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Philosophy of Biology Graduate Programs</div>
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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. All content on this site is available under a [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License]. Find us on [https://www.facebook.com/philwiki.net Facebook].
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:: - Thesis: [http://www.worldcat.org/title/a-theory-of-conceptual-advance-explaining-conceptual-change-in-evolutionary-molecular-and-evolutionary-developmental-biology/oclc/539498238&referer=brief_results A Theory of Conceptual Advance: Explaining Conceptual Change in Evolutionary, Molecular, and Evolutionary Developmental Biology]
:: - Advisors: Anil Gupta and Paul Griffiths
 
* '''Robert A. Wilson''' | [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
** Ph.D. 1992 Cornell University (with Cognitive Studies minor)
:: - Thesis: [http://www.worldcat.org/title/individualism-psychological-explanation-and-mental-representation/oclc/63527249&referer=brief_results Individualism, psychological explanation, and mental representation]
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:: - Thesis: [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/6698407 Explanation and scientific inference]
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=== University of Western Ontario ===
[http://hiw.kuleuven.be/eng/ Department Website]
* '''Grant Ramsey''' | [http://www.theramseylab.org/ Website] | [http://www.theramseylab.org/ramsey-cv.pdf CV] | [http://philpapers.org/profile/54027 PhilPapers]
** Specialties: Philosophy of biology, fitness (via website)the conceptual foundations of evolutionary theory, the study of human and non-human animal behavior, the moral emotions, and the automated text mining of scientific literature.
** Ph.D. 2007 Duke University
:: - Thesis: [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/297444850 Culture From Infrahumans to Humans: Essays in the Philosophy of Biology]
=== Indiana University (History and Philosophy of Science) ===
[http://www.indiana.edu/~hpscdept/ Department Website] [http://philbio.net/docs/apa-indianaHPS.pdf | Entry in APA Guide]
 
* '''Colin Allen''' | [http://www.indiana.edu/~hpscdept/people/allen.shtml Website] | [http://pages.iu.edu/~colallen/cv.html CV] | [http://philpapers.org/profile/2956 PhilPapers]
** Specialties: Philosophy of biology and cognitive science, with particular interests in animal behavior and cognition (via website)
** Ph.D. 1989 UCLA
:: - Thesis: [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/20278164 Attributing intentional states to animals: philosophical issues arising in cognitive ethology]
:: - Advisor: Keith Donnellan
* '''Sander Gliboff''' | [http://www.indiana.edu/~hpscdept/people/gliboff.shtml Website] | [http://philpapers.org/s/sander%20gliboff PhilPapers]
** Willing to work with new students? Yes
** Ph.D. 2005 University of Pittsburgh (HPS)
:: - Thesis: [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/762106064 Co-option, homology, Explaining evolutionary innovation and novelty in the evolution : A historical and philosophical study of gene expression patterns in the sea urchin genus Heliocidarisbiological concepts]
:: - Advisor: James Lennox
=== University of Pittsburgh (History and Philosophy of Science) ===
[http://www.hps.pitt.edu/ Department Website] [http://philbio.net/docs/apa-pittsburghHPS.pdf | Entry in APA Guide]
 
* '''Colin Allen''' [http://colinallen.dnsalias.org Website] | [http://colinallen.dnsalias.org/CV CV] | [https://philpapers.org/profile/2956 PhilPapers]
** Specialties: Comparative Cognition, Computational HPS
** Ph.D. 1989 UCLA
:: - Thesis: [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/20278164 Attributing intentional states to animals : philosophical issues arising in cognitive ethology]
:: - Advisor: Keith Donnellan
* '''Mazviita Chirimuuta''' | [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]
== M.A. Programs ==
 
=== [http://www.cla.csulb.edu/departments/philosophy/ California State University Long Beach] ===
 
* <strong>Alex Klein</strong> // website [http://web.csulb.edu/~aklein/ 1], [https://philpapers.org/profile/36191 PhilPapers]
** Specialties: Pragmatism (esp. William James), Philosophy of Biology, History and Philosophy of Psychology, Logical Positivism, History of Science
** Ph.D. 2007 Indiana University HPS
* <strong>Cory Wright</strong> // website [https://philpapers.org/profile/6863 PhilPapers]
** Specialties: Philosophy of Science, Semantics (esp. Truth), History and Philosophy of Psychology, Philosophy of Neuroscience
** Ph.D. 2007 UC San Diego (Philosophy & Cognitive Science)
* <strong>Wayne Wright</strong> // website [http://www.mindstuff.net/ 1]
** Specialties: Vision Science (esp. Color Perception), Modeling, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Science
** Ph.D. 1999 Temple University
=== Concordia University, Montreal ===
=== University of Victoria ===
[http://www.uvic.ca/humanities/philosophy/ Department Website]
 
* '''Jacob Stegenga''' | [http://individual.utor,onto.ca/jstegenga/Site/Welcome.html Website] | [http://individual.utoronto.ca/jstegenga/Site/Welcome_files/Stegenga%20CV%2015%20Feb%2016.pdf CV] | [http://philpapers.org/profile/14143 PhilPapers]
** Specialties: Philosophy of science, in particular: methodology of medical research, philosophy of biology, and foundational topics in theoretical and practical reasoning
** Ph.D. 2011 UC San Diego
:: - Thesis: [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/730502265 Multimodal evidence]
:: - Advisor: Nancy Cartwright
* '''Scott Woodcock''' | [http://www.uvic.ca/humanities/philosophy/people/facultymembers/profiles/woodcock.php Website] | [http://web.uvic.ca/~woodcock/info/printCV.pdf CV] |
== Notes ==
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