile/2414 PhilPapers]
 
* <strong>Robert Northcott</strong> // website [http://www.bbk.ac.uk/philosophy/our-staff/academics/dr-robert-northcott 1], [http://robertnorthcott.weebly.com/ 2], [http://philpapers.org/profile/2414 PhilPapers]
 
** Specialties: Philosophy of science, and especially the ‘special sciences’ such as biology and economics; metaphysics, especially the notions of causation and causal explanation; analysis of use of statistical techniques to measure causation, the place of causal explanation in evolutionary theory; role played by formal theory in economics (via website)
 
** Specialties: Philosophy of science, and especially the ‘special sciences’ such as biology and economics; metaphysics, especially the notions of causation and causal explanation; analysis of use of statistical techniques to measure causation, the place of causal explanation in evolutionary theory; role played by formal theory in economics (via website)
−
 
−
:<nowiki>{</nowiki>[[Birkbeck, University of London|Wiki Program Page]]<nowiki>}</nowiki>
 
  
 
=== University of Bristol ===
 
=== University of Bristol ===
−
 
+
<div class="threeElements">
−
:[http://www.bristol.ac.uk/philosophy/ Department Website]
+
:[http://www.bristol.ac.uk/philosophy/ | Department Website]
 +
:[[University of Bristol|| Additional Program Information]] <nowiki>[</nowiki>no<nowiki>]</nowiki>
 +
</div>
  
 
* <strong>Samir Okasha</strong> // [http://www.bristol.ac.uk/school-of-arts/people/samir-okasha/overview.html website], [http://philpapers.org/profile/6691 PhilPapers]
 
* <strong>Samir Okasha</strong> // [http://www.bristol.ac.uk/school-of-arts/people/samir-okasha/overview.html website], [http://philpapers.org/profile/6691 PhilPapers]
 
** Specialities: evolutionary theory, levels of selection, population genetics, social evolution, rational choice
 
** Specialities: evolutionary theory, levels of selection, population genetics, social evolution, rational choice
 
** Willing to work with new students? Yes
 
** Willing to work with new students? Yes
−
 
−
:<nowiki>{</nowiki>[[University of Bristol|Wiki Program Page]]<nowiki>}</nowiki>
 
  
 
=== University of Cambridge (History and Philosophy of Science) ===
 
=== University of Cambridge (History and Philosophy of Science) ===
−
 
+
<div class="threeElements">
−
:[http://www.hps.cam.ac.uk Department Website]
+
:[http://www.hps.cam.ac.uk | Department Website]
 +
:[[University of Cambridge (History and Philosophy of Science)|| Additional Program Information]] <nowiki>[</nowiki>no<nowiki>]</nowiki>
 +
</div>
  
 
* <strong>Tim Lewens</strong> // [http://www.hps.cam.ac.uk/people/lewens/ website], [http://philpapers.org/s/tim%20lewens PhilPapers]
 
* <strong>Tim Lewens</strong> // [http://www.hps.cam.ac.uk/people/lewens/ website], [http://philpapers.org/s/tim%20lewens PhilPapers]
 
** Specialties:  Philosophy of biology, philosophy of science, philosophical bioethics
 
** Specialties:  Philosophy of biology, philosophy of science, philosophical bioethics
−
 
−
:<nowiki>{</nowiki>[[University of Cambridge (History and Philosophy of Science)|Wiki Program Page]]<nowiki>}</nowiki>
 
  
 
=== University of Exeter (Sociology, Philosophy and Anthropology) ===
 
=== University of Exeter (Sociology, Philosophy and Anthropology) ===
−
 
+
<div class="threeElements">
−
:[http://socialsciences.exeter.ac.uk/sociology/ Department Website]
+
:[http://socialsciences.exeter.ac.uk/sociology/ | Department Website]
 +
: [[University of Exeter (Sociology, Philosophy and Anthropology)|| Additional Program Information]] <nowiki>[</nowiki>no<nowiki>]</nowiki>
 +
</div>
  
 
* '''John Dupre''' // [http://socialsciences.exeter.ac.uk/sociology/staff/dupre/ website], [http://socialsciences.exeter.ac.uk/media/universityofexeter/collegeofsocialsciencesandinternationalstudies/staffdocuments/duprecv.pdf CV], [http://philpapers.org/profile/44628 PhilPapers]
 
* '''John Dupre''' // [http://socialsciences.exeter.ac.uk/sociology/staff/dupre/ website], [http://socialsciences.exeter.ac.uk/media/universityofexeter/collegeofsocialsciencesandinternationalstudies/staffdocuments/duprecv.pdf CV], [http://philpapers.org/profile/44628 PhilPapers]
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* '''Staffan Muller-Wille''' // [http://socialsciences.exeter.ac.uk/sociology/staff/mueller-wille/ website], [http://philpapers.org/s/Staffan%20M%C3%BCller-Wille PhilPapers]
 
* '''Staffan Muller-Wille''' // [http://socialsciences.exeter.ac.uk/sociology/staff/mueller-wille/ website], [http://philpapers.org/s/Staffan%20M%C3%BCller-Wille PhilPapers]
 
** Specialties: History and philosophy of systematics; history of heredity; history of race and kinship (via website)
 
** Specialties: History and philosophy of systematics; history of heredity; history of race and kinship (via website)
−
 
−
:<nowiki>{</nowiki>[[University of Exeter (Sociology, Philosophy and Anthropology)|Wiki Program Page]]<nowiki>}</nowiki>
 
  
 
=== King's College London ===
 
=== King's College London ===
−
 
+
<div class="threeElements">
−
:[http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/philosophy/index.aspx Department Website]
+
:[http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/philosophy/index.aspx | Department Website]
 +
: [[King's College London|| Additional Program Information]] <nowiki>[</nowiki>no<nowiki>]</nowiki>
 +
</div>
  
 
* <strong>Matteo Mameli</strong> // [http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/philosophy/people/staff/academic/mameli/index.aspx website], [http://philpapers.org/profile/10088 PhilPapers]
 
* <strong>Matteo Mameli</strong> // [http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/philosophy/people/staff/academic/mameli/index.aspx website], [http://philpapers.org/profile/10088 PhilPapers]
 
* <strong>Nick Shea</strong> // [http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/philosophy/people/staff/academic/shea/index.aspx website], [http://philpapers.org/profile/24040 PhilPapers]
 
* <strong>Nick Shea</strong> // [http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/philosophy/people/staff/academic/shea/index.aspx website], [http://philpapers.org/profile/24040 PhilPapers]
−
 
−
:<nowiki>{</nowiki>[[King's College London|Wiki Program Page]]<nowiki>}</nowiki>
 
  
 
=== Lancaster University (Politics, Philosophy and Religion) ===
 
=== Lancaster University (Politics, Philosophy and Religion) ===
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+
<div class="threeElements">
−
:[http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/fass/ppr/ Department Website]
+
:[http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/fass/ppr/ | Department Website]
 +
:[[Lancaster University (Politics, Philosophy and Religion)|| Additional Program Information]] <nowiki>[</nowiki>no<nowiki>]</nowiki>
 +
</div>
  
 
* <strong>Brian Garvey</strong> // [http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/fass/ppr/profiles/brian-garvey website], [http://philpapers.org/s/Brian%20Garvey PhilPapers]
 
* <strong>Brian Garvey</strong> // [http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/fass/ppr/profiles/brian-garvey website], [http://philpapers.org/s/Brian%20Garvey PhilPapers]
−
 
−
:<nowiki>{</nowiki>[[Lancaster University (Politics, Philosophy and Religion)|Wiki Program Page]]<nowiki>}</nowiki>
 
  
 
=== University of Leeds ===
 
=== University of Leeds ===
−
 
+
<div class="threeElements">
−
:[http://www.leeds.ac.uk/arts/info/20048/philosophy/ Department Website]
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:[http://www.leeds.ac.uk/arts/info/20048/philosophy/ | Department Website]
 +
:[[University of Leeds|| Additional Program Information]] <nowiki>[</nowiki>no<nowiki>]</nowiki>
 +
</div>
  
 
* <strong>Gregory Radick</strong> // website [http://www.leeds.ac.uk/arts/profile/20048/441/gregory_radick 1], [http://www.personal.leeds.ac.uk/~phlgmr/ 2], [http://philpapers.org/s/gregory%20radick PhilPapers]
 
* <strong>Gregory Radick</strong> // website [http://www.leeds.ac.uk/arts/profile/20048/441/gregory_radick 1], [http://www.personal.leeds.ac.uk/~phlgmr/ 2], [http://philpapers.org/s/gregory%20radick PhilPapers]
−
 
−
:<nowiki>{</nowiki>[[University of Leeds|Wiki Program Page]]<nowiki>}</nowiki>
 
  
 
=== London School of Economics (Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method) ===
 
=== London School of Economics (Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method) ===
−
 
+
<div class="threeElements">
−
:[http://www.lse.ac.uk/philosophy/home.uspx Department Website]
+
:[http://www.lse.ac.uk/philosophy/home.uspx | Department Website]
 +
:[[London School of Economics (Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method)|| Additional Program Information]] <nowiki>[</nowiki>no<nowiki>]</nowiki>
 +
</div>
  
 
* <strong>Jonathan Birch</strong> // [http://www.lse.ac.uk/philosophy/people/birch.aspx website], [http://philpapers.org/profile/8764 PhilPapers]
 
* <strong>Jonathan Birch</strong> // [http://www.lse.ac.uk/philosophy/people/birch.aspx website], [http://philpapers.org/profile/8764 PhilPapers]
 
** Specialities: Natural selection, evolution of social behaviour, evolutionary transitions, human evolution.
 
** Specialities: Natural selection, evolution of social behaviour, evolutionary transitions, human evolution.
 
** Willing to work with new students? Yes
 
** Willing to work with new students? Yes
−
 
−
:<nowiki>{</nowiki>[[London School of Economics (Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method)|Wiki Program Page]]<nowiki>}</nowiki>
 
  
 
=== University College London (Science and Technology Studies) ===
 
=== University College London (Science and Technology Studies) ===
−
 
+
<div class="threeElements">
−
:[http://www.ucl.ac.uk/sts Department Website]
+
:[http://www.ucl.ac.uk/sts | Department Website]
−
 
+
:[[University College London (Science and Technology Studies)|| Additional Program Information]] <nowiki>[</nowiki>no<nowiki>]</nowiki>
 +
</div>
 
* <strong>Phyllis Illari</strong> // [http://www.ucl.ac.uk/sts/staff/illari website], [http://philpapers.org/profile/18946 PhilPapers]
 
* <strong>Phyllis Illari</strong> // [http://www.ucl.ac.uk/sts/staff/illari website], [http://philpapers.org/profile/18946 PhilPapers]
−
 
−
:<nowiki>{</nowiki>[[University College London (Science and Technology Studies)|Wiki Program Page]]<nowiki>}</nowiki>
 
  
 
=== University of Oxford ===
 
=== University of Oxford ===
−
 
+
<div class="threeElements">
−
:[http://www.ox.ac.uk/ Department Website]
+
:[http://www.ox.ac.uk/ | Department Website]
−
 
+
: [[University of Oxford|| Additional Program Information]] <nowiki>[</nowiki>no<nowiki>]</nowiki>
 +
</div>
 
* <strong>Ellen Clarke</strong> // website [http://www.all-souls.ox.ac.uk/people.php?personid=2114 1], , [https://sites.google.com/site/ellenlclarke/ 2], [http://philpapers.org/profile/19904 PhilPapers]
 
* <strong>Ellen Clarke</strong> // website [http://www.all-souls.ox.ac.uk/people.php?personid=2114 1], , [https://sites.google.com/site/ellenlclarke/ 2], [http://philpapers.org/profile/19904 PhilPapers]
 
** Specialties:  Biological Individuality, Evolutionary Transitions, evolution of cooperation, natural selection, Philosophy of biology, philosophy of science
 
** Specialties:  Biological Individuality, Evolutionary Transitions, evolution of cooperation, natural selection, Philosophy of biology, philosophy of science
−
 
−
:<nowiki>{</nowiki>[[University of Oxford|Wiki Program Page]]<nowiki>}</nowiki>
 
  
 
== Ph.D. Programs (United States) ==
 
== Ph.D. Programs (United States) ==
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=== Boston University ===
 
=== Boston University ===
  
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[http://www.bu.edu/philo/: Department Website]
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:[http://www.bu.edu/philo/: Department Website]
 
: No Entry in APA Guide to Graduate Programs in Philosophy Available
 
: No Entry in APA Guide to Graduate Programs in Philosophy Available
  
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** Willing to work with new students? Possibly; write to ask.
 
** Willing to work with new students? Possibly; write to ask.
  
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</div>
 +
</div>
  
 +
<div class="rightPhilbio">
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<div class="insideRightStandards">
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== Standards, Practices, and Guidelines ==
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 +
# The criterion for program inclusion is just that a philosophy (or HPS) program have at least one full-time faculty member who self-identifies as a philosopher of biology.
 +
# The standard of evidence required to make the list is an official (or personal) university-affiliated website&mdash;or a publicly-accessible CV&mdash;that lists philosophy of biology as a primary research interest.
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# Philosophers who have made contributions to the philosophy of biology but who do not list phil bio as an AOS/AOC are usually not listed.
 +
# Affiliated, part-time, and emeritus faculty who work closely with graduate students should be labelled as such inside parentheses next to their names.
 +
# Bioethics, environmental ethics, philosophy of neuroscience/cognitive science, philosophy of medicine, and history of biology&mdash;in and of themselves&mdash;are not counted as philosophy of biology.
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A [[Longer Version|longer version]] of these guidelines is available.
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 +
<div class="insideRightTOC">
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__TOC__
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<div class="insideRightStandards">
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== How to Contribute ==
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<strong>This is a wiki, so anyone can contribute</strong>. No account is needed&mdash;though you are encouraged to create one&mdash;and all changes can be rolled back, so edit with a free hand.
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'''Making Edits'''
 +
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You can make edits in one of two ways: by clicking 'Edit', which enables [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WYSIWYG WYSIWYG] (or visual) editing, ala a wordprocessor. Alternately, you can click 'Edit source', which allows you to edit the wiki markup in plaintext. Use whichever method you prefer. '''It takes a little longer to open the editing window in visual mode''' because the server has to translate wiki markup to html on the fly. So be patient. If things are too sluggish, you can switch over to 'Edit source'.
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Wiki [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting formatting/markup] is very straightforward, and all you need to do is mimic the current entries since formatting is standardized.
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If programs or faculty have been overlooked&mdash;which is assuredly the case&mdash;you are encouraged to add them, even if you are not a member of that department. Also, information will date rapidly, so by all means help keep things up to date.
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'''Wiki Program Pages'''
 +
 +
Every program listed also has a separate Wiki Program Page where additional information can be provided to prospective students. While the style and format of this main page should be kept consistent, individual Wiki Program Pages can take any form whatsoever. To edit one of these pages, simply follow the Wiki Program Page link underneath the department listing of interest and edit that page.
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The following programs have added considerably to their Wiki Program Pages. Feel free to mimic them.
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 +
* [[University_of_California,_Davis#.VLbPZh-c200|University of California, Davis]]
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* [[University_of_Cincinnati#.VLbP4x-c200|University of Cincinnati]]
 +
* [[University_of_Minnesota,_Twin_Cities#.VLbQHB-c200|University of Minnesota, Twin Cities]]
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* [[University_of_Pennsylvania#.VLbQNR-c200|University of Pennsylvania]]
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<div class="insideRightTOC">
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<wikitwidget class="twitter-timeline" href="https://twitter.com/PhilWikiNet" data-widget-id="560570227813916673"/>
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<div class="insideRightStandards">
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== Browse Programs by Category ==
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 +
Below are two ways to browse programs by category. The first sorts all programs by number of philosophy of biology faculty. The second sorts U.S. programs by state.
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You can find a listing of Australasian and Canadian programs by specialty on [[Austalasian and Canadian Programs by Specialty|this page]]. Once that list includes programs from other parts of the world, they will be incorporated. As always, prospective students should fact-check the faculty numbers listed because academics change jobs frequently. (Note: 'P' stands for Page.)
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{| class="wikitable" border="1"
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|- valign="top"
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! width="100%" | All Ph.D. Programs by Number of Faculty
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| <categorytree showcount=on depth=0 mode=pages>1 Faculty Member</categorytree>
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<categorytree showcount=on depth=0 mode=pages>2 Faculty Members</categorytree>
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<categorytree showcount=on depth=0 mode=pages>3 Faculty Members</categorytree>
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<categorytree showcount=on depth=0 mode=pages>4 Faculty Members</categorytree>
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<categorytree showcount=on depth=0 mode=pages>5 Faculty Members</categorytree>
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<categorytree showcount=on depth=0 mode=pages>6+ Faculty Members</categorytree>
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{| class="wikitable" border="1"
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|- valign="top"
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|- padding="10"
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! width="100%"| U.S. Ph.D. Programs by State
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|- valign="top"
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| <categorytree showcount=on depth=0 mode=pages>Arizona</categorytree>
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<categorytree showcount=on depth=0 mode=pages>California</categorytree>
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<categorytree showcount=on depth=0 mode=pages>Florida</categorytree>
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<categorytree showcount=on depth=0 mode=pages>Illinois</categorytree>
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<categorytree showcount=on depth=0 mode=pages>Indiana</categorytree>
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<categorytree showcount=on depth=0 mode=pages>Kansas</categorytree>
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<categorytree showcount=on depth=0 mode=pages>Maryland</categorytree>
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<categorytree showcount=on depth=0 mode=pages>Massachusetts</categorytree>
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<categorytree showcount=on depth=0 mode=pages>Michigan</categorytree>
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<categorytree showcount=on depth=0 mode=pages>Minnesota</categorytree>
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<categorytree showcount=on depth=0 mode=pages>New York</categorytree>
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<categorytree showcount=on depth=0 mode=pages>North Carolina</categorytree>
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<categorytree showcount=on depth=0 mode=pages>Ohio</categorytree>
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<categorytree showcount=on depth=0 mode=pages>Pennsylvania</categorytree>
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<categorytree showcount=on depth=0 mode=pages>Texas</categorytree>
 +
<categorytree showcount=on depth=0 mode=pages>Utah</categorytree>
 +
<categorytree showcount=on depth=0 mode=pages>Wisconsin</categorytree>
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 +
|}
 +
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 +
 +
</div><div class="bottomPhilbio">
 +
 +
== Notes ==
 
<references/>
 
<references/>
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Philosophy of Biology Graduate Programs

This wiki provides an unranked list of Ph.D. and terminal M.A. programs that have strengths in philosophy of biology. Since it's a wiki, you can edit it, so please do. The primary intended audience is prospective and current graduate students with interests in philosophy of biology who want to get the lay of the land by seeing who works where, and on what. Follow us on Twitter. Questions, comments, ideas? Let me know at shamiller@ucdavis.edu.

Note to Prospective Graduate Students[edit]

The purpose of this wiki is to aid your search for philosophy of biology graduate programs that suit your tastes. It does so in two ways:

  • By listing as many philosophy of biology graduate programs as possible.
  • By making research into those programs more efficient and convenient by identifying the relevant philosophy of biology faculty and providing easy access to their bios, research interests, CVs, partial publication lists, etc.

However, while this site may be where your research into programs starts, it decidedly should not be where it ends. You need to dig around and do your due diligence—e.g., contact people within the programs[1]—in order to put yourself in the best possible position to make an informed decision about where to apply. The American Philosophical Association, for instance, provides a useful Guide to Graduate Programs that is worth consulting. Good luck!

Download All Ph.D. Programs as PDF[edit]

This entire list of Ph.D. programs with strengths in philosophy of biology can be downloaded. The text file that produced the PDF can be access on GitHubGist.

Ph.D. Programs (Australasia)[edit]

All programs reside in philosophy departments, unless otherwise specified.

Australian National University[edit]

| Department Website
| Additional Program Information [yes]
  • Kim Sterelny // website, PhilPapers
    • Specialties: Philosophy of Biology, Evolution, Philosophy of Psychology and Philosophy of Mind (via website)

Macquarie University[edit]

| Department Website
| Additional Program Information [no]
  • Rachael Brown // website 1, 2, PhilPapers
    • Specialties: The evolution of cognition and behaviour; the relationship between evolutionary developmental biology and the Neo-Darwinian Synthesis; model-based reasoning in biology and philosophy; and methodological issues in the study of animal behaviour and cognition (via website)
  • Karola Stotz // website, PhilPapers
    • Specialties: Evolutionary, developmental and molecular biology, psychobiology and cognition (via website)

University of Otago (New Zealand)[edit]

| Department Website
| Additional Program Information [no]
  • James Maclaurin // website, PhilPapers
    • Specialties: Philosophy of Biology, including innateness, fitness, theoretical morphology, biological diversity and universal darwinism (via website)

University of Sydney[edit]

| Department Website
| Additional Program Information [no]
  • David Braddon-Mitchell // website, PhilPapers
    • Specialties: Philosophy of Mind and metaphysics, and cross borders into philosophy of science, philosophy of biology, ethics and political philosophy from time to time (via website)
  • Paul Griffiths // website 1, 2, PhilPapers
    • Specialties: Causal foundations of biological information; evolutionary medicine; innateness and human nature; concept of the gene; developmental systems theory (via website)

Waikato University (New Zealand)[edit]

| Department Website
| Additional Program Information [no]
  • Justine Kingsbury // website, PhilPapers
    • Specialties: Philosophy of mind; philosophy of biology; critical thinking; aesthetics (especially philosophy of music) (via website)

Ph.D. Programs (Canada)[edit]

All programs reside in philosophy departments, unless otherwise specified.

University of Alberta[edit]

| Department Website
| Entry in APA Guide to Graduate Programs in Philosophy
| Additional Program Information [yes]
  • Ingo Brigandt // website, CV, PhilPapers
    • Specialties: Evolutionary developmental biology, molecular biology, systems biology, science and values
    • Willing to work with new students? Yes
  • Robert A. Wilson // website, CV, PhilPapers
    • Specialties: Eugenics, disability, and reproductive technology, species and natural kinds, levels of selection, group-level cognition and collective intentionality, the nature of biological individuals and organisms, kinship, intersections between biology, mind, and sociality.
    • Willing to work with new students? Yes

University of British Columbia[edit]

| Department Website
| Entry in APA Guide to Graduate Programs in Philosophy
| Additional Program Information [no]
  • John Beatty // website 1, 2, CV, PhilPapers
    • Specialties: Theoretical foundations, methodology, and socio-political dimensions of genetics and evolutionary biology (via website)
  • Margaret Schabas // website 1, 2, CV, PhilPapers
    • Specialties: Overlap of biology and economics and the formation of bioeconomics (via website)
  • Christopher Stephens // website 1, 2, CV, PhilPapers
    • Specialties: Conceptual foundations of evolutionary theory, causation, the nature of evidence in evolutionary biology, reciprocal altruism, phylogenetic inference, and on models of the evolution of rationality (via website)

University of Calgary[edit]

| Department Website
| Entry in APA Guide to Graduate Programs in Philosophy
| Additional Program Information [no]
  • Megan Delehanty // website, PhilPapers
    • Specialties: Models, explanation, causation (via PhilPapers entries)
  • Marc Ereshefsky // website 1, 2, CV, PhilPapers
    • Specialties: Species; Natural Kinds; Scientific Classification; Biological Individuality; Homology; Historicity; Microbiology (via website)
  • C. Kenneth Waters // website, CV, PhilPapers
    • Specialties: Causation, explanation, molecular biology, genetics, pluralism (via PhilPapers entries)

University of Toronto[edit]

| Department Website
| Entry in APA Guide to Graduate Programs in Philosophy
| Additional Program Information [no]
  • Ronald de Sousa (emeritus) // website 1, 2, PhilPapers
  • Mohan Matthen // website 1, 2, PhilPapers
    • Specialties: Philosophy of mind, especially perception, philosophy of biology, natural selection (via PhilPapers profile)
  • Paul Thompson // website 1, 2, CV, PhilPapers
    • Specialties: Evolutionary theory, population genetics, mathematical modelling in biology, theory structure in biology, philosophy of medicine, and ethics (via website)
  • Denis Walsh // website, PhilPapers
    • Specialties: Models, mechanisms, fitness, causation (via PhilPapers entries)

University of Waterloo[edit]

| Department Website
| Entry in APA Guide to Graduate Programs in Philosophy
| Additional Program Information [no]
  • Carla Fehr // website 1, 2, CV, PhilPapers
    • Specialties: Philosophy of biology, Feminist Epistemology and Philosophy of Science, Feminist Science Studies, Philosophy of Science, evolution (via website)
  • Katie Plaisance // website, PhilPapers
    • Specialties: Philosophy of biology, Philosophical issues in the human behavioral sciences, public understanding of science, interactional expertise, and Socially Relevant Philosophy Of Science
  • Paul Thagard // website 1, 2, PhilPapers
    • Specialties: Philosophy of science and medicine, cognitive science, philosophy of mind. Specific topics include analogy, coherence, decision making, conceptual change, explanatory reasoning, theoretical neuroscience, discovery and innovation, emotions and consciousness, moral psychology, and theories and explanations in biomedicine (via website)

University of Western Ontario[edit]

| Department Website
| Entry in APA Guide to Graduate Programs in Philosophy
| Additional Program Information [no]
  • Gillian Barker // website, PhilPapers
  • Eric Desjardins // website, PhilPapers
    • Specialties: Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Biology, Environmental Philosophy and Bioethics (via website)
  • Devin Henry // website, PhilPapers
    • Specialties: Ancient Philosophy, History & Philosophy of Science (esp. Philosophy of Biology) (via website)

Ph.D. Programs (United Kingdom)[edit]

All programs reside in philosophy departments, unless otherwise specified.

Birkbeck, University of London[edit]

| Department Website
| Additional Program Information [no]
  • Robert Northcott // website 1, 2, PhilPapers
    • Specialties: Philosophy of science, and especially the ‘special sciences’ such as biology and economics; metaphysics, especially the notions of causation and causal explanation; analysis of use of statistical techniques to measure causation, the place of causal explanation in evolutionary theory; role played by formal theory in economics (via website)

University of Bristol[edit]

| Department Website
| Additional Program Information [no]
  • Samir Okasha // website, PhilPapers
    • Specialities: evolutionary theory, levels of selection, population genetics, social evolution, rational choice
    • Willing to work with new students? Yes

University of Cambridge (History and Philosophy of Science)[edit]

| Department Website
| Additional Program Information [no]
  • Tim Lewens // website, PhilPapers
    • Specialties: Philosophy of biology, philosophy of science, philosophical bioethics

University of Exeter (Sociology, Philosophy and Anthropology)[edit]

| Department Website
| Additional Program Information [no]
  • John Dupre // website, CV, PhilPapers
    • Specialties: Particular interests include: biological classification, the relation of technical to everyday biological kinds and to traditional problems of essentialism; adaptationism and optimality; reductionism; indeterministic accounts of causality; evolution and the limitations of evolutionary psychology; and the biological basis of sex and gender. Also worked for several years on issues in the philosophy of economics (via website)
  • Sabina Leonelli // website, PhilPapers
    • Specialties: Data-Intensive Science and Practices of Data Sharing and Re-Use; Open Science and Open Data; The Regulatory Role and Epistemic Impact of Bioinformatics in Biology and Biomedicine; Bio-Ontologies; History and Epistemic Status of Model Organism Research; History, Philosophy and Sociology of Plant Biology; The Role of Embodied Knowledge and Skills in Scientific Understanding; Abstraction and Modelling Processes in Biology; Distributed Cognition and Division of Scientific Labor; Unity, Disunity and Integration in Science: Early American Pragmatism; Science Policy and the Globalisation and Political Economy of Scientific Research (via website)
  • Staffan Muller-Wille // website, PhilPapers
    • Specialties: History and philosophy of systematics; history of heredity; history of race and kinship (via website)

King's College London[edit]

| Department Website
| Additional Program Information [no]

Lancaster University (Politics, Philosophy and Religion)[edit]

| Department Website
| Additional Program Information [no]

University of Leeds[edit]

| Department Website
| Additional Program Information [no]

London School of Economics (Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method)[edit]

| Department Website
| Additional Program Information [no]
  • Jonathan Birch // website, PhilPapers
    • Specialities: Natural selection, evolution of social behaviour, evolutionary transitions, human evolution.
    • Willing to work with new students? Yes

University College London (Science and Technology Studies)[edit]

| Department Website
| Additional Program Information [no]

University of Oxford[edit]

| Department Website
| Additional Program Information [no]
  • Ellen Clarke // website 1, , 2, PhilPapers
    • Specialties: Biological Individuality, Evolutionary Transitions, evolution of cooperation, natural selection, Philosophy of biology, philosophy of science

Ph.D. Programs (United States)[edit]

All programs reside in philosophy departments, unless otherwise specified. Wiki Program Pages contain identical information to front-page listings, also unless otherwise specified.

Arizona State University (Center for Biology and Society)[edit]

Department Website
No Entry in APA Guide to Graduate Programs in Philosophy Available
{Wiki Program Page}

Boston University[edit]

Department Website
No Entry in APA Guide to Graduate Programs in Philosophy Available
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Carnegie Mellon University[edit]

Department Website
Entry in APA Guide to Graduate Programs in Philosophy
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City University of New York Graduate Center[edit]

Department Website
Entry in APA Guide to Graduate Programs in Philosophy
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Columbia University[edit]

Department Website
No Entry in APA Guide to Graduate Programs in Philosophy Available
{Wiki Program Page}

Duke University[edit]

Department Website
Entry in APA Guide to Graduate Programs in Philosophy
{Wiki Program Page} <-- Page contains additional program information

Florida State University[edit]

Department Website
Entry in APA Guide to Graduate Programs in Philosophy
{Wiki Program Page}

Indiana University (History and Philosophy of Science)[edit]

Department Website
No Entry in APA Guide to Graduate Programs in Philosophy Available
{Wiki Program Page}

Michigan State University[edit]

Department Website
Entry in APA Guide to Graduate Programs in Philosophy
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Stanford University[edit]

Department Website
Entry in APA Guide to Graduate Programs in Philosophy
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Texas A&M University[edit]

Department Website
Entry in APA Guide to Graduate Programs in Philosophy
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University of California, Davis[edit]

Department Website
Entry in APA Guide to Graduate Programs in Philosophy
  • James R. Griesemer // website 1, 2, 3, CV, PhilPapers
    • Specialties: Evolutionary biology, genetics, developmental biology, ecology and systematics
    • Willing to work with new students? Yes
  • Roberta L. Millstein // website 1, 2, 3, CV, PhilPapers
    • Specialties: History and philosophy of evolutionary biology and ecology, causation, chance, environmental ethics
    • Willing to work with new students? Yes
{Wiki Program Page} <-- Page contains additional program information

University of California, Irvine (Logic and Philosophy of Science)[edit]

Department Website
Entry in APA Guide to Graduate Programs in Philosophy
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University of California, San Diego[edit]

Department Website
Entry in APA Guide to Graduate Programs in Philosophy
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University of California, Santa Cruz[edit]

Department Website
Entry in APA Guide to Graduate Programs in Philosophy
  • Rasmus Grønfeldt Winther // website 1, 2, PhilPapers
    • Willing to work with new students? Yes
{Wiki Program Page}

University of Chicago (Conceptual and Historical Studies of Science)[edit]

Department Website
No Entry in APA Guide to Graduate Programs in Philosophy Available
{Wiki Program Page}

University of Cincinnati[edit]

Department Website
Entry in APA Guide to Graduate Programs in Philosophy
  • Tony Chemero // website, PhilPapers
    • Specialties: neuroscience, ecological psychology, artificial life, dynamical systems and complex systems, cognitive science
    • Willing to work with new students? Yes
  • Valerie Hardcastle // website, PhilPapers
    • Specialties: neurobiology, neuropsychiatry and the law, embodied cognition
    • Willing to work with new students? Yes
  • Koffi N. Maglo // website, PhilPapers
    • Specialties: philosophy of biomedicine, genomics and race, race-based medicine, bioethics
    • Willing to work with new students? Yes
  • Thomas W. Polger // website 1, 2, CV, PhilPapers
    • Specialties: multiple realization and realization; explanation in life, brain, and cognitive sciences; role of evolutionary theory in thinking about minds and consciousness; neuroscience and cognitive sciences
    • Willing to work with new students? Yes
  • Angela Potochnik // website 1, 2, CV, PhilPapers
    • Specialties: methodology of population biology, behavioral ecology, explanation, idealization, socially engaged philosophy of science, logical empiricism
    • Willing to work with new students? Yes
  • Robert C. Richardson // website, PhilPapers
    • Specialties: evolutionary theory, developmental biology, cognitive science, theory change
    • Willing to work with new students? Yes
  • Robert A. Skipper, Jr. // website 1, 2, PhilPapers
    • Specialties: history of evolutionary genetics, evolutionary genetics, obesity science, controversies, explanation, socially engaged philosophy of science
    • Willing to work with new students? Yes
{Wiki Program Page} <-- Page contains additional program information

University of Kansas[edit]

Department Website
No Entry in APA Guide to Graduate Programs in Philosophy Available
{Wiki Program Page}

University of Maryland, College Park[edit]

Department Website
No Entry in APA Guide to Graduate Programs in Philosophy Available
{Wiki Program Page}

University of Minnesota, Twin Cities[3][edit]

Department Website
Entry in APA Guide to Graduate Programs in Philosophy
  • Alan C. Love // website 1, 2, CV, PhilPapers
    • Specialties: History and philosophy of evolutionary developmental biology, evolutionary theory, developmental biology, functional morphology, conceptual change, explanatory pluralism, reductionism, the nature of historical science, interdisciplinary epistemology, and the structure of scientific problems
    • Willing to work with new students? Yes
  • William C. Wimsatt (part-time appointment, Fall semesters) // website, PhilPapers
    • Specialties: history and philosophy of biology, cultural evolution, evolutionary developmental biology, complex systems
    • Willing to work with new students? Yes
{Wiki Program Page} <-- Page contains additional program information

University of Missouri[edit]

Department Website
Entry in APA Guide to Graduate Programs in Philosophy
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University of Notre Dame[edit]

Department Website
Entry in APA Guide to Graduate Programs in Philosophy
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University of Pennsylvania[edit]

Department Website
No Entry in APA Guide to Graduate Programs in Philosophy Available
  • Cristina Bicchieri // website, CV, PhilPapers
    • Specialties: evolutionary game theory, evolution of social norms
  • Gary Hatfield // website, CV, PhilPapers
    • Specialties: history of philosophy of biology, perception, neuroscience and psychology
  • Quayshawn Spencer (starts Spring 2015; currently at USF) // website 1, 2, CV, PhilPapers
    • Specialties: population genetics, phylogenetics, biology and race
  • Michael Weisberg // website 1, 2, CV, PhilPapers
    • Specialties: tradeoffs and Idealization in modeling, agent-based models in evolution and ecology, origin of life, biology and race
{Wiki Program Page} <-- Page contains additional program information

University of Pittsburgh (History and Philosophy of Science)[edit]

Department Website
Entry in APA Guide to Graduate Programs in Philosophy
{Wiki Program Page}

University of Texas at Austin[edit]

Department Website
Entry in APA Guide to Graduate Programs in Philosophy
{Wiki Program Page}

University of Utah[edit]

Department Website
Entry in APA Guide to Graduate Programs in Philosophy
{Wiki Program Page}

University of Wisconsin-Madison[edit]

http://philosophy.wisc.edu Department Website]
Entry in APA Guide to Graduate Programs in Philosophy
  • Daniel Hausman // website, PhilPapers
    • Specialties: Rational choice theory, game theory, the concept of measurement and health
  • Elliott Sober // website, CV, PhilPapers
    • Specialties: Philosophy of evolutionary biology, confirmation, explanation, reductionism, modeling, probability and statistics, parsimony
    • Willing to work with new students? Yes
  • Russ Shafer-Landau // website, PhilPapers
    • Specialties: Evolutionary debunking arguments targeting morality
  • Lawrence Shapiro // website, CV, PhilPapers
  • Michael Titelbaum // website, CV, PhilPapers
    • Specialties: Bayesian epistemology
{Wiki Program Page}

Washington University in St. Louis[edit]

Department Website
Entry in APA Guide to Graduate Programs in Philosophy
  • Carl F. Craver // website 1, 2, PhilPapers
    • Specialties: Philosophy of neuroscience, theories of explanation, philosophy of psychology, cognitive neuropsychology
    • Willing to work with new students? Yes
  • Dennis DesChene // website, CV, PhilPapers
  • Ron Mallon // website, PhilPapers
  • Anya Plutynski // website, PhilPapers
    • Specialties: History and philosophy of biology, general philosophy of science, cancer biology, early 20th Century genetics, evolutionary theory, explanation, modeling.
    • Willing to work with new students? Yes
{Wiki Program Page}

M.A. Programs[edit]

Concordia University, Montreal[edit]

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Louisiana State University[edit]

{Wiki Program Page}

  • Charles H. Pence // website, CV, papers, PhilPapers
    • Specialties: History and philosophy of biology, foundations of evolutionary theory, chance and evolution, fitness, causation
    • Willing to work with new students? Yes

Oregon State University[edit]

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Tufts University[edit]

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University of North Carolina at Charlotte (Ethics & Applied Philosophy)[edit]

{Wiki Program Page}

Virginia Tech[edit]

{Wiki Program Page}

  • Benjamin Jantzen // website 1, 2, CV, PhilPapers
    • Specialties: Philosophy of Biology, Philosophy of Physics, General Philosophy of Science, Biophysics
    • Willing to work with new students? Yes
  • Richard M. Burian // website, PhilPapers
    • Specialties: Philosophy of Biology, History of Philosophy of Biology, History of Philosophy of Science, Science Studies
    • Willing to work with new students? Possibly; write to ask.

Standards, Practices, and Guidelines[edit]

  1. The criterion for program inclusion is just that a philosophy (or HPS) program have at least one full-time faculty member who self-identifies as a philosopher of biology.
  2. The standard of evidence required to make the list is an official (or personal) university-affiliated website—or a publicly-accessible CV—that lists philosophy of biology as a primary research interest.
  3. Philosophers who have made contributions to the philosophy of biology but who do not list phil bio as an AOS/AOC are usually not listed.
  4. Affiliated, part-time, and emeritus faculty who work closely with graduate students should be labelled as such inside parentheses next to their names.
  5. Bioethics, environmental ethics, philosophy of neuroscience/cognitive science, philosophy of medicine, and history of biology—in and of themselves—are not counted as philosophy of biology.

A longer version of these guidelines is available.

Contents

How to Contribute[edit]

This is a wiki, so anyone can contribute. No account is needed—though you are encouraged to create one—and all changes can be rolled back, so edit with a free hand.

Making Edits

You can make edits in one of two ways: by clicking 'Edit', which enables WYSIWYG (or visual) editing, ala a wordprocessor. Alternately, you can click 'Edit source', which allows you to edit the wiki markup in plaintext. Use whichever method you prefer. It takes a little longer to open the editing window in visual mode because the server has to translate wiki markup to html on the fly. So be patient. If things are too sluggish, you can switch over to 'Edit source'.

Wiki formatting/markup is very straightforward, and all you need to do is mimic the current entries since formatting is standardized.

If programs or faculty have been overlooked—which is assuredly the case—you are encouraged to add them, even if you are not a member of that department. Also, information will date rapidly, so by all means help keep things up to date.

Wiki Program Pages

Every program listed also has a separate Wiki Program Page where additional information can be provided to prospective students. While the style and format of this main page should be kept consistent, individual Wiki Program Pages can take any form whatsoever. To edit one of these pages, simply follow the Wiki Program Page link underneath the department listing of interest and edit that page.

The following programs have added considerably to their Wiki Program Pages. Feel free to mimic them.

Browse Programs by Category[edit]

Below are two ways to browse programs by category. The first sorts all programs by number of philosophy of biology faculty. The second sorts U.S. programs by state.

You can find a listing of Australasian and Canadian programs by specialty on this page. Once that list includes programs from other parts of the world, they will be incorporated. As always, prospective students should fact-check the faculty numbers listed because academics change jobs frequently. (Note: 'P' stands for Page.)

All Ph.D. Programs by Number of Faculty
1 Faculty Member‎ (19 P)
2 Faculty Members‎ (9 P)
3 Faculty Members‎ (10 P)
4 Faculty Members‎ (5 P)
5 Faculty Members‎ (3 P)
6+ Faculty Members‎ (2 P)
U.S. Ph.D. Programs by State
Arizona‎ (1 P)
California‎ (5 P)
Florida‎ (1 P)
Illinois‎ (1 P)
Indiana‎ (2 P)
Kansas‎ (1 P)
Maryland‎ (1 P)
Massachusetts‎ (1 P)
Michigan‎ (1 P)
Minnesota‎ (1 P)
New York‎ (2 P)
North Carolina‎ (1 P)
Ohio‎ (1 P)
Pennsylvania‎ (3 P)
Texas‎ (2 P)
Utah‎ (1 P)
Wisconsin‎ (1 P)


Notes[edit]

  1. ↑ This site is not in the business of giving prospective students advice—on how to select programs or anything else—but it can be very helpful and illuminating to contact graduate students currently enrolled in departments you are considering and asking if they would be willing to share their impressions of and experience in the programs. The worst that can happen is that they say 'no'. Of course, what they share must be taken with a grain of salt since everyone's experiences differ, and disgruntled students will paint a radically different picture than contented ones. For that reason, seeking out multiple sources can be worthwhile.
  2. ↑ Though he does not list philosophy of biology as a current AOS, Kitcher writes on his faculty profile page—accessed 2014-11-18—that he is willing to work with philosophy of biology graduate students.
  3. ↑ Some of the Resident Fellows at the Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science also have philosophy of biology interests.
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