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# The criteria for program inclusion is just that a philosophy (or history and philosophy of science) Ph.D. program<ref>Free-standing Science & Technology Studies (or Science Studies) departments with strengths in philosophy of biology are not listed. The rationale for this is that this wiki mv wikexists primarily to help prospective Ph.D. students interested in philosophy of biology get the lay of the land by seeing who works where. The assumption is that these people want to enroll in philosophy programs or HPS programs, not STS programs. The University of Exeter's Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Philosophy is a borderline case that is included because (1) its name contains the word 'philosophy' and (2) it has four faculty working in the philosophy of biology.</ref> have at least one full-time faculty member who self-identifies as a philosopher of biology.
 
# The criteria for program inclusion is just that a philosophy (or history and philosophy of science) Ph.D. program<ref>Free-standing Science & Technology Studies (or Science Studies) departments with strengths in philosophy of biology are not listed. The rationale for this is that this wiki mv wikexists primarily to help prospective Ph.D. students interested in philosophy of biology get the lay of the land by seeing who works where. The assumption is that these people want to enroll in philosophy programs or HPS programs, not STS programs. The University of Exeter's Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Philosophy is a borderline case that is included because (1) its name contains the word 'philosophy' and (2) it has four faculty working in the philosophy of biology.</ref> 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 a faculty (or personal) web page of some kind&mdash;or a publicly-viewable CV&mdash;that lists philosophy of biology as an AOS.
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# The standard of evidence required to make the list is a faculty (or personal) web page of some kind&mdash;or a publicly-viewable CV&mdash;that lists philosophy of biology as a significant research interest.
 
# Philosophers who have made significant contributions to the philosophy of biology but who do not list phil bio as a current AOS/AOC are usually not listed.<ref>[http://www.pitt.edu/~pkmach/index.html Peter Machamer] and [http://www.hps.pitt.edu/profile/woodward.php James Woodward] at the University of Pittsburgh Department of History and Philosophy of Science are two examples.</ref> However, sometimes  philosophers' short web bios do not list philosophy of biology as an AOS, though their expanded bios or personal web pages do.<ref>[http://philosophy.ubc.ca/persons/john-beatty/ John Beatty] at the University of British Columbia is an example.</ref>
 
# Philosophers who have made significant contributions to the philosophy of biology but who do not list phil bio as a current AOS/AOC are usually not listed.<ref>[http://www.pitt.edu/~pkmach/index.html Peter Machamer] and [http://www.hps.pitt.edu/profile/woodward.php James Woodward] at the University of Pittsburgh Department of History and Philosophy of Science are two examples.</ref> However, sometimes  philosophers' short web bios do not list philosophy of biology as an AOS, though their expanded bios or personal web pages do.<ref>[http://philosophy.ubc.ca/persons/john-beatty/ John Beatty] at the University of British Columbia is an example.</ref>
 
# Bioethics, environmental ethics, philosophy of neuroscience/cognitive science, and philosophy of medicine&mdash;in and of themselves&mdash;are not counted as philosophy of biology, though philosophers of biology with those interests are listed.
 
# Bioethics, environmental ethics, philosophy of neuroscience/cognitive science, and philosophy of medicine&mdash;in and of themselves&mdash;are not counted as philosophy of biology, though philosophers of biology with those interests are listed.
# This is a wiki, so anyone can edit it. If programs or faculty have been overlooked, please add them. Questions or comments? Let me know at [mailto:shamiller@ucdavis.edu shamiller@ucdavis.edu].
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# This is a wiki, so anyone can contribute. If programs or faculty have been overlooked, please add them. Questions or comments? Let me know at [mailto:shamiller@ucdavis.edu shamiller@ucdavis.edu].
  
  

Revision as of 17:20, 18 November 2014

What follows is simply a list of philosophy Ph.D. programs with strengths in philosophy of biology.

Standards & Practices for this Wiki

  1. The criteria for program inclusion is just that a philosophy (or history and philosophy of science) Ph.D. program[1] 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 a faculty (or personal) web page of some kind—or a publicly-viewable CV—that lists philosophy of biology as a significant research interest.
  3. Philosophers who have made significant contributions to the philosophy of biology but who do not list phil bio as a current AOS/AOC are usually not listed.[2] However, sometimes philosophers' short web bios do not list philosophy of biology as an AOS, though their expanded bios or personal web pages do.[3]
  4. Bioethics, environmental ethics, philosophy of neuroscience/cognitive science, and philosophy of medicine—in and of themselves—are not counted as philosophy of biology, though philosophers of biology with those interests are listed.
  5. This is a wiki, so anyone can contribute. If programs or faculty have been overlooked, please add them. Questions or comments? Let me know at shamiller@ucdavis.edu.


Australian National University

City University of New York Graduate Center

Columbia University

Duke University

Florida State University

Indiana University (History and Philosophy of Science)

University of Bristol

University of British Columbia

University of Calgary

University of California, Davis

University of California, Irvine (Logic and Philosophy of Science)

University of California, San Diego

University of Exeter (Sociology, Philosophy and Anthropology)

University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

University of Pittsburgh (History & Philosophy of Science)

University of Sydney

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Notes

  1. Free-standing Science & Technology Studies (or Science Studies) departments with strengths in philosophy of biology are not listed. The rationale for this is that this wiki mv wikexists primarily to help prospective Ph.D. students interested in philosophy of biology get the lay of the land by seeing who works where. The assumption is that these people want to enroll in philosophy programs or HPS programs, not STS programs. The University of Exeter's Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Philosophy is a borderline case that is included because (1) its name contains the word 'philosophy' and (2) it has four faculty working in the philosophy of biology.
  2. Peter Machamer and James Woodward at the University of Pittsburgh Department of History and Philosophy of Science are two examples.
  3. John Beatty at the University of British Columbia is an example.
  4. 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.

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