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 primary 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] This wiki simply reflects the self-reports of online faculty listings so as to avoid having to make judgment calls about who counts as a philosopher of biology in borderline cases.
- 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—which is assuredly the case—please feel free to make changes. Also, information will date quickly—especially links to pdf CVs since their filenames often contain the (approximate) date of creation—so by all means help fix links. Questions, comments, or ideas? Let me know at shamiller@ucdavis.edu.
Ph.D. Programs
Australian National University
- Ben Fraser // official site
- Kim Sterelny // official site
Boston University
- Tian Yu Cao // official site
- Russell Powell // official site, CV
City University of New York Graduate Center
- Peter Godfrey-Smith // official site, personal site, CV
- Massimo Pigliucci // official site, personal site,
- Thomas Teufel // official site
Columbia University
- Philip Kitcher[4] // official site, personal site, CV
Duke University
- Robert N. Brandon // official site, CV
- Alexander Rosenberg // official site, personal site, CV
- Dan McShea // official site, personal site
Florida State University
- James Justus // official site, CV
- Michael Ruse // official site, CV
Indiana University (History and Philosophy of Science)
- Colin Allen // official site, personal site
- Sander Gliboff // official site
- Elisabeth Lloyd // official site, personal site, CV
University of Alberta
- Ingo Brigandt // official site, CV
- Roberta A. Wilson // official site, CV
University of Bristol
- Samir Okasha // official site
University of British Columbia
- John Beatty // official site, personal site, CV
- Margaret Schabas // official site, personal site, CV
- Chris Stephens // official site, personal site, [1]
University of Calgary
- Megan Delehanty // official site
- Marc Ereshefsky // official site
- C Kenneth Waters
University of California, Davis
- James R. Griesemer // official site, personal site, CV
- Roberta L. Millstein // official site, personal site, CV
University of California, Irvine (Logic and Philosophy of Science)
- Simon Huttegger // official site, CV
- Cailin O'Conner // personal site, CV
- P. Kyle Stanford // official site, CV
University of California, San Diego
- William Bechtel // official site
University of Cincinnati
- Koffi N. Maglo // official site
- Thomas W. Polger // official site, personal site
- Angela Potochnik // official site, personal site
- Robert C. Richardson // official site
- Robert A. Skipper, Jr. // official site, personal site
University of Exeter (Sociology, Philosophy and Anthropology)
- John Dupre // official site
- Paul Griffiths // official site
- Sabina Leonelli // official site
- Steffan Muller-Willie // official site
University of Leeds
- Gregory Radick // official site
University of Maryland, College Park
- Lindley Darden // official site, personal site
- Erin Eaker // official site
- Aidan Lyon // official site
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
- Alan Love // official site
- William C Wimsatt // official site
University of Notre Dame
- Grant Ramsey // official site, personal site
- A. Edward Manier (emeritus) // official site
University of Pennsylvania
- Karen Detlefsen // official site, CV
- Quayshawn Spencer // official site, personal cite, CV
- Michael Weisberg // official site, personal site, CV
University of Pittsburgh (History & Philosophy of Science)
- James G. Lennox // official site
- Sandra Mitchell // official site
- Kenneth F. Schaffner // official site
University of Sydney
- David Braddon-Mitchell // official site
- Paul Griffiths // official site
- John Mattewson // official site
- Maureen O'Malley // official site
- Luke Russell // official site
University of Toronto
- Ronald de Sousa (emeritus) // official site, personal site
- Mohan Matthen // official site, personal site
- Paul Thompson // official site, personal site
- Denis Walsh // official site
University of Utah
- Stephen M. Downes // official site
- Matt Haber // official site
- Jacob Stegenga // official site, personal site
- James Tabery // official site
University of Western Ontario
- Gillian Barker // official site
- Eric Desjardins // official site
- Devin Henry // official site
University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Elliott Sober // official site
Washington University in St. Louis
- Carl F. Craver // official site, personal site
- Anya Plutynski official site
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 this 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.