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I like what you guys tend == Note to be up too. Such clever work and coverage! Keep up the very good works guys I've incorporated you guys Prospective Graduate Students ==The purpose of this wiki is to my personal blogrollaid your search for philosophy of biology graduate programs that suit your tastes. edabadaggekgdgddIt does so by:
Hello!* Listing as many philosophy of biology graduate programs as possible.* 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.
HelloHowever, 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. Good luck!
Hello!== 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. A [[Longer Version|longer version]] of these guidelines is available. == 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> * '''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)** Ph.D. 1977 University of Sydney :: - Thesis: [http://www.worldcat.org/title/problems-in-syntactic-theory-a-study-in-semantics-and-variation-theory/oclc/220775495&referer=brief_results Problems in syntactic theory: a study in semantics and variation theory]:: - Advisor: Bill Bonney<ref>Source: [https://philosophyfamilytree.wikispaces.com/Kim+Sterelny philosophyfamilytree.wikispaces.com].</ref> ---- === Macquarie University ===[http://phil.mq.edu.au Department Website] * '''Rachael Brown''' | [http://rachaelbrown.net Website] | [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)** Ph.D. 2013 Australian National University:: - Thesis: Understanding Behavioural Innovation, Novelty and Evolvability:: - Advisor: Kim Sterelny * '''Karola Stotz''' | [http://paul.representinggenes.org/Stotz/ Website] | [http://philpapers.org/profile/74332 PhilPapers]** Specialties: Evolutionary, developmental and molecular biology, psychobiology and cognition (via website)** Ph.D. 1999 University of Ghent :: - Advisor: Gertrudis Van de Vijver ---- === University of Otago (New Zealand) ===[http://www.otago.ac.nz/philosophy/ Department Website] * '''James Maclaurin''' | [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)** Ph.D. 1998 Australian National University:: - Thesis: [http://www.worldcat.org/title/metaphysics-of-biodiversity/oclc/223026435&referer=brief_results The Metaphysics of Biodiversity]:: - Advisor: Kim Sterelny<ref>Source: [https://philosophyfamilytree.wikispaces.com/Kim+Sterelny philosophyfamilytree.wikispaces.com].</ref> ---- === University of Sydney ===[http://sydney.edu.au/arts/philosophy/ Department Website] * '''David Braddon-Mitchell''' | [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)** Ph.D. 1988 Australian National University:: - Thesis: [http://www.worldcat.org/title/explanation-a-causally-constrained-pragmatic-account/oclc/56637961&referer=brief_results Explanation: A Causally Constrained Pragmatic Account]:: - Advisors: J.J.C. Smart and Philip Pettit<ref>Source: [https://philosophyfamilytree.wikispaces.com/David+Braddon-Mitchell philosophyfamilytree.wikispaces.com].</ref> * '''Paul Griffiths''' | [http://sydney.edu.au/arts/philosophy/staff/profiles/paul.griffiths.php Website] | [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)** Ph.D. 1989 Australian National University:: - Thesis: [http://www.worldcat.org/title/emotion-evolution/oclc/222188431&referer=brief_results Emotion and Evolution]:: - Advisor: Kim Sterelny<ref>Source: [https://philosophyfamilytree.wikispaces.com/Kim+Sterelny philosophyfamilytree.wikispaces.com].</ref> ---- === Waikato University (New Zealand) ===[http://www.waikato.ac.nz/fass/study/subjects/philosophy Department Website] * '''Justine Kingsbury''' | [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. 1999 Rutgers University:: - Thesis: [http://www.worldcat.org/title/content-and-function-a-defense-of-millikanian-teleosemantics/oclc/84451777&referer=brief_results Content and function: a defense of Millikanian teleosemantics]:: - Advisor: Frances Egan == Ph.D. Programs (Canada) ==All programs reside in philosophy departments, unless otherwise specified. === University of Alberta ===[http://www.philosophy.ualberta.ca/ Department Website] [http://philbio.net/docs/apa-alberta.pdf | Entry in APA Guide] [[University of Alberta|| Additional Program Information]] * '''Ingo Brigandt''' | [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** Ph.D. 2006 University of Pittsburgh (HPS):: - 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 ---- === University of British Columbia ===[http://philosophy.ubc.ca/ Department Website] [http://philbio.net/docs/apa-britishColumbia.pdf | Entry in APA Guide] * '''John Beatty''' | [http://philosophy.ubc.ca/persons/john-beatty/ Website] | [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)** Ph.D. 1979 Indiana University (HPS):: - Thesis: [http://www.worldcat.org/title/traditional-and-semantic-accounts-of-evolutionary-theory/oclc/5140384&referer=brief_results Traditional and semantic accounts of evolutionary theory]:: - Advisor: Ronald Giere<ref>Source: [https://philosophyfamilytree.wikispaces.com/John+Beatty philosophyfamilytree.wikispaces.com].</ref> * '''Margaret Schabas''' | [http://philosophy.ubc.ca/persons/margaret-schabas/ Website] | [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)** Ph.D. 1983 University of Toronoto:: - Thesis: [http://www.worldcat.org/title/william-stanley-jevons-and-the-emergence-of-mathematical-economics-in-britain/oclc/16029612&referer=brief_results William Stanley Jevons and the emergence of mathematical economics in Britain]:: - Advisor: Trevor Levere * '''Christopher Stephens''' | [http://faculty.arts.ubc.ca/cstephens/Chris_Stephens_Website/Home_Page.html Website], [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)** Ph.D. 2000 University of Wisconsin-Madison:: - Thesis: [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/615262216 Why be rational?: Prudence, rational belief, and evolution]:: - Advisor: Elliott Sober ---- === University of Calgary ===[http://phil.ucalgary.ca/ Department Website] [http://philbio.net/docs/apa-calgary.pdf | Entry in APA Guide] * '''Megan Delehanty''' | [http://phil.ucalgary.ca/manageprofile/profiles/megan-delehanty Website] | [http://philpapers.org/profile/10566 PhilPapers]** Specialties: Models, explanation, causation (via PhilPapers entries)** Ph.D. 2005 University of Pittsburgh (HPS):: - Thesis: Empiricism and the Epistemic Status of Imaging Technologies:: - Advisor: Sandra Mitchell * '''Marc Ereshefsky''' | [http://phil.ucalgary.ca/philosophy/people/ereshefs.html Website] | [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)** Ph.D. 1988 University of Wisconsin-Madison:: - Thesis: [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/18680626 The ontological status of species : a study of individuality and its role in evolutionary theory]:: - Advisor: Elliott Sober * '''C. Kenneth Waters''' | [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)** Ph.D. 1985 Indiana University (HPS):: - Thesis: [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/15234352 Models of natural selection: From Darwin Dawkins]:: - Advisor: Ronald Giere<ref>Source: [https://philosophyfamilytree.wikispaces.com/C.+Kenneth+Waters philosophyfamilytree.wikispaces.com].</ref> ---- === University of Toronto ===[http://www.philosophy.utoronto.ca/ Department Website] [http://philbio.net/docs/apa-toronto.pdf | Entry in APA Guide] * '''Ronald de Sousa''' (emeritus) | [http://homes.chass.utoronto.ca/~sousa/ Website] | [http://philpapers.org/profile/14678 PhilPapers] ** Ph.D. 1966 Princeton:: - Thesis: [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/82745527 Categories, translation, and linguistic theory]:: - Advisor: Paul Benacerraf * '''Mohan Matthen''' | [http://individual.utoronto.ca/matthen/Site/Mohan_Matthen.html Website] | [http://philpapers.org/profile/1544 PhilPapers]** Specialties: Philosophy of mind, especially perception, philosophy of biology, natural selection (via PhilPapers profile)** Ph.D. 1976 Stanford University:: - Thesis: [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/77726424 Essentialism and non-contradiction: a study in Aristotelian and contemporary metaphysics]:: - Advisor: Julius Moravcsik<ref>Source: [https://philosophyfamilytree.wikispaces.com/Mohan+Matthen philosophyfamilytree.wikispaces.com].</ref> * '''Paul Thompson''' | [http://www.philosophy.utoronto.ca/directory/paul-thompson/ Website] | [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)** Ph.D. 1979 University of Toronto:: - Thesis: [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/224916200 Genetic explanation schemes in biology] * '''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)** Ph.D. 1988 McGill University (Biology):: - Thesis: [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/721247033 Systematics of the caecilians (Amphibia: Gymnophiona)] :: - Advisor: R. L. Carroll ---- === University of Waterloo ===[https://uwaterloo.ca/philosophy/ Department Website] [http://philbio.net/docs/apa-waterloo.pdf | Entry in APA Guide] * '''Carla Fehr''' | [https://uwaterloo.ca/philosophy/people-profiles/carla-fehr Website] | [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)** Ph.D. 1999 Duke University:: - Thesis: [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/42826486 A natural history of the evolution of sexual reproduction: the virtues of explanatory pluralism]:: - Advisor: Robert Brandon * '''Katie Plaisance''' | [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** Ph.D. 2006 University of Minnesota:: - Thesis: Behavioral Genetics and the Environment: The Generation and Exportation of Scientific Claims:: - Advisor: C. Kenneth Waters * '''Paul Thagard''' | [https://uwaterloo.ca/philosophy/people-profiles/paul-thagard Website] | [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)** Ph.D. 1977 University of Toronto:: - Thesis: [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/6698407 Explanation and scientific inference] ----[lateschoolnews.com.ng] === University of Western Ontario ===[http://www.uwo.ca/philosophy/ Department Website] [http://philbio.net/docs/apa-westernOntario.pdf | Entry in APA Guide] * '''Gillian Barker''' | [http://www.uwo.ca/philosophy/people/barker.html Website] | [http://philpapers.org/profile/4278 PhilPapers]** Specialties: Philosophy of Biology, Philosophy of Science** Ph.D. 1997 UC San Diego:: - Thesis: [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/863710015 Abstraction, analogy and induction: toward a general account of ampliative inference]:: - Advisor: Philip Kitcher * '''Eric Desjardins''' | [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)** Ph.D. 2009 University of British Columbia:: - Thesis: [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/680290971 Historicity in biology]:: - Advisor: John Beatty<ref>Source: [philosophyfamilytree.wikispaces.com https://philosophyfamilytree.wikispaces.com/John+Beatty].</ref> * '''Devin Henry''' | [http://works.bepress.com/devinhenry/ Website] | [http://works.bepress.com/devinhenry/22/ CV] | [http://philpapers.org/profile/11238 PhilPapers]** Specialties: Ancient Philosophy, History & Philosophy of Science (esp. Philosophy of Biology) (via website)** Ph.D. 2004 King’s College, University of London:: - Thesis: [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/500186370 How to build an animal: the metaphysics of Aristotle's ontogeny]:: - Advisors: Richard Sorabji and M. M. McCabe
== Ph.D. Programs (Europe) ==
=== 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]
=== 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]
=== 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] |
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