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Philosophy of Biology Graduate Programs</div>

This wiki 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]. Questions, comments, ideas? Let [http://shamiller.net me] know at [mailto:shamiller@ucdavis.edu shamiller@ucdavis.edu].

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== Note to Prospective Graduate Students ==

The purpose of this wiki is to aid your search for philosophy of biology graduate programs that suit your tastes. It does so in two ways:

* By listing as many philosophy of biology graduate programs as possible.

* By making research into those programs more efficient and convenient by identifying the relevant philosophy of biology faculty and providing easy access to their bios, research interests, CVs, partial publication lists, etc.

However, while this site may be where your research into programs starts, it decidedly should not be where it ends. You need to dig around and do your due diligence—e.g., contact people within the programs<ref>This site is not in the business of giving prospective students advice—on how to select programs or anything else—but it can be very helpful and illuminating to contact graduate students currently enrolled in departments you are considering and asking if they would be willing to share their impressions of and experience in the programs. The worst that can happen is that they say 'no'. Of course, what they share must be taken with a grain of salt since everyone's experiences differ, and disgruntled students will paint a radically different picture than contented ones. For that reason, seeking out multiple sources can be worthwhile.</ref>—in order to put yourself in the best possible position to make an informed decision about where to apply. The [http://www.apaonline.org/ American Philosophical Association], for instance, provides a useful [http://c.ymcdn.com/sites/www.apaonline.org/resource/resmgr/Grad_guide/gg14_complete.pdf Guide to Graduate Programs] that is worth consulting. Good luck!

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== Download All Ph.D. Programs as PDF ==

This entire list of Ph.D. programs with strengths in philosophy of biology can be [http://philbio.net/docs/Phil-Bio-Grad-Programs.pdf '''downloaded''']. The text file that produced the PDF can be access on [https://gist.github.com/shamille/d477d28b81ae6858de06 GitHubGist].

== Ph.D. Programs (Australasia) ==

All programs reside in philosophy departments, unless otherwise specified.

=== Australian National University ===

: [http://philrsss.anu.edu.au/ | Department Website]

: [[Australian National University|| Additional Program Information]] <nowiki>[</nowiki>yes<nowiki>]</nowiki>

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* <strong>Kim Sterelny</strong> // [http://philrsss.anu.edu.au/profile/kim-sterelny website], [http://philpapers.org/s/kim%20sterelny PhilPapers]

** Specialties: Philosophy of Biology, Evolution, Philosophy of Psychology and Philosophy of Mind (via website)

=== Macquarie University ===

: [http://phil.mq.edu.au | Department Website]

: [[Macquarie University|| Additional Program Information]] <nowiki>[</nowiki>no<nowiki>]</nowiki>

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* <strong>Rachael Brown</strong> // website [http://rachaelbrown.net 1], [http://www.mq.edu.au/about_us/faculties_and_departments/faculty_of_arts/department_of_philosophy/staff/rachael_brown/ 2], [http://philpapers.org/profile/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)

* <strong>Karola Stotz</strong> // [http://paul.representinggenes.org/Stotz/ website], [http://philpapers.org/profile/74332 PhilPapers]

** Specialties: Evolutionary, developmental and molecular biology, psychobiology and cognition (via website)

=== University of Otago (New Zealand) ===

: [http://www.otago.ac.nz/philosophy/ | Department Website]

: [[University of Otago (New Zealand)|| Additional Program Information]] <nowiki>[</nowiki>no<nowiki>]</nowiki>

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* <strong>James Maclaurin</strong> // [http://www.otago.ac.nz/philosophy/Staff/james_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)

=== University of Sydney ===

: [http://sydney.edu.au/arts/philosophy/ | Department Website]

: [[University of Sydney|| Additional Program Information]] <nowiki>[</nowiki>no<nowiki>]</nowiki>

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* <strong>David Braddon-Mitchell</strong> // [http://sydney.edu.au/arts/philosophy/staff/profiles/dbm.braddon-mitchell.php website], [http://philpapers.org/profile/8599 PhilPapers]

** 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)

* <strong>Paul Griffiths</strong> // website [http://sydney.edu.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]

** Specialties: Causal foundations of biological information; evolutionary medicine; innateness and human nature; concept of the gene; developmental systems theory (via website)

=== Waikato University (New Zealand) ===

: [http://www.waikato.ac.nz/fass/study/subjects/philosophy | Department Website]

: [[Waikato University|| Additional Program Information]] <nowiki>[</nowiki>no<nowiki>]</nowiki>

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* <strong>Justine Kingsbury</strong> // [http://www.waikato.ac.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)

== Ph.D. Programs (Canada) ==

All programs reside in philosophy departments, unless otherwise specified.

=== University of Alberta ===

: [http://www.philosophy.ualberta.ca/ | Department Website]

: [http://philwiki.net/docs/apaGuide2014.pdf#page=203 | Entry in APA Guide to Graduate Programs in Philosophy]

: [[University of Alberta|| Additional Program Information]] <nowiki>[</nowiki>yes<nowiki>]</nowiki>

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* <strong>Ingo Brigandt</strong> // [http://www.ualberta.ca/~brigandt/ website], [http://www.ualberta.ca/~brigandt/Brigandt_CV.pdf CV], [http://philpapers.org/profile/637 PhilPapers]

** Specialties: Evolutionary developmental biology, molecular biology, systems biology, science and values

** Willing to work with new students? Yes

* <strong>Robert A. Wilson</strong> // [http://www.artsrn.ualberta.ca/raw/ website], [http://www.artsrn.ualberta.ca/raw/cvmar13.pdf CV], [http://philpapers.org/profile/1320 PhilPapers]

** 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

=== University of British Columbia ===

: [http://philosophy.ubc.ca/ | Department Website]

: [http://philwiki.net/docs/apaGuide2014.pdf#page=218 | Entry in APA Guide to Graduate Programs in Philosophy]

: [[University of British Columbia|| Additional Program Information]] <nowiki>[</nowiki>no<nowiki>]</nowiki>

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* <strong>John Beatty</strong> // website [http://philosophy.ubc.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]

** Specialties: Theoretical foundations, methodology, and socio-political dimensions of genetics and evolutionary biology (via website)

* <strong>Margaret Schabas</strong> // website [http://philosophy.ubc.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]

** Specialties: Overlap of biology and economics and the formation of bioeconomics (via website)

* <strong>Christopher Stephens</strong> // website [http://philosophy.ubc.ca/persons/chris-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]

** 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)

=== University of Calgary ===

: [http://phil.ucalgary.ca/ | Department Website]

: [http://philwiki.net/docs/apaGuide2014.pdf#page=221 | Entry in APA Guide to Graduate Programs in Philosophy]

: [[University of Calgary|| Additional Program Information]] <nowiki>[</nowiki>no<nowiki>]</nowiki>

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* <strong>Megan Delehanty</strong> // [http://phil.ucalgary.ca/philosophy/people/delehanty.html website], [http://philpapers.org/profile/10566 PhilPapers]

** Specialties: Models, explanation, causation (via PhilPapers entries)

* <strong>Marc Ereshefsky</strong> // website [http://phil.ucalgary.ca/philosophy/people/ereshefs.html 1], [http://people.ucalgary.ca/~ereshefs/ 2], [http://phil.ucalgary.ca/profiles/215-28363/marc-ereshefsky-cv.pdf CV], [http://philpapers.org/profile/10567 PhilPapers]

** Specialties: Species; Natural Kinds; Scientific Classification; Biological Individuality; Homology; Historicity; Microbiology (via website)

* <strong>C. Kenneth Waters</strong> // [http://phil.ucalgary.ca/profiles/c-kenneth-waters website], [https://apps.cla.umn.edu/directory/items/cv/295233.pdf CV], [http://philpapers.org/s/c.%20kenneth%20waters PhilPapers]

** Specialties: Causation, explanation, molecular biology, genetics, pluralism (via PhilPapers entries)

=== University of Toronto ===

: [http://www.philosophy.utoronto.ca/ | Department Website]

: [http://philwiki.net/docs/apaGuide2014.pdf#page=362 | Entry in APA Guide to Graduate Programs in Philosophy]

: [[University of Toronto|| Additional Program Information]] <nowiki>[</nowiki>no<nowiki>]</nowiki>

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* <strong>Ronald de Sousa</strong> (emeritus) // website [http://www.philosophy.utoronto.ca/directory/ronald-de-sousa/ 1], [http://homes.chass.utoronto.ca/~sousa/ 2], [http://philpapers.org/profile/14678 PhilPapers]

* <strong>Mohan Matthen</strong> // website [http://www.philosophy.utoronto.ca/directory/mohan-matthen/ 1], [http://individual.utoronto.ca/matthen/Site/Mohan_Matthen.html 2], [http://philpapers.org/profile/1544 PhilPapers]

** Specialties: Philosophy of mind, especially perception, philosophy of biology, natural selection (via PhilPapers profile)

* <strong>Paul Thompson</strong> // website [http://www.philosophy.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]

** Specialties: Evolutionary theory, population genetics, mathematical modelling in biology, theory structure in biology, philosophy of medicine, and ethics (via website)

* <strong>Denis Walsh</strong> // [http://www.philosophy.utoronto.ca/directory/denis-walsh/ website], [http://philpapers.org/s/denis%20walsh PhilPapers]

** Specialties: Models, mechanisms, fitness, causation (via PhilPapers entries)

=== University of Waterloo ===

: [https://uwaterloo.ca/philosophy/ | Department Website]

: [http://philwiki.net/docs/apaGuide2014.pdf#page=375 | Entry in APA Guide to Graduate Programs in Philosophy]

: [[University of Waterloo|| Additional Program Information]] <nowiki>[</nowiki>no<nowiki>]</nowiki>

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* <strong>Carla Fehr</strong> // website [https://uwaterloo.ca/philosophy/people-profiles/carla-fehr 1], [http://carlafehr.org/ 2], [http://carlafehr.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Carla_Fehr_Vita.pdf CV], [http://philpapers.org/profile/62046 PhilPapers]

** Specialties: Philosophy of biology, Feminist Epistemology and Philosophy of Science, Feminist Science Studies, Philosophy of Science, evolution (via website)

*<strong>Katie Plaisance</strong> // [https://uwaterloo.ca/knowledge-integration/faculty-plaisance website], [http://philpapers.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

* <strong>Paul Thagard</strong> // website [https://uwaterloo.ca/philosophy/people-profiles/paul-thagard 1], [http://watarts.uwaterloo.ca/~pthagard/Biographies/pault.html 2], [http://philpapers.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)

=== University of Western Ontario ===

: [http://www.uwo.ca/philosophy/ | Department Website]

: [http://philwiki.net/docs/apaGuide2014.pdf#page=378 | Entry in APA Guide to Graduate Programs in Philosophy]

: [[University of Western Ontario|| Additional Program Information]] <nowiki>[</nowiki>no<nowiki>]</nowiki>

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* <strong>Gillian Barker</strong> // [http://www.uwo.ca/philosophy/people/barker.html website], [http://philpapers.org/profile/4278 PhilPapers]

* <strong>Eric Desjardins</strong> // [http://www.uwo.ca/philosophy/people/desjardins.html website], [http://philpapers.org/s/eric%20Desjardins PhilPapers]

** Specialties: Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Biology, Environmental Philosophy and Bioethics (via website)

* <strong>Devin Henry</strong> // [http://www.uwo.ca/philosophy/people/henry.html website], [http://philpapers.org/profile/11238 PhilPapers]

** Specialties: Ancient Philosophy, History & Philosophy of Science (esp. Philosophy of Biology) (via website)

== Ph.D. Programs (United Kingdom) ==

All programs reside in philosophy departments, unless otherwise specified.

=== Birkbeck, University of London ===

:[http://www.bbk.ac.uk/philosophy/ | Department Website]

:[[Birkbeck, University of London|| Additional Program Information]] <nowiki>[</nowiki>no<nowiki>]</nowiki>

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* <strong>Robert Northcott</strong> // website [http://www.bbk.ac.uk/philosophy/our-staff/academics/dr-robert-northcott 1], [http://robertnorthcott.weebly.com/ 2], [http://philpapers.org/profile/2414 PhilPapers]

** 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)

=== University of Bristol ===

:[http://www.bristol.ac.uk/philosophy/ | Department Website]

:[[University of Bristol|| Additional Program Information]] <nowiki>[</nowiki>no<nowiki>]</nowiki>

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* <strong>Samir Okasha</strong> // [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? Yes

=== University of Cambridge (History and Philosophy of Science) ===

:[http://www.hps.cam.ac.uk | Department Website]

:[[University of Cambridge (History and Philosophy of Science)|| Additional Program Information]] <nowiki>[</nowiki>no<nowiki>]</nowiki>

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* <strong>Tim Lewens</strong> // [http://www.hps.cam.ac.uk/people/lewens/ website], [http://philpapers.org/s/tim%20lewens PhilPapers]

** Specialties: Philosophy of biology, philosophy of science, philosophical bioethics

=== University of Exeter (Sociology, Philosophy and Anthropology) ===

:[http://socialsciences.exeter.ac.uk/sociology/ | Department Website]

: [[University of Exeter (Sociology, Philosophy and Anthropology)|| Additional Program Information]] <nowiki>[</nowiki>no<nowiki>]</nowiki>

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* '''John Dupre''' // [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)

* <strong>Sabina Leonelli</strong> // [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)

* '''Staffan Muller-Wille''' // [http://socialsciences.exeter.ac.uk/sociology/staff/mueller-wille/ website], [http://philpapers.org/s/Staffan%20M%C3%BCller-Wille PhilPapers]

** Specialties: History and philosophy of systematics; history of heredity; history of race and kinship (via website)

=== King's College London ===

:[http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/philosophy/index.aspx | Department Website]

: [[King's College London|| Additional Program Information]] <nowiki>[</nowiki>no<nowiki>]</nowiki>

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* <strong>Matteo Mameli</strong> // [http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/philosophy/people/staff/academic/mameli/index.aspx website], [http://philpapers.org/profile/10088 PhilPapers]

* <strong>Nick Shea</strong> // [http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/philosophy/people/staff/academic/shea/index.aspx website], [http://philpapers.org/profile/24040 PhilPapers]

=== Lancaster University (Politics, Philosophy and Religion) ===

:[http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/fass/ppr/ | Department Website]

:[[Lancaster University (Politics, Philosophy and Religion)|| Additional Program Information]] <nowiki>[</nowiki>no<nowiki>]</nowiki>

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* <strong>Brian Garvey</strong> // [http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/fass/ppr/profiles/brian-garvey website], [http://philpapers.org/s/Brian%20Garvey PhilPapers]

=== University of Leeds ===

:[http://www.leeds.ac.uk/arts/info/20048/philosophy/ | Department Website]

:[[University of Leeds|| Additional Program Information]] <nowiki>[</nowiki>no<nowiki>]</nowiki>

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* <strong>Gregory Radick</strong> // website [http://www.leeds.ac.uk/arts/profile/20048/441/gregory_radick 1], [http://www.personal.leeds.ac.uk/~phlgmr/ 2], [http://philpapers.org/s/gregory%20radick PhilPapers]

=== London School of Economics (Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method) ===

:[http://www.lse.ac.uk/philosophy/home.uspx | Department Website]

:[[London School of Economics (Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method)|| Additional Program Information]] <nowiki>[</nowiki>no<nowiki>]</nowiki>

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* <strong>Jonathan Birch</strong> // [http://www.lse.ac.uk/philosophy/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

=== University College London (Science and Technology Studies) ===

:[http://www.ucl.ac.uk/sts | Department Website]

:[[University College London (Science and Technology Studies)|| Additional Program Information]] <nowiki>[</nowiki>no<nowiki>]</nowiki>

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* <strong>Phyllis Illari</strong> // [http://www.ucl.ac.uk/sts/staff/illari website], [http://philpapers.org/profile/18946 PhilPapers]

=== University of Oxford ===

:[http://www.ox.ac.uk/ | Department Website]

: [[University of Oxford|| Additional Program Information]] <nowiki>[</nowiki>no<nowiki>]</nowiki>

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* <strong>Ellen Clarke</strong> // website [http://www.all-souls.ox.ac.uk/people.php?personid=2114 1], , [https://sites.google.com/site/ellenlclarke/ 2], [http://philpapers.org/profile/19904 PhilPapers]

** Specialties: Biological Individuality, Evolutionary Transitions, evolution of cooperation, natural selection, Philosophy of biology, philosophy of science

== Ph.D. Programs (United States) ==

=== Boston University ===

:[http://www.bu.edu/philo/: Department Website]

: No Entry in APA Guide to Graduate Programs in Philosophy Available

:<nowiki>{</nowiki>[[Washington University in St. Louis|Wiki Program Page]]<nowiki>}</nowiki>

== M.A. Programs ==

=== [http://www.concordia.ca/artsci/philosophy.html Concordia University, Montreal] ===

<nowiki>{</nowiki>[[Concordia University, Montreal|Wiki Program Page]]<nowiki>}</nowiki>

* <strong>Matthew Barker</strong> // [http://www.concordia.ca/artsci/philosophy/faculty.html?fpid=matthew-barker website], [https://concordia.academia.edu/MattBarker/CurriculumVitae CV], [http://philpapers.org/s/Matthew%20J.%20Barker PhilPapers]

* <strong>David Morris</strong> // [http://www.concordia.ca/artsci/philosophy/faculty.html?fpid=david-morris website], [http://philpapers.org/s/David%20morris PhilPapers]

=== [http://uiswcmsweb.prod.lsu.edu/hss/prs/# Louisiana State University] ===

<nowiki>{</nowiki>[[Louisiana State University|Wiki Program Page]]<nowiki>}</nowiki>

* <strong>Charles H. Pence</strong> // [http://www.charlespence.net/ website], [http://www.charlespence.net/pence-cv.pdf CV], [http://www.charlespence.net/products/ papers], [http://philpapers.org/profile/2486 PhilPapers]

** Specialties: History and philosophy of biology, foundations of evolutionary theory, chance and evolution, fitness, causation

** Willing to work with new students? Yes

=== [http://liberalarts.oregonstate.edu/shpr/philosophy Oregon State University] ===

<nowiki>{</nowiki>[[Oregon State University|Wiki Program Page]]<nowiki>}</nowiki>

* <strong>Jonathan Kaplan</strong> // website [http://liberalarts.oregonstate.edu/users/jonathan-kaplan 1], [http://people.oregonstate.edu/~kaplanj/ 2], [http://people.oregonstate.edu/~kaplanj/CV.pdf CV], [http://philpapers.org/profile/26141 PhilPapers]

=== [http://ase.tufts.edu/philosophy/ Tufts University] ===

<nowiki>{</nowiki>[[Tufts University|Wiki Program Page]]<nowiki>}</nowiki>

* <strong>Patrick Forber</strong> // website [http://ase.tufts.edu/philosophy/faculty/forber.asp 1], [http://pforber.squarespace.com 2], [http://ase.tufts.edu/philosophy/documents/cvForber.pdf CV], [http://philpapers.org/s/Patrick%20Forber PhilPapers]

=== [http://philosophy.uncc.edu// University of North Carolina at Charlotte (Ethics & Applied Philosophy)] ===

<nowiki>{</nowiki>[[University of North Carolina at Charlotte (Ethics & Applied Philosophy)|Wiki Program Page]]<nowiki>}</nowiki>

* <strong>Trevor Pearce</strong> // [http://www.trevorpearce.co/ website], [http://www.trevorpearce.co/PearceCV.pdf CV], [http://philpapers.org/profile/26703 PhilPapers]

=== [http://www.phil.vt.edu Virginia Tech] ===

<nowiki>{</nowiki>[[Virginia Tech|Wiki Program Page]]<nowiki>}</nowiki>

* <strong>Benjamin Jantzen</strong> // website [http://www.phil.vt.edu/jantzen/jantzen.html 1], [http://www.ratiocination.org 2], [http://www.ratiocination.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/CV20140731.pdf CV], [http://philpapers.org/profile/33932 PhilPapers]

** Specialties: Philosophy of Biology, Philosophy of Physics, General Philosophy of Science, Biophysics

** Willing to work with new students? Yes

* <strong>Richard M. Burian</strong> // [http://www.phil.vt.edu/Burian/index.html website], [http://philpapers.org/s/Richard%20M.%20Burian PhilPapers]

** Specialties: Philosophy of Biology, History of Philosophy of Biology, History of Philosophy of Science, Science Studies

** Willing to work with new students? Possibly; write to ask.

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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 labelled 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.

A [[Longer Version|longer version]] of these guidelines is available.

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== How to Contribute ==

<strong>This is a wiki, so anyone can contribute</strong>. No account is needed—though you are encouraged to create one—and all changes can be rolled back, so edit with a free hand.

'''Making Edits'''

You can make edits in one of two ways: by clicking 'Edit', which enables [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WYSIWYG WYSIWYG] (or visual) editing, ala a wordprocessor. Alternately, you can click 'Edit source', which allows you to edit the wiki markup in plaintext. Use whichever method you prefer. '''It takes a little longer to open the editing window in visual mode''' because the server has to translate wiki markup to html on the fly. So be patient. If things are too sluggish, you can switch over to 'Edit source'.

Wiki [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting formatting/markup] is very straightforward, and all you need to do is mimic the current entries since formatting is standardized.

If programs or faculty have been overlooked—which is assuredly the case—you are encouraged to add them, even if you are not a member of that department. Also, information will date rapidly, so by all means help keep things up to date.

'''Wiki Program Pages'''

Every program listed also has a separate Wiki Program Page where additional information can be provided to prospective students. While the style and format of this main page should be kept consistent, individual Wiki Program Pages can take any form whatsoever. To edit one of these pages, simply follow the Wiki Program Page link underneath the department listing of interest and edit that page.

The following programs have added considerably to their Wiki Program Pages. Feel free to mimic them.

* [[University_of_California,_Davis#.VLbPZh-c200|University of California, Davis]]

* [[University_of_Cincinnati#.VLbP4x-c200|University of Cincinnati]]

* [[University_of_Minnesota,_Twin_Cities#.VLbQHB-c200|University of Minnesota, Twin Cities]]

* [[University_of_Pennsylvania#.VLbQNR-c200|University of Pennsylvania]]

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== Browse Programs by Category ==

Below are two ways to browse programs by category. The first sorts all programs by number of philosophy of biology faculty. The second sorts U.S. programs by state.

You can find a listing of Australasian and Canadian programs by specialty on [[Austalasian and Canadian Programs by Specialty|this page]]. Once that list includes programs from other parts of the world, they will be incorporated. As always, prospective students should fact-check the faculty numbers listed because academics change jobs frequently. (Note: 'P' stands for Page.)

{| class="wikitable" border="1"

|- valign="top"

|- padding="10"

! width="100%" | All Ph.D. Programs by Number of Faculty

|- valign="top"

| <categorytree showcount=on depth=0 mode=pages>1 Faculty Member</categorytree>

<categorytree showcount=on depth=0 mode=pages>2 Faculty Members</categorytree>

<categorytree showcount=on depth=0 mode=pages>3 Faculty Members</categorytree>

<categorytree showcount=on depth=0 mode=pages>4 Faculty Members</categorytree>

<categorytree showcount=on depth=0 mode=pages>5 Faculty Members</categorytree>

<categorytree showcount=on depth=0 mode=pages>6+ Faculty Members</categorytree>

{| class="wikitable" border="1"

|- valign="top"

|- padding="10"

! width="100%"| U.S. Ph.D. Programs by State

|- valign="top"

| <categorytree showcount=on depth=0 mode=pages>Arizona</categorytree>

<categorytree showcount=on depth=0 mode=pages>California</categorytree>

<categorytree showcount=on depth=0 mode=pages>Florida</categorytree>

<categorytree showcount=on depth=0 mode=pages>Illinois</categorytree>

<categorytree showcount=on depth=0 mode=pages>Indiana</categorytree>

<categorytree showcount=on depth=0 mode=pages>Kansas</categorytree>

<categorytree showcount=on depth=0 mode=pages>Maryland</categorytree>

<categorytree showcount=on depth=0 mode=pages>Massachusetts</categorytree>

<categorytree showcount=on depth=0 mode=pages>Michigan</categorytree>

<categorytree showcount=on depth=0 mode=pages>Minnesota</categorytree>

<categorytree showcount=on depth=0 mode=pages>North Carolina</categorytree>

<categorytree showcount=on depth=0 mode=pages>Pennsylvania</categorytree>

<categorytree showcount=on depth=0 mode=pages>Texas</categorytree>

<categorytree showcount=on depth=0 mode=pages>Wisconsin</categorytree>

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== Notes ==

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