What follows is simply a list of philosophy Ph.D. programs with strengths in philosophy of biology along with listings of the relevant faculty for each. The primary intended audience is prospective or current graduate students with interests in philosophy of biology who want to get the lay of the land by seeing who works where.
Standards & Practices for this Wiki
- 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.
- The standard of evidence required to make the list is a faculty (or personal) web page of some kind—or a publicly-accessible CV—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.[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]
- 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.
- This is a wiki, so anyone can contribute. If programs or faculty have been overlooked—or if information is out of date—please feel free to make changes. Questions or comments? Let me know at shamiller@ucdavis.edu.
Ph.D. Programs
Australian National University
- Ben Fraser // official web
- Kim Sterelny // official web
Boston University
- Tian Yu Cao // official web
- Russell Powell // official web, CV
City University of New York Graduate Center
- Peter Godfrey-Smith // official web , CV
- Massimo Pigliucci // official web
- Thomas Teufel // official web
Columbia University
- Philip Kitcher[4] // official web
Duke University
- Robert N. Brandon // official web
- Alexander Rosenberg // official web
- Dan McShea // official web
Florida State University
- James Justus // official web
- Michael Ruse // official web
Indiana University (History and Philosophy of Science)
- Colin Allen // official web
- Sander Gliboff // official web
- Elisabeth Lloyd // official web
University of Alberta
- Ingo Brigandt // official web, CV
- Roberta A. Wilson // personal web
University of Bristol
- Jonathan Grose // official web
- Samir Okasha // official web
University of British Columbia
- John Beatty // official web
- Margaret Schabas // official web
- Chris Stephens // official web
University of Calgary
- Megan Delehanty // official web
- Marc Ereshefsky // official web
- C Kenneth Waters
University of California, Davis
- James R. Griesemer // official web, personal web, CV
- Roberta L. Millstein // official web, personal web, CV
University of California, Irvine (Logic and Philosophy of Science)
- Simon Huttegger // official web, CV
- Cailin O'Conner // personal web, CV
- P. Kyle Stanford // official web, CV
University of California, San Diego
- William Bechtel // official web
University of Cincinnati
- Koffi N. Maglo // official web
- Thomas W. Polger // official web, personal web
- Angela Potochnik // official web, personal web
- Robert C. Richardson // official web
- Robert A. Skipper, Jr. // official web, personal web
University of Exeter (Sociology, Philosophy and Anthropology)
- John Dupre // official web
- Paul Griffiths // official web
- Sabina Leonelli // official web
- Steffan Muller-Willie // official web
University of Leeds
- Gregory Radick // official web
University of Maryland, College Park
- Lindley Darden // official web, personal web
- Erin Eaker // official web
- Aidan Lyon // official web
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
- Alan Love // official web
- William C Wimsatt // official web
University of Notre Dame
- Grant Ramsey // official web, personal web
- A. Edward Manier (emeritus) // official web
=== University of Pennsylvania
- Michael Weisberg // official web, personal web, CV
University of Pittsburgh (History & Philosophy of Science)
- James G. Lennox // official web
- Sandra Mitchell // official web
- Kenneth F. Schaffner // official web
University of Sydney
- David Braddon-Mitchell // official web
- Paul Griffiths // official web
- John Mattewson // official web
- Maureen O'Malley // official web
- Luke Russell // official web
University of Toronto
- Ronald de Sousa (emeritus) // official web, personal web
- Mohan Matthen // official web, personal web
- Paul Thompson // official web, personal web
- Denis Walsh // official web
University of Utah
- Stephen M. Downes // official web
- Matt Haber // official web
- Jacob Stegenga // official web, personal web
- James Tabery // official web
University of Western Ontario
- Gillian Barker // official web
- Eric Desjardins // official web
- Devin Henry // official web
University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Elliott Sober // official web
Washington University in St. Louis
- Carl F. Craver // official web, personal web
- Anya Plutynski official web
Notes
- ↑ Free-standing Science & Technology Studies (or Science Studies) departments with strengths in philosophy of biology are not listed. The rationale for this is that since tshis wiki's intended audience is prospective philosophy/HPS Ph.D. students, the assumption is that they aren't targeting 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.
- ↑ Peter Machamer and James Woodward at the University of Pittsburgh Department of History and Philosophy of Science are two examples.
- ↑ John Beatty at the University of British Columbia is an example.
- ↑ 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.