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Philosophy of Biology Graduate Programs</div>
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This wiki site 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] and keep us appraised of comings and goings at graduate programs by emailing [mailto:shamiller@ucdavis.edu shamiller@ucdavis.edu]. All content on this site material is available under a [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License]. Contact Shawn Miller ([mailto:shamiller@ucdavis.edu shamiller@ucdavis.edu]) with questions, comments, additions, subtractions, and the like.
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== Standards, Practices, and Guidelines ==
# 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—or a publicly-accessible CV—that lists philosophy of biology as a primary research interest.
# 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 labeled as such inside parentheses next to their names.
# 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.
== Ph.D. Programs (Australasia) ==
=== Australian National University ===
[http://philosophy.cass.anu.edu.au Department Website]
* '''Rachael Brown''' | [http: //rachaelbrown.net Website] | [http://philrsssphilpapers.anu.edu.auorg/ | Department Websiteprofile/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)** Ph.D. 2013 Australian National University|| Additional Program Information]] <nowiki>[</nowiki>yes<nowiki>]</nowiki>
* '''Kim Sterelny'''| [https://researchers.anu.edu.au/researchers/sterelny-k Website] | [http://philpapers.org/s/kim%20sterelny PhilPapers]
** Specialties: Philosophy of Biology, Evolution, Philosophy of Psychology and Philosophy of Mind, Palaeoecology (via website)
** [https://researchersPh.anuD.edu.au/researchers/sterelny-k Website], [http://philpapers.org/s/kim%20sterelny PhilPapers]1977 University of Sydney
[https://www.latrobe.edu.au/politics-and-philosophy Department Website] * '''Rachael BrownRob Wilson''', Ph| [http://robwilsonphilosophy.Dcom Website] | [https://philpeople. 2013 Australian National Universityorg/profiles/robert-a-wilson PhilPapers]** SpecialtiesSpecialities: The evolution of cognition Mind and behaviourCognitive Science; the relationship between evolutionary developmental biology Science and the Neo-Darwinian SynthesisBiology; model-based reasoning in biology Ethics and philosophyDisability; and methodological issues in the study of animal behaviour and cognition (via website)Philosophy for Children** Website [http://rachaelbrownPh.net 1], D. 1992 Cornell (with a Cognitive Studies minor)---- === Macquarie University ===[http://wwwphil.mq.edu.auDepartment Website] * '''Adam Hochman''' | [http:/about_us/faculties_and_departments/faculty_of_arts/department_of_philosophy/staff/rachael_brown/ 2adamhochman.com Website], | [httphttps://philpapersphilpeople.org/profileprofiles/25396 adam-hochman PhilPapers]** Specialties: philosophy of biology, philosophy of psychology (from psychoanalysis to evolutionary psychology), philosophy of language, and the history and philosophy of race (via website)** Ph.D. 2014 University of Sydney
* '''Karola Stotz''', Ph| [https://researchers.Dmq. 1999 University of Ghentedu.au/en/persons/karola-stotz Website] | [http://philpapers.org/profile/74332 PhilPapers]
** Specialties: Evolutionary, developmental and molecular biology, psychobiology and cognition (via website)
** [http://paulPh.representinggenesD.org/Stotz/ Website], [http://philpapers.org/profile/74332 PhilPapers]1999 University of Ghent
* '''James MaclaurinJohn Matthewson'''| [http://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/expertise/profile.cfm?stref=156830 Website] | [https://philpeople.org/profiles/john-matthewson PhilPapers]** Specialties: Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Biology, Applied ethics (via website)** Ph.D. 2012 Australian National University ---- === University of Auckland ===[https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/study/study-options/find-a-study-option/philosophy.html Department Website] * '''Emily C. Parke''' | [http://www.emilycparke.com Website] | [https://philpapers.org/s/Emily%20C.%20Parke PhilPapers]** Specialties: Scientific inquiry and methodology, philosophy of biology (especially microbiology, astrobiology, evolutionary and conservation biology), philosophy of science (especially experiments and models), bioethics and environmental ethics (via website)** Ph.D. 2015 University of Pennsylvania ---- === University of New South Wales ===[https://hal.arts.unsw.edu.au/disciplines/philosophy/research/ Department Website]* '''Michaelis Michael''' | [https://hal.arts.unsw.edu.au/about-us/people/michaelis-michael/ Website]** Specialties: History and Philosophy of Science (incl. Non-historical Philosophy of Science), Epistemology, Metaphysics, History and Philosophy of Specific Fields, History of Philosophy, Philosophy, Logic (via website)** Ph.D. Princeton---- === University of Otago ===[http://www.otago.ac.nz/philosophy/ Department Website] * '''James Maclaurin''' | [https://www.otago.ac.nz/philosophy/dept/staff-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)
** [http://wwwPh.otagoD.ac.nz/philosophy/Staff/james_maclaurin.html Website], [http://philpapers.org/profile/2066 PhilPapers]1998 Australian National University ----
=== University of Sydney ===
[http://sydney.edu.au/arts/philosophy/ Department 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)
** Ph.D. 1988 Australian National University * '''Peter Godfrey-Smith''' (in [httphttps://sydney.edu.au/artsscience/schools/school-of-history-and-philosophy-of-science.html School of History and Philosophy of Science]) | [http:/staff/profiles/dbmpetergodfreysmith.braddon-mitchell.php com Website], | [http://philpapers.org/profiles/8599 Peter%20Godfrey-Smith PhilPapers]** Specialties: Philosophy of biology and the philosophy of mind; pragmatism (especially John Dewey), general philosophy of science, and some parts of metaphysics and epistemology (via website)** Ph.D. 1991 UC San Diego
* '''Paul Griffiths''', Ph| [http://sydney.Dedu.au/arts/philosophy/staff/profiles/paul.griffiths.php Website] | [http://philpapers.org/asearch.pl?strict=1&searchStr=Griffiths,%20Paul%20E. 1989 Australian National University&filterMode=authors PhilPapers]
** Specialties: Causal foundations of biological information; evolutionary medicine; innateness and human nature; concept of the gene; developmental systems theory (via website)
** Website [http://sydneyPh.eduD.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]1989 Australian National University
* '''Justine Kingsbury''', Ph| [http://www.Dwaikato. 1999 Rutgers Universityac.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)
** [http://wwwPh.waikatoD.ac.nz/fass/about/staff/justinek Website], [http://philpapers.org/profile/28635 PhilPapers]1999 Rutgers University
== Ph.D. Programs (Canada) ==
All programs reside in philosophy departments, unless otherwise specified.
=== Dalhousie University ===
[https://www.dal.ca/faculty/arts/philosophy.html Department Website]
*'''Andrew Fenton''' | [https://sites.google.com/site/atfenton/ Website] | [https://philpeople.org/profiles/andrew-fenton PhilPapers]
** Specialties: Animal Ethics, Naturalized epistemology, Neuroethics, Philosophy of animal behaviour and cognition (via website)
** Ph.D. 2007 University of Calgary
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=== University of Alberta ===
[http://www.philosophy.ualberta.ca/ Department Website]
** Specialties: Evolutionary developmental biology, molecular biology, systems biology, science and values
** Willing to work with new students? Yes** [http://www.ualberta.ca/~brigandt/ Website], [http://www.ualberta.ca/~brigandt/Brigandt_CV.pdf CV], [http://philpapers.org/profile/637 PhilPapers] * '''Robert A. Wilson''', Ph.D. 1992 Cornell 2006 University of Pittsburgh (with Cognitive Studies minorHPS) ** 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** [http://www.artsrn.ualberta.ca/raw/ Website], [http://www.artsrn.ualberta.ca/raw/cvmar13.pdf CV], [http://philpapers.org/profile/1320 PhilPapers]---
=== University of British Columbia ===
[http://philosophy.ubc.ca/ Department Website]
** Specialties: Theoretical foundations, methodology, and socio-political dimensions of genetics and evolutionary biology (via website)
** Website [http://philosophyPh.ubcD.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]1979 Indiana University (HPS)
* '''Margaret Schabas''', Ph| [http://philosophy.Dubc. 1983 University of Toronotoca/persons/margaret-schabas/ Website] | [http://philpapers.org/s/margaret%20schabas PhilPapers]
** Specialties: Overlap of biology and economics and the formation of bioeconomics (via website)
** Website [http://philosophyPh.ubcD.ca/persons/margaret-schabas/ 1], [http://faculty.arts.ubc.ca/mschabas/ 2], [http://faculty.arts.ubc.ca/mschabas/CVschabas.pdf CV], [http://philpapers.org/s/margaret%20schabas PhilPapers]1983 University of Toronoto
* '''Christopher Stephens''', Ph| [http://faculty.Darts. 2000 University of Wisconsinubc.ca/cstephens/Chris_Stephens_Website/Home_Page.html Website] | [https://philpeople.org/profiles/christopher-stephens-Madison2 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)
** Website [http://philosophyPh.ubcD.ca/persons/chris2000 University of Wisconsin-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]Madison
* '''Megan Delehanty''', Ph| [http://phil.Ducalgary. 2005 University of Pittsburgh (HPS)ca/manageprofile/profiles/megan-delehanty Website] | [http://philpapers.org/profile/10566 PhilPapers]
** Specialties: Models, explanation, causation (via PhilPapers entries)
** [http://philPh.ucalgaryD.ca/manageprofile/profiles/megan-delehanty Website], [http://philpapers.org/profile/10566 PhilPapers]2005 University of Pittsburgh (HPS)
* '''Marc Ereshefsky''', Ph| [http://phil.Ducalgary. 1988 University of Wisconsin-Madison ca/philosophy/people/ereshefs.html Website] | [http://philpapers.org/profile/10567 PhilPapers]
** Specialties: Species; Natural Kinds; Scientific Classification; Biological Individuality; Homology; Historicity; Microbiology (via website)
** Website [http://philPh.ucalgaryD.ca/philosophy/people/ereshefs.html 1], [http://people.ucalgary.ca/~ereshefs/ 2], [http://phil.ucalgary.ca/profiles/2151988 University of Wisconsin-28363/marc-ereshefsky-cv.pdf CV], [http://philpapers.org/profile/10567 PhilPapers]Madison
* '''C. Kenneth Waters''', Ph| [http://phil.Ducalgary. 1985 Indiana University (HPS) ca/profiles/c-kenneth-waters Website] | [https://philpeople.org/profiles/c-kenneth-waters PhilPapers]
** Specialties: Causation, explanation, molecular biology, genetics, pluralism (via PhilPapers entries)
** [http://philPh.ucalgaryD.ca/profiles/c1985 Indiana University (HPS) ---kenneth-waters Website], [https://apps.cla.umn.edu/directory/items/cv/295233.pdf CV], [http://philpapers.org/s/c.%20kenneth%20waters PhilPapers]
=== University of Toronto ===
[http://www.philosophy.utoronto.ca/ Department Website]
** Specialties: Philosophy of mind, especially perception, philosophy of biology, natural selection (via PhilPapers profile)
** Website [http://wwwPh.philosophyD.utoronto.ca/directory/mohan-matthen/ 1], [http://individual.utoronto.ca/matthen/Site/Mohan_Matthen.html 2], [http://philpapers.org/profile/1544 PhilPapers]1976 Stanford University
* '''Paul Thompson''', Ph| [http://www.Dphilosophy. 1979 University of Toronto utoronto.ca/directory/paul-thompson/ Website] | [http://philpapers.org/s/R%20PAUL%20THOMPSON PhilPapers]
** Specialties: Evolutionary theory, population genetics, mathematical modelling in biology, theory structure in biology, philosophy of medicine, and ethics (via website)
** Website [http://wwwPh.philosophyD.utoronto.ca/directory/paul-thompson/ 1], [http://individual.utoronto.ca/paul_thompson/Paul_Thompson/Home_Page.html 2], [http://individual.utoronto.ca/paul_thompson/Paul_Thompson/Curriculum_Vitae.html CV], [http://philpapers.org/s/R%20PAUL%20THOMPSON PhilPapers]1979 University of Toronto
* '''Denis Walsh''' | [http://www.philosophy.utoronto.ca/directory/denis-walsh/ Website] | [http://philpapers.org/s/denis%20walsh PhilPapers]
** Specialties: Models, mechanisms, fitness, causation (via PhilPapers entries)
** [http://wwwPh.philosophyD.utoronto.ca/directory/denis-walsh/ Website], [http://philpapers.org/s/denis%20walsh PhilPapers]1988 McGill University (Biology)
* '''Carla Fehr''', Ph| [https://uwaterloo.Dca/philosophy/people-profiles/carla-fehr Website] | [http://philpapers. 1999 Duke University org/profile/62046 PhilPapers]
** Specialties: Philosophy of biology, Feminist Epistemology and Philosophy of Science, Feminist Science Studies, Philosophy of Science, evolution (via website)
** Website [https://uwaterlooPh.ca/philosophy/people-profiles/carla-fehr 1], [http://carlafehrD.org/ 2], [http://carlafehr.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Carla_Fehr_Vita.pdf CV], [http://philpapers.org/profile/62046 PhilPapers]1999 Duke University
* '''Katie Plaisance''', Ph| [https://uwaterloo.Dca/knowledge-integration/faculty-plaisance Website] | [http://philpapers. 2006 University of Minnesota org/profile/19100 PhilPapers]
** Specialties: Philosophy of biology, Philosophical issues in the human behavioral sciences, public understanding of science, interactional expertise, and Socially Relevant Philosophy Of Science
** [https://uwaterlooPh.ca/knowledge-integration/faculty-plaisance Website], [http://philpapersD.org/profile/19100 PhilPapers]2006 University of Minnesota
* '''Paul Thagard(Emeritus)''', Ph| [https://uwaterloo.Dca/philosophy/people-profiles/paul-thagard Website] | [http://philpapers. University of Toronto 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)
** Website [https://uwaterlooPh.ca/philosophy/peopleD. 1977 University of Toronto ---profiles/paul-thagard 1], [http://watarts.uwaterloo.ca/~pthagard/Biographies/pault.html 2], [http://philpapers.org/s/paul%20thagard PhilPapers]
=== University of Western Ontario ===
[http://www.uwo.ca/philosophy/ Department Website]
** Specialties: Philosophy of Biology, Philosophy of Science
** [http://wwwPh.uwoD.ca/philosophy/people/barker.html Website], [http://philpapers.org/profile/4278 PhilPapers]1997 UC San Diego
* '''Eric Desjardins''', Ph| [http://www.Duwo. 2009 University of British Columbia ca/philosophy/people/desjardins.html Website] | [https://philpeople.org/profiles/eric-desjardins PhilPapers]
** Specialties: Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Biology, Environmental Philosophy and Bioethics (via website)
** [http://wwwPh.uwoD.ca/philosophy/people/desjardins.html Website], [http://philpapers.org/s/eric%20Desjardins PhilPapers]2009 University of British Columbia
* '''Devin Henry''', Ph| [http://works.Dbepress. 2004 King’s College, University of London com/devinhenry/ Website] | [http://philpapers.org/profile/11238 PhilPapers]
** Specialties: Ancient Philosophy, History & Philosophy of Science (esp. Philosophy of Biology) (via website)
** [http://worksPh.bepressD.com/devinhenry/ Website]2004 King’s College, [http://works.bepress.com/devinhenry/22/ CV], [http://philpapers.org/profile/11238 PhilPapers]University of London
== Ph.D. Programs (Europe) ==
=== KU Leuven ===
== Ph.D. Programs (United Kingdom) ==
=== Birkbeck, University of London ===
[http://www.bbk.ac.uk/philosophy/ Department 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)
** Ph.D. 2004 London School of Economics
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=== University of Bristol ===
* '''Samir Okasha''', Ph.D. 1998 University of Oxford ** | [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
** Willing to work with new students? YesPh.D. 1998 University of Oxford ----
=== University of Cambridge (History and Philosophy of Science) ===
[http://www.hps.cam.ac.uk Department Website]
** Specialties: Philosophy of biology, philosophy of science, philosophical bioethics
** Ph.D. 2001 University of Cambridge (HPS)
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=== University of Exeter (Sociology, Philosophy and Anthropology) ===
[http://socialsciences.exeter.ac.uk/sociology/ Department Website]
* '''John Dupre''', Ph.D. 1981 University of Cambridge ** | [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]
** 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)
** Ph.D. 1981 University of Cambridge
* '''Sabina Leonelli''', Ph.D. 2007 Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam ** | [http://socialsciences.exeter.ac.uk/sociology/staff/leonelli/ Website], | [http://philpapers.org/profile/34339 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)
** Ph.D. 2007 Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
* '''Staffan Muller-Wille''', Ph.D. 1997 University of Bielefeld ** | [http://socialsciences.exeter.ac.uk/sociology/staff/mueller-wille/ Website], | [httphttps://philpapersphilpeople.org/sprofiles/Staffan%20M%C3%BCllerstaffan-Wille muller-wille PhilPapers]
** Specialties: History and philosophy of systematics; history of heredity; history of race and kinship (via website)
** Ph.D. 1997 University of Bielefeld
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=== King's College London ===
[https://www.kcl.ac.uk/philosophy/index.aspx Department Website]
** Specialties: Intersection of philosophy, the sciences of human behavior (biology, psychology, anthropology, sociology, economics, etc.), and moral and political theory (via website)
** Ph.D. 2002 University of London
=== Lancaster University (Politics, Philosophy and Religion) ===
[http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/fass/ppr/ Department Website]
** Specialties: Philosophy of science, philosophy of biology, philosophy of mind, psychoanalysis, Ryle, Austin, Dennett (via website)
** Ph.D. 2000 Trinity College Dublin
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=== University of Leeds ===
[http://www.leeds.ac.uk/arts/info/20048/philosophy/ Department Website]
* '''Gregory Radick''', Ph.D. 2000 University of Cambridge (HPS) ** Website | [http://www.leeds.ac.uk/arts/profile/20048/441/gregory_radick 1], [http://www.personal.leeds.ac.uk/~phlgmr/ 2Website], | [http://philpapers.org/s/gregory%20radick PhilPapers]
** Specialties: History and Philosophy of Biology, especially evolutionary biology, genetics and animal behavior; History of the Human Sciences; Philosophy of Science; Philosophy of History; Intellectual Property (via website)
** Ph.D. 2000 University of Cambridge (HPS)
* '''Jonathan Birch''', Ph.D. 2013 University of Cambridge ** | [http://wwwpersonal.lse.ac.uk/philosophybirchj1/people/birch.aspx Website], | [http://philpapers.org/profile/8764 PhilPapers]
** Specialities: Natural selection, evolution of social behaviour, evolutionary transitions, human evolution.
** Willing to work with new students? Yes
** Ph.D. 2013 University of Cambridge
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=== University College London (Science and Technology Studies) ===
[http://www.ucl.ac.uk/sts Department Website]
** Specialties: Metaphysics, Epistemology and Methodology of Causality in the Sciences; wider research interests in Philosophy of Science, particularly Philosophy of Biology and Psychology, the still-expanding Mechanisms debate, and the Philosophy of Information (via website)
** Ph.D. 2005 King's College London
== Ph.D. Programs (United States) ==
=== Arizona State University (Center for Biology and Society) ===
[https://cbs.asu.edu/graduate-programs Department Website]
** Specialties: Theoretical biology and the history of biology using both empirical and conceptual approaches; role of gene regulatory networks in development and evolution; Theory of Complex Adaptive Systems, focusing on complexity as a unifying principle in the social and life sciences, including applications in biomedicine and the study of innovations (via website)
** Ph.D. 1997 Yale University (Biology)
* '''Jane Maienschein''', Ph.D. 1978 Indiana University (advisor: Frederick B. Churchill, HPS) ** | [https://sols.asu.edu/people/jane-maienschein Website], [https://cbs.asu.edu/sites/default/files/Maienschein%20cv%20%20%20January%202014.pdf CV], | [http://philpapers.org/s/jane%20maienschein PhilPapers]
** Specialties: History and philosophy of biology and the way biology, bioethics and bio-policy play out in society; embryology, genetics, and cell biology; epistemological standards, theories, and laboratory practices; studies of people and institutions, as well as the changing social, political, and legal context in which science thrive (via website)
** Ph.D. 1978 Indiana University (HPS)
* '''Jason Scott Robert''', Ph.D. 2000 McMaster University (advisor: B.G. Allen)** | [https://sols.asu.edu/people/jason-robert Website], [https://sols.asu.edu/sites/default/files/people/cv/RobertCV_Current2014.pdf CV]
** Specialties: Political and societal problems that intersect with life sciences; produces educational materials and tools for “talking productively” (via website)
** Ph.D. 2000 McMaster University
* '''Beckett Sterner''', Ph.D. 2012 University of Chicago (advisor: William Wimsatt, CHSS)** Starts fall semester 2016** | [httphttps://umichisearch.academiaasu.edu/BeckettSterner profile/2768867 Website], | [httphttps://umichphilpeople.academia.eduorg/BeckettSternerprofiles/CurriculumVitae CVbeckett-sterner PhilPapers]
** Specialties: History and philosophy of biology, especially mathematics in biology; information, individuality, species, modeling (via website)
** Ph.D. 2012 University of Chicago (CHSS)
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=== Boston College ===
[https://www.bc.edu/bc-web/schools/mcas/departments/philosophy.html Department Website]
* '''Daniel McKaughan''' | [https://www.bc.edu/bc-web/schools/mcas/departments/philosophy/people/faculty-directory/daniel-mckaughan.html Website] | [https://philpeople.org/profiles/daniel-j-mckaughan PhilPapers]
** Specialties: Philosophy of science, Philosophy of biology, Epistemology, Philosophy of religion (via website)
** Ph.D. 2007 University of Notre Dame
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=== Boston University ===
[http://www.bu.edu/philo/ Department Website]
** Specialties: Philosophy and History of Science (physics, biology and cognitive sciences), Epistemology, Metaphysics, Social and Political Philosophy, with special interests in philosophical issues related to (classical and global) modernity and postmodernity (via website)
** Ph.D. University of Cambridge
* '''Russell Powell''', Ph.D. 2009 Duke University (advisor: Alexander Rosenberg), J.D. 2002 New York University ** | [http://www.bu.edu/philo/people/faculty/full-time/russell-powell/ Website], [http://www.bu.edu/philo/files/2014/11/Powell-CV-October-2014.pdf CV], [http://philpapers.org/profile/36621 PhilPapers]
** Specialties: Conceptual and methodological problems in evolutionary theory; epistemological and metaphysical dimensions of debates in contemporary bioethics, especially in relation to emerging biotechnologies (via website)
** J.D. 2002 New York University
** Ph.D. 2009 Duke University
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=== Carnegie Mellon University ===
[https://www.cmu.edu/dietrich/philosophy/index.html Department Website]
** Specialties: Game theory, agent based modeling, philosophy of science
** Ph.D. 2007 UC Irvine (LPS)
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=== City University of New York Graduate Center ===
[http://www.gc.cuny.edu/Page-Elements/Academics-Research-Centers-Initiatives/Doctoral-Programs/Philosophy/Philosophy Department Website]
** Specialties: Philosophy of biology, in particular the structure and foundations of evolutionary theory, the relationship between science and philosophy, and the nature of pseudoscience (via website)
** Doctorate University of Ferrara (Genetics)
** Ph.D. University of Connecticut (Biology)
** Ph.D. 2003 University of Tennessee (Philosophy)
* '''Thomas Teufel''', Ph.D. 2006 Harvard University (advisor: Richard Moran)** | [http://www.gc.cuny.edu/Page-Elements/Academics-Research-Centers-Initiatives/Doctoral-Programs/Philosophy/Faculty-Bios/Thomas-Teufel Website], | [http://philpapers.org/profile/30896 PhilPapers]
** Specialties: Philosophy of biology, Kant, 18th Century philosophy, philosophy of art (via website)
** Ph.D. 2006 Harvard University
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=== Columbia University ===
[http://philosophy.columbia.edu/ Department Website]
** Specialties: Conceptual and methodological issues in biology; questions about the relations of biological research to society and politics; role of scientific inquiry in democratic societies; pragmatism (especially William James and John Dewey) (via website)
** Ph.D. 1974 Princeton University
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=== Duke University ===
[http://philosophy.duke.edu Department Website]
** Specialties: Philosophy of biology, philosophy of science, logic (via website)
** Ph.D. 1979 Harvard University
* '''Alexander Rosenberg''', Ph.D. 1971 Johns Hopkins University (advisor: Peter Achinstein)<ref>Source: | [https://philosophyfamilytree.wikispaces.com/Alexander+Rosenberg https://philosophyfamilytree.wikispaces.com/Alexander+Rosenberg].</ref>** Website [http://philosophy.duke.edu/people?Gurl=&Uil=1531&subpage=profile 1], [http://people.duke.edu/~alexrose/ 2], [http://people.duke.edu/~alexrose/cv.html CValexander-rosenberg Website], | [http://philpapers.org/s/alexander%20rosenberg PhilPapers]
** Specialties: problems in metaphysics, mainly surrounding causality, the philosophy of social sciences, especially economics, and most of all, the philosophy of biology, in particular the relationship between molecular, functional and evolutionary biology (via website)
** Ph.D. 1971 Johns Hopkins University
* '''Karen Neander''', Ph.D. 1983 La Trobe University (advisor: Kim Sterelny)<ref>Source: [https://philosophyfamilytree.wikispaces.com/Karen+Neander https://philosophyfamilytree.wikispaces.com/Karen+Neander].</ref> ** | [https://philosophy.duke.edu/people?Gurl=&Uil=5234&subpage=profile /karen-neander Website], | [http://philpapers.org/profile/9934 PhilPapers]
** Specialties: Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Biology, Cognitive Science (via website)
** Ph.D. 1983 La Trobe University
* '''Dan McShea''', Ph.D. 1990 University of Chicago ** Website | [httphttps://philosophy.duke.edu/people?Gurl=&Uil=684&subpage=profile 1], [http://sites.duke.edu/mcshearesearch/ 2daniel-w-mcshea Website], | [httphttps://philpapersphilpeople.org/sprofiles/dan%20mcshea -mcshea PhilPapers]
** Specialties: Paleobiology, with a focus on large-scale trends in the history of life, especially documenting and investigating the causes of the (putative) trend in the complexity of organisms; operationalizing concepts, such as complexity and hierarchy, as well as clarifying conceptual issues related to trends at larger scales (via website)
** Ph.D. 1990 University of Chicago (Committee on Evolutionary Biology)
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=== Florida State University ===
[http://philosophy.fsu.edu/ Department Website]
** Specialties: Philosophy of Science (esp. biology), Carnap, Epistemology (esp. formal and naturalized), Environmental Philosophy, History of Analytic Philosophy (via website)
** Ph.D. 2007 University of Texas at Austin
* '''Michael Ruse''', Ph.D. 1970 Bristol University ** | [httphttps://philosophy.fsu.edu/contentpeople/viewfaculty/full/35805 michael-ruse Website], [http://philosophy.fsu.edu/content/download/82668/878838/RuseCV.pdf CV], | [http://philpapers.org/profile/9969 PhilPapers]
** Specialties: Philosophy of Biology (especially Darwinism), Ethics, the History and Philosophy of Science (via website)
** Ph.D. 1970 Bristol University
* '''Sander Gliboff''', Ph.D. 2001 Johns Hopkins University (advisor: Sharon Kingsland)** | [http://www.indiana.edu/~hpscdept/people/gliboff.shtml Website], | [http://philpapers.org/s/sander%20gliboff PhilPapers]
** Specialties: History of biology, especially evolution and genetics, and the science in modern Germany and Austria (via website)
** Ph.D. 2001 Johns Hopkins University
* '''Elisabeth Lloyd''', Ph.D. 1984 Princeton University (worked with Bas van Fraassen)** Website | [http://www.indiana.edu/~hpscdept/people/lloyd.shtml 1], [http://mypage.iu.edu/~ealloyd/ 2], [http://mypage.iu.edu/~ealloyd/AdditionalInfo.htm CVWebsite], | [http://philpapers.org/profile/10047 PhilPapers]
** Specialties: Philosophy of biology, general philosophy of science, the role of models in science, and gender issues in science (via website)
** Ph.D. 1984 Princeton University
* '''Fred Gifford''', Ph.D. 1984 University of Pittsburgh (advisor: Kenneth F. Schaffner, HPS) ** | [https://www.msu.edu/user/gifford/ Website], [https://www.msu.edu/user/gifford/vita.htm CV], | [http://philpapers.org/profile/45001 PhilPapers]
** Specialties: Philosophy of Science (particularly philosophy of biology and medicine); Ethics (particularly ethics in health care and the life sciences)
** Ph.D. 1984 University of Pittsburgh (HPS)
* '''Robert T. Pennock''', Ph.D. 1991 University of Pittsburgh (advisor: Wesley Salmon, HPS) ** | [https://www.msu.edu/~pennock5/ Website], [https://www.msu.edu/~pennock5/research/vita.html CV], | [http://philpapers.org/s/robert%20pennock PhilPapers]
** Specialties: Evolution and computing (via publication list)
** Ph.D. 1991 University of Pittsburgh (HPS)
* '''Sean Valles''', Ph.D. 2010 Indiana University (advisor: Elisabeth Lloyd, HPS) ** | [https://www.msu.edu/~valles/Sean_A._Valles/Home.html Website], | [http://philpapers.org/profile/40902 PhilPapers]
** Specialties: Philosophy of population health, from the use of evidence in medical genetics to the roles played by race concepts in epidemiology (via website)
** Ph.D. 2010 Indiana University (HPS)
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=== New York University ===
* '''Laura Franklin-Hall''', Ph.D. 2008 Columbia University (advisor: Philip Kitcher)** | [http://laurafranklin-hall.com/ Website], | [ https://philpeople.org/profiles/laura-franklin-hall PhilPapers]
** Specialties: philosophy of biology, the general philosophy of science, and metaphysics (via website)
** Ph.D. 2008 Columbia University
* '''Helen Longino''', Ph.D. 1973 Johns Hopkins University ** | [https://philosophy.stanford.edu/people/helen-longino Website], [http://philosophy.stanford.edu/download/21366/HL_current_CV.doc CV], | [http://philpapers.org/profile/10427 PhilPapers]
** Specialties: The underdetermination problem in the context of a probabilistic epistemology/metaphysics; analyzing the differences between weak and strong social epistemology; understanding ecological explanation (via website)
** Ph.D. 1973 Johns Hopkins University
* '''Brian Skyrms''', Ph.D. 1964 University of Pittsburgh (under direction of Nicholas Rescher) // 1/3 time appointment; at Stanford every Spring** ) | [http://faculty.sites.uci.edu/skyrms/ Website], [http://www.socsci.uci.edu/~bskyrms/cv.pdf CV], | [http://philpapers.org/s/Brian%20Skyrms PhilPapers]
** Specialties: Evolution of conventions and the social contract; inductive logic, decision theory, rational deliberation, the metaphysics of logical atomism, causality, and Truth (via website)
** Ph.D. 1964 University of Pittsburgh
* '''Roger Sansom''', Ph.D. 2002 University of North Carolina (advisor: William G. Lycan)** | [httphttps://philosophy.tamu.edu/htmlpeople/bioroger-Sansom.html sansom/ Website], [http://philosophy.tamu.edu/documents/vitas/RSansomCV.pdf CV], | [http://philpapers.org/s/roger%20sansom PhilPapers]
** Specialties: Philosophy of biology, philosophy of science (via website)
** Ph.D. 2002 University of North Carolina
* '''James R. Griesemer''', Ph.D. 1983 University of Chicago (advisor: William Wimsatt, Conceptual Foundations of Science) ** Website | [http://philosophy.ucdavis.edu/people/jrgriese 1Website], | [httphttps://jrgriesemerucdavisphilpeople.wordpress.com 2], [http:org/profiles/philbiolab.net 3], [http://jrgriesemerucdavis.wordpress.com/resume/ CV], [http://philpapers.org/asearch.pl?categorizerOn=&sqc=&publishedOnly=&strict=1&freeOnly=&newWindow=on&sort=relevance&filterByAreas=&proOnly=on&langFilter=&searchStr=Griesemer%2C%20James%20R%2E&onlineOnly=&author=Griesemer%2C%20James%20R%2E&showCategories=on&hideAbstracts=&search_header=search_header%2Ehtml&filterMode=keywords& james-griesemer PhilPapers]
** Specialties: Evolutionary biology, genetics, developmental biology, ecology and systematics
** Willing to work with new students? YesPh.D. 1983 University of Chicago (Conceptual Foundations of Science)
* '''Roberta L. Millstein''', Ph.D. 1997 University of Minnesotta, Twin Cities (advisors: John Beatty and C. Kenneth Waters)** Website | [http://philosophy.ucdavis.edu/people/rlmillst 1], [http://rlm.net 2], [http://philbiolab.net 3], [http://home.comcast.net/~rmillstein1/cv.html CVWebsite], | [http://philpapers.org/profile/634 PhilPapers]
** Specialties: History and philosophy of evolutionary biology and ecology, causation, chance, environmental ethics
** Willing to work with new students? YesPh.D. 1997 University of Minnesotta, Twin Cities ----
=== University of California, Irvine (Logic and Philosophy of Science) ===
[http://www.lps.uci.edu/ Department Website]
** Specialties: Game and Decision Theory, Probability, Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Biology, Measurement Theory (via CV)
** Ph.D. 2006 Universität Salzburg
* '''Cailin O'Connor''', Ph.D. 2013 UC Irvine (advisors: P. Kyle Stanford, and Brian Skyrms, LPS)** | [http://uci.academia.edu/CailinOConnor Website], [http://uci.academia.edu/CailinOConnor/CurriculumVitae CV], | [http://philpapers.org/profile/34003 PhilPapers]
** Specialties: Philosophy of Biology, Philosophy of Science, Evolutionary Game Theory, Philosophy, Evolutionary Biology, Game Theory, Epistemology, Animal Behaviour, Social behavior in animals, Natural (Naturalised) Philosophy, Culture Evolution--Retardant/Accelerant of Genetic Evolution, Psychology, Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience, Philosophy of Cognitive Science, Developmental Biology, Epigenetics, Philosophy of perception, Animal Cognition, Visual Neuroscience, Kinds of Inheritance System: Genes, Cultures, Learning, Ambiguity, Vagueness, Peter Godfrey-Smith, Naturalized ethics, Bargaining, Experimental Economics, Cultural Evolution, Decision And Game Theory, Evolution of cooperation (Evolutionary Biology), and Social Epistemology (via academia.edu)
** Ph.D. 2013 UC Irvine (LPS)
* '''P. Kyle Stanford''', Ph.D. 1997 UC San Diego (advisor, Philip Kitcher, Philosophy/Science Studies) ** | [http://faculty.sites.uci.edu/pkylestanford/ Website], [http://faculty.sites.uci.edu/pkylestanford/curiculum-vitae/ CV], | [http://philpapers.org/s/p%20kyle%20stanford PhilPapers]
** Specialties: Centrally concerned with what we know and how we know it; philosophy of biology, the history of modern philosophy (especially the writings of Locke and Hume), and the philosophy of language (via website)
** Ph.D. 1997 UC San Diego (Philosophy/Science Studies)
* '''Brian Skyrms''', Ph.D. 1964 University of Pittsburgh (under direction of Nicholas Rescher) // 1/3 time appointment; at Stanford every Spring** | [http://faculty.sites.uci.edu/skyrms/ Website], [http://www.socsci.uci.edu/~bskyrms/cv.pdf CV], | [http://philpapers.org/s/Brian%20Skyrms PhilPapers]
** Specialties: Evolution of conventions and the social contract; inductive logic, decision theory, rational deliberation, the metaphysics of logical atomism, causality, and Truth (via website)
** Ph.D. 1964 University of Pittsburgh
* '''William Bechtel''', Ph.D. 1977 University of Chicago (advisors: Manley Thompson and Daniel Garber)** | [http://mechanism.ucsd.edu/~bill/ Website], | [http://philpapers.org/s/william%20bechtel PhilPapers]
** Specialties: Philosophy of the life sciences, including systems biology, cell and molecular biology, biochemistry, neuroscience, cognitive science, and mechanisms; chronobiology, which over the past twenty years which has revealed critical components and organization of the intercellular oscillators responsible for circadian behavior in mammals, insects, and plants, as well as their entrainment and sychronization, as a model science; interest is coupled with an interest in how neural systems generally "compute" via dynamic synchronization of endogenously active (oscillating) local populations of neurons (via website)
** Ph.D. 1977 University of Chicago
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=== University of California, Santa Cruz ===
[http://philosophy.ucsc.edu/ Department Website]
** Specialties: Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Biology (Genetics, Evolutionary Theory) (via website)
** Willing to work with new students? YesPh.D. 2003 Indiana University (HPS)----
=== University of Chicago (Conceptual and Historical Studies of Science) ===
[http://chss.uchicago.edu/ Department Website]
* '''Robert J. Richards''', Ph.D. St. Louis University, Ph.D. University of Chicago ** | [http://home.uchicago.edu/~rjr6/ Website], | [http://philpapers.org/profile/10691 PhilPapers]
** Specialties: history and philosophy of psychology and biology. This includes particular interest in evolutionary theory, biopsychology, ethology, and sociobiology (via website)
** Ph.D. St. Louis University
** Ph.D. 1978 University of Chicago
* '''William C. Wimsatt''', Ph.D. 1971 University of Pittsburgh (advisor: Joseph Lee Camp, Jr.)<ref>Source: [https://philosophyfamilytree.wikispaces.com/William+C.+Wimsatt https://philosophyfamilytree.wikispaces.com/William+C.+Wimsatt].</ref>** | [http://philosophy.uchicago.edu/faculty/wimsatt.html Website], [http://philosophy.uchicago.edu/faculty/files/wimsatt/WimsattCV.pdf CV], | [http://philpapers.org/s/william%20c%20wimsatt PhilPapers]
** Specialties: history and philosophy of biology, cultural evolution, evolutionary developmental biology, complex systems
** Ph.D. 1971 University of Pittsburgh
=== University of Cincinnati ===
[http://www.artsci.uc.edu/departments/philosophy.html Department Website]
** Specialties: neuroscience, ecological psychology, artificial life, dynamical systems and complex systems, cognitive science
** Willing to work with new students? YesPh.D. 1999 Indiana University (Philosophy and Cognitive Science)
* '''Valerie Hardcastle''', Ph.D. 1994 UC San Diego (advisor: Gerald Doppelt, Philosophy and Cognitive Science) ** | [http://www.artsci.uc.edu/departments/philosophy/fac_staff.html?eid=hardcave&thecomp=uceprof Website], | [http://philpapers.org/asearch.pl?strict=1&searchStr=Hardcastle,%20Valerie%20Gray&filterMode=authors PhilPapers]
** Specialties: neurobiology, neuropsychiatry and the law, embodied cognition
** Willing to work with new students? YesPh.D. 1994 UC San Diego (Philosophy and Cognitive Science)
* '''Koffi N. Maglo''', Ph.D. University of Burgundy ** | [http://www.artsci.uc.edu/departments/philosophy/fac_staff.html?eid=maglokn&thecomp=uceprof websiteWebsite], | [http://philpapers.org/s/Koffi%20N.%20Maglo PhilPapers]
** Specialties: philosophy of biomedicine, genomics and race, race-based medicine, bioethics
** Willing to work with new students? YesPh.D. 1998 University of Burgundy
* '''Thomas W. Polger''', Ph.D. 2000 Duke University (advisor: Owen Flanagan) ** Website | | [http://www.artsci.uc.edu/departments/philosophy/fac_staff.html?eid=polgertw&thecomp=uceprof 1], [http://homepages.uc.edu/~polgertw/_www/Home.html 2], [http://homepages.uc.edu/~polgertw/_www/CV.html CVWebsite], | [http://philpapers.org/profile/25881 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? YesPh.D. 2000 Duke University
* '''Angela Potochnik''', Ph.D. 2007 Stanford University (advisor: Michael Friedman)** Website | [http://www.artsci.uc.edu/departments/philosophy/fac_staff.html?eid=potochaa&thecomp=uceprof 1], [http://homepages.uc.edu/~potochaa/ 2], [http://homepages.uc.edu/~potochaa/cv.html CVWebsite], | [http://philpapers.org/profile/18436 PhilPapers]
** Specialties: methodology of population biology, behavioral ecology, explanation, idealization, socially engaged philosophy of science, logical empiricism
** Willing to work with new students? YesPh.D. 2007 Stanford University
* '''Robert C. Richardson''', Ph.D. 1977 University of Chicago ** | [http://www.artsci.uc.edu/departments/philosophy/fac_staff.html?eid=richards&thecomp=uceprof Website], | [http://philpapers.org/s/Robert%20C.%20Richardson PhilPapers]
** Specialties: evolutionary theory, developmental biology, cognitive science, theory change
** Willing to work with new students? YesPh.D. 1977 University of Chicago
* '''Robert A. Skipper, Jr.''', Ph.D. 2000 University of Maryland, College Park (advisor: Lindley Darden, Committee on the History and Philosophy of Science) ** Website | [http://www.artsci.uc.edu/departments/philosophy/fac_staff.html?eid=skippera&thecomp=uceprof 1], [http://www.robertskipper.net/ 2Website], | [http://philpapers.org/s/robert%20a%20skipper PhilPapers]
** Specialties: history of evolutionary genetics, evolutionary genetics, obesity science, controversies, explanation, socially engaged philosophy of science
** Willing to work with new students? YesPh.D. 2000 University of Maryland, College Park (Committee on the History and Philosophy of Science) ----
=== University of Kansas ===
[http://www.philosophy.ku.edu/ Department Website]
** Specialties: How and when evolutionary theory can be used to illuminate issues that are not obviously evolutionary biological (especially ones in psychology, social science, and philosophy); and how and when theories from psychology, social science, and philosophy can be used to illuminate evolutionary biological issues (via website)
** Ph.D. 2010 University of Wisconsin-Madison
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=== University of Maryland, College Park ===
[http://www.philosophy.umd.edu/ Department Website]
** Specialties: Reasoning in scientific change; development of scientific knowledge as progressing through iterative cycles of construction, evaluation, and revision of hypotheses; conceptual aspects of discovery of biological mechanisms from the nineteenth through the twenty-first century, such as evolutionary and genetic mechanisms (via websites)
** Ph.D. 1974 University of Chicago (Conceptual Foundations of Science)
* '''Alan C. Love''', Ph.D. 2005 University of Pittsburgh (advisor: James Lennox, HPS) ** Website [http://www.philosophy.umn.edu/people/FacultyProfile.php?UID=aclove 1], | [https://sitescla.google.com/a/umn.edu/acloveabout/home 2], [https:directory//sites.google.com/a/umn.eduprofile/aclove/cv CVWebsite], | [http://philpapers.org/s/alan%20love 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? YesPh.D. 2005 University of Pittsburgh (HPS)
* '''William C. Wimsatt''', ((part-time appointment, Fall semesters)) Ph.D. 1971 University of Pittsburgh (advisor: Joseph Lee Camp, Jr.)** | [httphttps://www.philosophycla.umn.edu/peopleabout/directory/profile/FacultyProfile.php?UID=wwim Website], | [http://philpapers.org/s/william%20c%20wimsatt PhilPapers]
** Specialties: history and philosophy of biology, cultural evolution, evolutionary developmental biology, complex systems
** Willing to work with new students? Yes
** Ph.D. 1971 University of Pittsburgh
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=== University of Missouri ===
[https://philosophy.missouri.edu/ Department Website]
** Specialties: Philosophy of science, philosophy of biology, fitness, causation (via website)
** Ph.D. 1997 University of Arizona
* '''Andrew Melnyk''' | [https://philosophy.missouri.edu/people/melnyk Website]
** Specialties: scientific metaphysics, inter-level relations, physicalism, naturalism, reduction, supervenience, realization
** Ph.D. 1991 Oxford University
* '''Paul Weirich''' | [https://philosophy.missouri.edu/people/weirich Website]
** Specialties: Decision theory and game theory
** Ph.D. 1977 UCLA
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=== University of Oregon ===
[https://philosophy.uoregon.edu Department Website]
* '''Nicolae Morar''' | [https://philosophy.uoregon.edu/profile/nmorar/ Website] | [https://philpeople.org/profiles/nicolae-morar PhilPapers]
** Specialties: Applied Ethics, Philosophy of Biology, 20th Continental Philosophy
** Ph.D. 2005 Purdue University
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=== University of Pennsylvania ===
[http://philosophy.sas.upenn.edu/ Department Website]
** Specialties: evolutionary game theory, evolution of social norms
** Ph.D. 1984 Cambridge University
* '''Karen Detlefsen''', Ph.D. 2001 University of Toronto (advisor: Andre Gombay)** | [http://philosophy.sas.upenn.edu/facultypeople/karen-detlefsen Website], [http://philosophy.sas.upenn.edu/sites/www.phil.upenn.edu/files/Detlefsen%20CV.pdf CV], | [http://philpapers.org/profile/10967 PhilPapers]
** Specialties: history of philosophy of biology
** Ph.D. 2001 University of Toronto
* '''Gary Hatfield''', Ph.D. 1979 University of Wisconsin-Madison ** | [httpshttp://philosophy.sas.upenn.edu/facultypeople/gary-hatfield Website], [http://www.sas.upenn.edu/~hatfield/vita14nr.pdf CV], | [http://philpapers.org/profile/63802 PhilPapers]
** Specialties: history of philosophy of biology, perception, neuroscience and psychology
** Ph.D. 1979 University of Wisconsin-Madison
* '''Quayshawn Spencer''', Ph.D. 2009 Stanford University (advisor: Michael Friedman)** Website | [http://philosophy.sas.upenn.edu/biopeople/quayshawn-spencer 1], [https://sites.google.com/site/qnjspencer/ 2], [https://sites.google.com/site/qnjspencer/curriculum-vitae CVWebsite], | [http://philpapers.org/profile/6707 PhilPapers]
** Specialties: population genetics, phylogenetics, biology and race
** Ph.D. 2009 Stanford University
* '''Michael Weisberg''', Ph.D. 2003 Stanford University (advisor: Peter Godfrey-Smith)** Website | [http://philosophy.sas.upenn.edu/facultypeople/michael-weisberg 1], [http://www.phil.upenn.edu/~weisberg/Homepage/Home.html 2], [http://www.phil.upenn.edu/~weisberg/Homepage/CV.html CVWebsite], | [http://philpapers.org/profile/81 PhilPapers]
** Specialties: tradeoffs and Idealization in modeling, agent-based models in evolution and ecology, origin of life, biology and race
** Ph.D. 2003 Stanford University
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=== University of Pittsburgh (History and Philosophy of Science) ===
[http://www.hps.pitt.edu/ Department Website]
* '''Mazviita Chirimuuta''', Ph.D. 2004 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)
** Ph.D. 2004 University of Cambridge
* '''James G. Lennox''', Ph.D. 1978 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)
** Ph.D. 1978 University of Toronoto
* '''Peter Machamer''', Ph.D. 1972 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.
** Ph.D. 1972 University of Chicago
* '''Edouard Machery''', Ph.D. 2004 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)
** Ph.D. 2004 Université Paris-Sorbonne
* '''Sandra Mitchell''', Ph.D. 1987 University of Pittsburgh (advisor: Peter Machamer, HPS) ** Website | [http://www.hps.pitt.edu/profile/mitchell.php 1], [http://www.pitt.edu/~smitchel/ 2Website], | [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)
** Ph.D. 1987 University of Pittsburgh (HPS)
* '''Kenneth F. Schaffner''', Ph.D. 1967 Columbia University, M.D. University of Pittsburgh ** Website | [http://www.hps.pitt.edu/profile/schaffner.php 1], [http://www.pitt.edu/~kfs/ 2Website], | [http://philpapers.org/profile/32313 PhilPapers]
** Specialties: Human behavioral and psychiatric genetics (via website)
** M.D. University of Pittsburgh
** Ph.D. 1967 Columbia University
* '''James Woodward''', Ph.D. 1977 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)
** Ph.D. 1977 University of Texas at Austin
=== University of Rochester ===[http://www.sas.rochester.edu/phl/ Department Website] *'''Hayley Clatterbuck''' | [http://www.utexassas.rochester.edu/colaphl/deptspeople/philosophyfaculty/clatterbuck_hayley/index.php | Department html Website] | [https://philpeople.org/profiles/hayley-clatterbuck PhilPapers]** Specialties: Philosophy of Science, particularly philosophy of biology and cognitive science (via website)** Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison *'''William J. FitzPatrick''' | [http://philbiowww.netsas.rochester.edu/docsphl/apa-texaspeople/faculty/fitzpatrick_william/index.pdf html Website] | Entry in APA Guide[https://philpapers.org/asearch.pl?strict=1&searchStr=FitzPatrick,%20William%20J.&filterMode=authors PhilPapers]** Specialties:Metaethics; Normative Ethics; Bioethics; Philosophy of Biology (via website)** Ph.D. 1995 UCLA ---- === University of South Florida ===[http://philosophy.usf.edu Department Website] *'''Richard Manning''' | [http://philosophy.usf.edu/faculty/rmanning/ Website] | [https://philpeople.org/profiles/richard-manning PhilPapers]** Specialties: Spinoza, Kant, Davidson, McDowell, Rorty, epistemology, philosophy of language, philosophy of biology and aesthetics (via website)** Ph.D. 1992 Northwestern ---- === University of Texas at Austin| | Additional Program Information]] <nowiki>===[<http:/nowiki>no<nowiki>]</nowiki>www.utexas.edu/cola/depts/philosophy/index.php Department Website]
* '''Sahotra Sarkar''', Ph.D. 1989 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)
** Ph.D. 1989 University of Chicago
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=== University of Utah ===
[http://philosophy.utah.edu/ Department Website]
* '''Stephen M. Downes''', Ph.D. 1990 Virginia Tech (advisor: Steve Fuller, 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)
** Ph.D. 1990 Virginia Tech (STS)
* '''Melinda B. Fagan''', Ph.D. 2007 Indiana University (advisor: Elisabeth Lloyd, 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)
** Ph.D. 2007 Indiana University (HPS)
* '''Matt Haber''', Ph.D. 2005 UC Davis (advisor: James R. Griesemer, Philosophy, Population Biology Affiliate) ** | [http://philosophy.utah.edu/profile.php?unid=u0533545 Website], [http://155.97.32.9/~mhaber/Documents/HaberCV.pdf CV], | [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)
** Ph.D. 2005 UC Davis (Philosophy, Population Biology Affiliate)
* '''James Tabery''', Ph.D. 2007 University of Pittsburgh (advisors: Sandra Mitchell and Paul Griffiths, 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)
** Ph.D. 2007 University of Pittsburgh (HPS)
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=== University of Virginia ===
[http://philosophy.virginia.edu Department Website]
* '''Erin Eaker''' | [http://college.as.virginia.edu/people/ele3a Website]
** Specialties: Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Biology, Environmental Philosophy
** Ph.D. UCLA
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=== University of Wisconsin-Madison ===
[http://philosophy.wisc.edu Department Website]
** Specialties: Rational choice theory, game theory, the concept of measurement and health
** Ph.D. 1978 Columbia University
* '''Elliott Sober''', Ph.D. 1974 Harvard University (advisor: Hilary Putnam) ** | [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
** Ph.D. 1974 Harvard University
* '''Russ Shafer-Landau''', Ph.D. 1992 University of Arizona (advisor: Joel Feinberg)** | [https://sites.google.com/site/shaferlandau/home/ Website], | [http://philpapers.org/profile/11264 PhilPapers]
** Specialties: Evolutionary debunking arguments targeting morality
** Ph.D. 1992 University of Arizona
* '''Lawrence Shapiro''', Ph.D. 1992 University of Pennsylvania (advisor: Gary Hatfield)** [http://tinyurl.com/lshapiro911/ Website], | [https://98f1df6db412fd4b5fc4e0a167614b3625951f4ephilosophy.googledrivewisc.comedu/hoststaff/0ByplJHTNjxCFLTVMcERmSlhqQVUshapiro-lawrence/Index_files/ShapiroCV.pdf CVWebsite], | [http://philpapers.org/profile/6560 PhilPapers]
** Specialties: Philosophy of psychology and philosophy of mind; issues concerning multiple realization and embodied cognition (via website)
** Ph.D. 1992 University of Pennsylvania
* '''Michael Titelbaum''', Ph.D. 2008 UC Berkeley (advisor: Branden Fitelson)** | [https://sites.google.com/site/michaeltitelbaum/ Website], [https://86b944b3-a-62cb3a1a-s-sites.googlegroups.com/site/michaeltitelbaum/cv/TitelbaumCV.pdf?attachauth=ANoY7cpwfWynfFOJaXun4aaco2COcu2tiD9Hiv3koH9bQw1Ic0VBsNe5-iwzSwCoKtaKSr8gImpYQKq8DlxV1M2-Sn9MyoRkJQYROHCrOzKvLhiRJse4z835aQsGYd79p6pgVCI_wYfi5rc2xoYBp7R12_1J2YPPSxkDPj7gwR8kCXyRNnSbKDJcPIZLdOdRG2BVrWK5Uehm4rC-kZ_8hMYFGz-z9rClEveqlhEU2HVy94k2dmIj37I%3D&attredirects=0 CV], | [http://philpapers.org/profile/55 PhilPapers]
** Specialties: Bayesian epistemology
** Ph.D. 2008 UC Berkeley
* '''Carl F. Craver''', Ph.D. 1998 University of Pittsburgh (advisor: Peter Machamer)** Website | [https://philosophy.artsci.wustl.edu/people/Carl_Craver 1], [https://pages.wustl.edu/cfcraver 2Website], | [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? YesPh.D. 1998 University of Pittsburgh
* '''Dennis DesChene''', Ph.D. Stanford University ** | [http://www.goclenius.net/ Website], [http://artsci.wustl.edu/~ddeschen/CV/ddcv20090127.html CV], | [http://philpapers.org/profile/1666 PhilPapers]** Ph.D. 1987 Stanford University
* '''Ron Mallon''', Ph.D. 1987 Rutgers University (advisor: Stephen Stich)** | [https://pages.wustl.edu/ronmallon Website], | [http://philpapers.org/profile/22023 PhilPapers]
** Specialties: Race, social construction, moral psychology, experimental philosophy
** Ph.D. 2000 Rutgers University
* '''Anya Plutynski''', Ph.D. 2002 University of Pennsylvania (advisor: Gary Hatfield)** | [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? YesPh.D. 2002 University of Pennsylvania
== M.A. Programs ==
=== Concordia University, Montreal ===
[http://www.concordia.ca/artsci/philosophy.html Department Website]
** Specialties: Philosophy of biology, value theory, philosophy of psychology, general philosophy of science, and 17th and 18th century philosophy
** Ph.D. 2010 University of Wisconsin-Madison
* <strong>'''David Morris</strong>, Ph.D. 1997 University of Toronto** ''' | [http://www.concordia.ca/artsci/philosophy/faculty.html?fpid=david-morris Website], | [httphttps://philpapersphilpeople.org/sprofiles/David%20morris david-morris PhilPapers]
** Specialties: Phenomenology (esp. Merleau-Ponty) with a focus on the philosophy of the body, mind and nature in relation to current biology and cognitive science (via website)
** Ph.D. 1997 University of Toronto
* <strong>Charles H. Pence</strong>, Ph.D. 2014 University of Notre Dame** '''Jonathan Kaplan''' | [http://wwwliberalarts.charlespenceoregonstate.netedu/ Website], [http:users//www.charlespence.net/pencejonathan-cv.pdf CVkaplan Website], [http://www.charlespence.net/products/ papers], | [http://philpapers.org/profile/2486 26141 PhilPapers]** Specialties: History and philosophy Philosophy of biologyBiology, foundations Philosophy of evolutionary theoryScience, chance and evolution, fitness, causation Political Philosophy (via website)** Willing to work with new students? YesPh.D. 1996 Stanford University
=== Tufts University ===
[http://ase.tufts.edu/philosophy/ Department Website]
=== University of North Carolina at Charlotte (Ethics & Applied Philosophy) ===
[http://philosophy.uncc.edu/ Department Website]
** Specialties: History and philosophy of biology, focusing on how research in experimental biology, ecology, and paleobiology, suitably understood, can help answer broader questions about the relative importance of different causal factors in evolutionary history (via website)
** Ph.D. 2010 University of Chicago (Committee on Conceptual and Historical Studies of Science)
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=== University of Victoria ===
[http://www.uvic.ca/humanities/philosophy/ Department Website]
=== Virginia Tech ===
[http://www.phil.vt.edu Department Website]
** Specialties: Philosophy of Biology, Philosophy of Physics, General Philosophy of Science, Biophysics
** Willing to work with new students? YesPh.D. 2010 Carnegie Mellon University (Logic, Computation, and Methodology)
* <strong>'''Richard M. Burian</strong>, Ph.D. 1971 University of Pittsburgh** [http://www.phil.vt.edu/Burian/index.html Website], [http://www.phil.vt.edu/Burian/CV.html CV], (Emeritus)''' | [http://philpapers.org/s/Richard%20M.%20Burian PhilPapers]
** Specialties: Philosophy of Biology, History of Philosophy of Biology, History of Philosophy of Science, Science Studies
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