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:[[University of Pittsburgh (History and Philosophy of Science)| | Additional Program Information]] <nowiki>[</nowiki>no<nowiki>]</nowiki>
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* <strong>Mazviita Chirimuuta</strong> , Ph.D. University of Cambridge // [http://www.hps.pitt.edu/profile/chirimuuta.php website], [http://www.hps.pitt.edu/documents/Chirimuuta%20CV%20summer_2013.pdf CV], [http://philpapers.org/profile/8078 PhilPapers]** Specialties:Relationship between neuroscience and the philosophy of mind and perception; color vision, developing a theory of color that acknowledges the complexities of visual function revealed by recent perceptual science (via website) * <strong>James G. Lennox</strong> , Ph.D. University of Toronoto // [http://www.hps.pitt.edu/profile/lennox.php website], [http://www.hps.pitt.edu/documents/Lennox.CV.2012.pdf CV], [http://philpapers.org/s/James%20G.%20Lennox PhilPapers]** Specialties:Ancient Greek philosophy and science, William Harvey, Darwin, and Darwinism (via website) * <strong>Peter Machamer</strong> , Ph.D. University of Chicago // [http://www.pitt.edu/~pkmach/ website], [http://www.pitt.edu/~pkmach/machamer/cv.pdf CV], [http://philpapers.org/profile/10984 PhilPapers] ** Specialties:History and philosophy of science, primarily on 16th- and 17th-century topics, especially Galileo, Descartes and Hobbes, and in the philosophy of cognitive psychology and neuroscience, and social science, and on values and science.  * <strong>Edouard Machery</strong> , Ph.D. Université Paris-Sorbonne // [http://www.pitt.edu/~machery/ website], [http://www.pitt.edu/~machery/papers/Machery%20Edouard%20CV%2009_2009.pdf CV], [http://philpapers.org/profile/10985 PhilPapers] ** Specialties:Theoretical issues raised by psychology and cognitive science; concepts; evolution, culture, cognition; experimental philosophy (via website) * <strong>Sandra Mitchell</strong> , Ph.D. University of Pittsburgh (HPS) // website [http://www.hps.pitt.edu/profile/mitchell.php 1], [http://www.pitt.edu/~smitchel/ 2], [http://philpapers.org/s/sandra%20mitchell PhilPapers]** Specialties:Epistemological and metaphysical issues in the philosophy of science; scientific explanations of complex behavior, representing multi-level, multi-component complex systems; functional explanation, units of selection in evolutionary biology, sociobiology, biological complexity and self-organization, and scientific laws (via website) * <strong>Kenneth F. Schaffner</strong> , Ph.D. Columbia University, M.D. University of Pittsburgh // website [http://www.hps.pitt.edu/profile/schaffner.php 1], [http://www.pitt.edu/~kfs/ 2], [http://philpapers.org/profile/32313 PhilPapers]** Specialties:Human behavioral and psychiatric genetics (via website) * <strong>James Woodward</strong> , Ph.D. University of Texas at Austin // [http://www.hps.pitt.edu/profile/woodward.php website], [http://philpapers.org/s/james%20woodward PhilPapers]** Specialties:Theories of causation, explanation and inductive inference in general philosophy of science, philosophy of psychology, and philosophy of social science; empirical psychology of causal learning and judgment (via website)
=== University of Texas at Austin ===
:[[University of Texas at Austin| | Additional Program Information]] <nowiki>[</nowiki>no<nowiki>]</nowiki>
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* <strong>Sahotra Sarkar</strong> , Ph.D. University of Chicago // [http://www.utexas.edu/cola/depts/philosophy/faculty/sarkars1 website], [http://philpapers.org/s/Sahotra%20Sarkar PhilPapers]** Specialties:History and philosophy of science, particularly in both philosophy of biology and physics (via website)
=== University of Utah ===
:[[University of Utah| | Additional Program Information]] <nowiki>[</nowiki>no<nowiki>]</nowiki>
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* <strong>Stephen M. Downes</strong> , Ph.D. Virginia Tech (STS) // [http://philosophy.utah.edu/profile.php?unid=u0031428 website], [http://philpapers.org/profile/11161 PhilPapers]** Specialties:Philosophy of Science and Philosophy of Biology; Biology of Human Behavior and Models and Images in Science (via website) * <strong>Melinda B. Fagan</strong> , Indiana University (HPS) // [http://philosophy.utah.edu/profile.php?unid=u0976724 website], [http://faculty.utah.edu/bytes/curriculumVitae.hml?id=u0976724 CV], [http://philpapers.org/s/Melinda%20B.%20Fagan PhilPapers]** Specialties:Philosophy of science, focusing on experimental practice in biology (particularly stem cell and developmental biology), explanation, and conceptions of objectivity and evidence (via website) * <strong>Matt Haber</strong> , Ph.D. UC Davis (Philosophy, Population Biology Affiliate) // [http://philosophy.utah.edu/profile.php?unid=u0533545 website], [http://philpapers.org/profile/28667 PhilPapers]** Specialties:Philosophy of Biology and Philosophy of Science; philosophical and conceptual issues in systematics, particularly those stemming from a commitment to phylogenetic thinking (via website) * <strong>Jacob Stegenga</strong> , Ph.D. UC San Diego // website [http://philosophy.utah.edu/profile.php?unid=u0851108 1], [http://individual.utorontoutor,onto.ca/jstegenga/Site/Welcome.html 2], [http://individual.utoronto.ca/jstegenga/Site/Welcome_files/Stegenga%20CV%2014%20Aug%2029.pdf CV], [http://philpapers.org/profile/14143 PhilPapers]** Specialties:Philosophy of science, in particular: methodology of medical research, philosophy of biology, and foundational topics in theoretical and practical reasoning (via website) * <strong>James Tabery</strong> , Ph.D. University of Pittsburgh (HPS) // [http://philosophy.utah.edu/profile.php?unid=u0578517 website], [http://faculty.utah.edu/bytes/curriculumVitae.hml?id=u0578517 CV], [http://philpapers.org/s/james%20tabery PhilPapers]** Specialties:Philosophy of science and applied ethics, as well as the intersection between those domains; causation and explanation in biology and their ethical, legal, and social implications (via website)
=== University of Wisconsin-Madison ===
:[[University of Wisconsin-Madison| | Additional Program Information]] <nowiki>[</nowiki>no<nowiki>]</nowiki>
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* <strong>Daniel Hausman</strong> , Ph.D. Columbia University // [http://philosophy.wisc.edu/hausman/ website], [http://philpapers.org/profile/11262 PhilPapers]
** Specialties: Rational choice theory, game theory, the concept of measurement and health
 * <strong>Elliott Sober</strong> , Ph.D. Harvard University // [http://philosophy.wisc.edu/sober/ website], [http://sober.philosophy.wisc.edu/vitae CV], [http://philpapers.org/profile/11265 PhilPapers]
** Specialties: Philosophy of evolutionary biology, confirmation, explanation, reductionism, modeling, probability and statistics, parsimony
** Willing to work with new students? Yes
 * <strong>Russ Shafer-Landau</strong> , Ph.D. University of Arizona // [https://sites.google.com/site/shaferlandau/home/ website], [http://philpapers.org/profile/11264 PhilPapers]
** Specialties: Evolutionary debunking arguments targeting morality
 * <strong>Lawrence Shapiro</strong> , Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania // [http://tinyurl.com/lshapiro911/ website], [https://98f1df6db412fd4b5fc4e0a167614b3625951f4e.googledrive.com/host/0ByplJHTNjxCFLTVMcERmSlhqQVU/Index_files/ShapiroCV.pdf CV], [http://philpapers.org/profile/6560 PhilPapers]** Specialties: Philosophy of psychology and philosophy of mind; issues concerning multiple realization and embodied cognition (via website) * <strong>Michael Titelbaum</strong> , Ph.D. UC Berkeley // [https://sites.google.com/site/michaeltitelbaum/ website], [https://sites.google.com/site/michaeltitelbaum/cv/vitae CV], [http://philpapers.org/profile/55 PhilPapers]
** Specialties: Bayesian epistemology
:[[Washington University in St. Louis| | Additional Program Information]] <nowiki>[</nowiki>no<nowiki>]</nowiki>
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* <strong>Carl F. Craver</strong> , Ph.D. University of Pittsburgh // website [https://philosophy.artsci.wustl.edu/people/Carl_Craver 1], [https://pages.wustl.edu/cfcraver 2], [http://philpapers.org/s/carl%20craver PhilPapers]
** Specialties: Philosophy of neuroscience, theories of explanation, philosophy of psychology, cognitive neuropsychology
** Willing to work with new students? Yes
 * <strong>Dennis DesChene</strong> , Ph.D. Stanford University // [http://www.artscigoclenius.wustl.edu/~ddeschennet/ website], [http://artsci.wustl.edu/~ddeschen/CV/ddcv20090127.html CV], [http://philpapers.org/profile/1666 PhilPapers] * <strong>Ron Mallon</strong> , Ph.D. Ron Mallon // [https://pages.wustl.edu/ronmallon website], [http://philpapers.org/profile/22023 PhilPapers]** Specialties: Race, social construction, moral psychology, experimental philosophy * <strong>Anya Plutynski</strong> , Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania // [https://philosophy.artsci.wustl.edu/people/anya-plutynski website], [http://philpapers.org/profile/7066 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