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<div id="midnightblue"> Philosophy of Biology Graduate Programs</div> <div id="pagetop"> 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 All material is available under 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://twittercreativecommons.comorg/philwikinet Twitterlicenses/by/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License]. Contact Shawn Miller ([[Mobile_Page|'''Mobile Device-Optimized'''mailto:shamiller@ucdavis.edu shamiller@ucdavis.edu]] version of this page available) with questions, comments, additions, subtractions, and the like.
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== Ph.D. Programs (Australasia) ==
=== Australian National University ===
** 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<* Ph.D. 2013 Australian National University * '''Kim Sterelny''' | [https:/strong> /researchers.anu.edu.au/ researchers/sterelny-k Website] | [http://paul.representinggenesphilpapers.org/Stotzs/ kim%20sterelny PhilPapers]** Specialties: Philosophy of Biology, Evolution, Philosophy of Psychology and Philosophy of Mind, Palaeoecology (via website)** Ph.D. 1977 University of Sydney ---- === La Trobe University === [https://www.latrobe.edu.au/politics-and-philosophy Department Website] * '''Rob Wilson''' | [http://robwilsonphilosophy.com Website] | [https://philpeople.org/profiles/robert-a-wilson PhilPapers]** Specialities: Mind and Cognitive Science; Science and Biology; Ethics and Disability; Philosophy for Children** Ph.D. 1992 Cornell (with a Cognitive Studies minor)---- === Macquarie University ===[http://phil.mq.edu.au Department Website] * '''Adam Hochman''' | [http://adamhochman.com Website] | [https://philpeople.org/profiles/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''' | [https://researchers.mq.edu.au/en/persons/karola-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
---- === Massey University of Otago (New Zealand) ===<div class="threeElements">: [http://www.otagomassey.ac.nz/philosophymassey/ | learning/departments/school-of-humanities/study/philosophy.cfm Department Website] * '''John Matthewson''' | [http: //www.massey.ac.nz/massey/expertise/profile.cfm?stref=156830 Website] | [[University https://philpeople.org/profiles/john-matthewson PhilPapers]** Specialties: Philosophy of Otago Science, Philosophy of Biology, Applied ethics (New Zealandvia website)|| Additional Program Information** 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]] <nowiki> * '''Emily C. Parke''' | [<http:/nowiki>no<nowiki>/www.emilycparke.com Website]<| [https:/nowiki>/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:/div>/hal.arts.unsw.edu.au/disciplines/philosophy/research/ Department Website]* <strong>James Maclaurin<'''Michaelis Michael''' | [https:/strong> /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/StaffDepartment Website] * '''James Maclaurin''' | [https:/james_maclaurin/www.otago.ac.nz/philosophy/dept/staff-maclaurin.html websiteWebsite], [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
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=== University of Sydney ===
** 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<* Ph.D. 1988 Australian National University * '''Peter Godfrey-Smith''' (in [https:/strong> /sydney.edu.au/ science/schools/school-of-history-and-philosophy-of-science.html School of History and Philosophy of Science]) | [http://petergodfreysmith.com Website] | [http://philpapers.org/s/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''' | [http://sydney.edu.au/arts/philosophy/staff/profiles/paul.griffiths.php 1Website], [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)
** Ph.D. 1989 Australian National University
---- === Waikato University (New Zealand) ===<div class="threeElements">: [http://www.waikato.ac.nz/fass/study/subjects/philosophy | Department Website]: [[Waikato University|| Additional Program Information]] <nowiki>[</nowiki>no<nowiki>]</nowiki></div>* <strong>'''Justine Kingsbury</strong> // ''' | [http://www.waikato.ac.nz/fass/about/staff/justinek websiteWebsite], | [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
== 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 ===
** Specialties: Evolutionary developmental biology, molecular biology, systems biology, science and values
** Willing to work with new students? Yes* <strong>Robert APh. Wilson</strong> // [http://wwwD.artsrn.ualberta.ca/raw/ website], [http://www.artsrn.ualberta.ca/raw/cvmar13.pdf CV], [http://philpapers.org/profile/1320 PhilPapers]2006 University of Pittsburgh (HPS)** 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 ===
** Specialties: Theoretical foundations, methodology, and socio-political dimensions of genetics and evolutionary biology (via website)
* <strong>* Ph.D. 1979 Indiana University (HPS) * '''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 CVWebsite], | [http://philpapers.org/s/margaret%20schabas PhilPapers]
** Specialties: Overlap of biology and economics and the formation of bioeconomics (via website)
* <strong>* Ph.D. 1983 University of Toronoto * '''Christopher Stephens</strong> // website [http://philosophy.ubc.ca/persons/chris-stephens/ 1], ''' | [http://faculty.arts.ubc.ca/cstephens/Chris_Stephens_Website/Home_Page.html 2Website], | [httphttps://faculty.arts.ubc.ca/cstephens/Chris_Stephens_Website/CV.html CV], [http://philpapersphilpeople.org/profileprofiles/36197 christopher-stephens-2 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
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=== University of Calgary ===
* <strong>'''Megan Delehanty</strong> // ''' | [http://phil.ucalgary.ca/philosophymanageprofile/peopleprofiles/megan-delehanty.html websiteWebsite], | [http://philpapers.org/profile/10566 PhilPapers]
** Specialties: Models, explanation, causation (via PhilPapers entries)
* <strong>* Ph.D. 2005 University of Pittsburgh (HPS) * '''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 CVWebsite], | [http://philpapers.org/profile/10567 PhilPapers]
** Specialties: Species; Natural Kinds; Scientific Classification; Biological Individuality; Homology; Historicity; Microbiology (via website)
* <strong>* Ph.D. 1988 University of Wisconsin-Madison * '''C. Kenneth Waters</strong> // ''' | [http://phil.ucalgary.ca/profiles/c-kenneth-waters websiteWebsite], | [https://apps.cla.umn.edu/directory/items/cv/295233.pdf CV], [http://philpapersphilpeople.org/sprofiles/c.%20kenneth%20waters -kenneth-waters PhilPapers]
** Specialties: Causation, explanation, molecular biology, genetics, pluralism (via PhilPapers entries)
** Ph.D. 1985 Indiana University (HPS)
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=== University of Toronto ===
** Specialties: Philosophy of mind, especially perception, philosophy of biology, natural selection (via PhilPapers profile)
* <strong>* Ph.D. 1976 Stanford University * '''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 CVWebsite], | [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>* Ph.D. 1979 University of Toronto * '''Denis Walsh</strong> // ''' | [http://www.philosophy.utoronto.ca/directory/denis-walsh/ websiteWebsite], | [http://philpapers.org/s/denis%20walsh PhilPapers]
** Specialties: Models, mechanisms, fitness, causation (via PhilPapers entries)
** Ph.D. 1988 McGill University (Biology)
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=== University of Waterloo ===
** Specialties: Philosophy of biology, Feminist Epistemology and Philosophy of Science, Feminist Science Studies, Philosophy of Science, evolution (via website)
*<strong>* Ph.D. 1999 Duke University * '''Katie Plaisance</strong> // ''' | [https://uwaterloo.ca/knowledge-integration/faculty-plaisance websiteWebsite], | [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>* Ph.D. 2006 University of Minnesota * '''Paul Thagard</strong> // website (Emeritus)''' | [https://uwaterloo.ca/philosophy/people-profiles/paul-thagard 1Website], [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)
** Ph.D. 1977 University of Toronto
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=== University of Western Ontario ===
** Specialties: Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Biology, Environmental Philosophy and Bioethics (via website)
* <strong>* Ph.D. 2009 University of British Columbia * '''Devin Henry</strong> // ''' | [http://wwwworks.uwobepress.cacom/philosophydevinhenry/people/henry.html websiteWebsite], | [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
== Ph.D. Programs (Europe) ==
All programs reside in philosophy departments, unless otherwise specified.
=== KU Leuven ===
[http://hiw.kuleuven.be/eng/ Department Website]
* '''Grant Ramsey''' | [http://www.theramseylab.org/ Website] | [http://philpapers.org/profile/54027 PhilPapers]
** Specialties: Philosophy of biology, 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
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=== Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain) ===
[https://uclouvain.be/fr/instituts-recherche/isp Department Website]
*'''Charles Pence''' | [https://charlespence.net/ Website] | [https://philpeople.org/profiles/charles-h-pence PhilPapers]
** Specialties: history and philosophy of biology, Darwin and the response to Darwin, chance and probability in evolution, integrated HPS, digital humanities
** Ph.D. 2014 University of Notre Dame
== Ph.D. Programs (United Kingdom) ==
=== Birkbeck, University of London ===
* <strong>'''Robert Northcott</strong> // website [http://www.bbk.ac.uk/philosophy/our-staff/academics/dr-robert-northcott 1], ''' | [http://robertnorthcott.weebly.com/ 2Website], | [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)
** Ph.D. 2004 London School of Economics
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=== University of Bristol ===
** 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) ===
* <strong>'''Tim Lewens</strong> // ''' | [http://www.hps.cam.ac.uk/people/lewens/ websiteWebsite], | [http://philpapers.org/s/tim%20lewens PhilPapers]
** 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) ===
* '''John DupreAdrian Currie''' // | [http://socialsciences.exeter.ac.uk/sociology/staff/duprecurrie/ websiteWebsite], | [https://philpeople.org/profiles/adrian-currie PhilPapers]** Specialties: Philosophy of Science; Philosophy of Biology; Philosophy of Historical Science; Social Epistemology; History & Philosophy of Science; Creativity (via website)** Ph.D. 2014 Australian National University * '''John Dupre''' | [http://socialsciences.exeter.ac.uk/mediasociology/universityofexeterstaff/collegeofsocialsciencesandinternationalstudiesdupre/staffdocuments/duprecv.pdf CVWebsite], | [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>* Ph.D. 1981 University of Cambridge * '''Sabina Leonelli</strong> // ''' | [http://socialsciences.exeter.ac.uk/sociology/staff/leonelli/ websiteWebsite], | [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''' // | [http://socialsciences.exeter.ac.uk/sociology/staff/mueller-wille/ websiteWebsite], | [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 ===
* <strong>'''Matteo Mameli</strong> // ''' | [http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/philosophy/people/staff/academic/mameli/index.aspx websiteWebsite], | [http://philpapers.org/profile/10088 PhilPapers]* <strong>Nick Shea</strong> // [http* Specialties://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/Intersection of philosophy/people/staff/academic/shea/index, the sciences of human behavior (biology, psychology, anthropology, sociology, economics, etc.aspx ), and moral and political theory (via website], [http://philpapers)** Ph.org/profile/24040 PhilPapers]D. 2002 University of London ----
=== Lancaster University (Politics, Philosophy and Religion) ===
* <strong>'''Brian Garvey</strong> // ''' | [http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/fass/ppr/profiles/brian-garvey websiteWebsite], | [http://philpapers.org/s/Brian%20Garvey PhilPapers]** Specialties: Philosophy of science, philosophy of biology, philosophy of mind, psychoanalysis, Ryle, Austin, Dennett (via website)** Ph.D. 2000 Trinity College Dublin ----
=== University of Leeds ===
* <strong>Gregory Radick<'''Ellen Clarke''' | [https:/strong> /ellenclarke.net Website] | [https:/ website /philpeople.org/profiles/ellen-clarke PhilPapers]** Specialties: Biological Individuality, Evolutionary Transitions, evolution of cooperation, natural selection, Philosophy of biology, philosophy of science** Ph.D. 2010 University of Bristol * '''Gregory Radick''' | [http://www.leeds.ac.uk/arts/profile/20048/441/gregory_radick 1Website], [http://www.personal.leeds.ac.uk/~phlgmr/ 2], | [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) ----
=== London School of Economics (Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method) ===
* <strong>'''Jonathan Birch</strong> // ''' | [http://wwwpersonal.lse.ac.uk/philosophybirchj1/people/birch.aspx websiteWebsite], | [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) ===
== Ph.D. Programs (United States) ==
=== Arizona State University (Center for Biology and Society) ===
** 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)
* <strong>'''Jane Maienschein</strong>, Ph.D. Indiana University // ''' | [https://sols.asu.edu/people/jane-maienschein website], [https://cbs.asu.edu/sites/default/files/Maienschein%20cv%20%20%20January%202014.pdf CVWebsite], | [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)
* <strong>'''Jason Scott Robert<''' | [https:/strong>, /sols.asu.edu/people/jason-robert Website]** 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''' | [https://solsisearch.asu.edu/peopleprofile/jason2768867 Website] | [https://philpeople.org/profiles/beckett-robert websitesterner PhilPapers]** Specialties: History and philosophy of biology, especially mathematics in biology; information, individuality, species, modeling (via website)** Ph.D. 2012 University of Chicago (CHSS)---- === Boston College ===[https://solswww.asubc.edu/sitesbc-web/defaultschools/filesmcas/departments/philosophy.html Department Website] * '''Daniel McKaughan''' | [https://www.bc.edu/bc-web/schools/mcas/departments/philosophy/people/cvfaculty-directory/RobertCV_Current2014daniel-mckaughan.pdf CVhtml Website] | [https://philpeople.org/profiles/daniel-j-mckaughan PhilPapers]** Specialties: Political and societal problems that intersect with life sciences; produces educational materials and tools for “talking productively” Philosophy of science, Philosophy of biology, Epistemology, Philosophy of religion (via website) ** Ph.D. 2007 University of Notre Dame ----
=== Boston University ===
** 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
* <strong>'''Russell Powell</strong>, Ph.D. Duke University, J.D. 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 CVWebsite], [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 ===
** 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 ===
* <strong>'''Massimo Pigliucci</strong>, Ph.D. University of Connecticut (Biology), Ph.D. University of Tennessee (Philosophy) // website ''' | [httphttps://www.gc.cuny.edu/Page-Elements/Academics-Research-Centers-Initiatives/Doctoral-Programs/Philosophy/Faculty-Bios/Massimo-Pigliucci 1], [https://sites.google.com/site/platofootnote/ 2Website], | [http://philpapers.org/profile/18951 PhilPapers]
** 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)
* <strong>'''Thomas Teufel</strong>, Ph.D. Harvard University // ''' | [http://www.gc.cuny.edu/Page-Elements/Academics-Research-Centers-Initiatives/Doctoral-Programs/Philosophy/Faculty-Bios/Thomas-Teufel websiteWebsite], | [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 ===
** 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 ===
* <strong>'''Robert N. Brandon</strong>, Ph.D. Harvard University // ''' | [httphttps://philosophy.duke.edu/people?Gurl=&Uil=1533&subpage=profile website], [http://fds.duke.edu/db/aas/Philosophy/faculty/rbrandon/cv.html CVrobert-n-brandon Website], | [http://philpapers.org/s/robert%20brandon PhilPapers]
** Specialties: Philosophy of biology, philosophy of science, logic (via website)
** Ph.D. 1979 Harvard University
* <strong>'''Alexander Rosenberg</strong>, Ph.D. The Johns Hopkins University // website ''' | [httphttps://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
* <strong>'''Karen Neander</strong>, Ph.D. La Trobe University // ''' | [https://philosophy.duke.edu/people?Gurl=&Uil=5234&subpage=profile website/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
* <strong>'''Dan McShea</strong>, Ph.D. 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 ===
** 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
* <strong>'''Michael Ruse</strong>, Ph.D. Bristol University // ''' | [httphttps://philosophy.fsu.edu/contentpeople/viewfaculty/full/35805 website], [http://philosophy.fsu.edu/content/download/82668/878838/RuseCV.pdf CVmichael-ruse Website], | [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
---- === Indiana University (History and Philosophy of Scienceand Medicine) ===<div class="threeElements">:[http://www.indiana.edu/~hpscdept/ | Department Website]:| No Entry in APA Guide Available:[[Indiana University (History and Philosophy of Science)| | Additional Program Information]] <nowiki>[</nowiki>no<nowiki>]</nowiki></div>* <strong>Colin Allen</strong>, Ph.D. UCLA // website [http://www.indiana.edu/~hpscdept/people/allen.shtml 1], [http://pages.iu.edu/~colallen/ 2], [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)
* <strong>'''Sander Gliboff</strong>, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University // ''' | [http://www.indiana.edu/~hpscdept/people/gliboff.shtml websiteWebsite], | [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
* <strong>'''Elisabeth Lloyd</strong>, Ph.D. Princeton University // 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
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=== Michigan State University ===
** 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)
* <strong>'''Robert T. Pennock</strong>, Ph.D. University of Pittsburgh (HPS) // ''' | [https://www.msu.edu/~pennock5/ website], [https://www.msu.edu/~pennock5/research/vita.html CVWebsite], | [http://philpapers.org/s/robert%20pennock PhilPapers]
** Specialties: Evolution and computing (via publication list)
** Ph.D. 1991 University of Pittsburgh (HPS)
* <strong>'''Sean Valles</strong>, Ph.D. Indiana University (HPS) // ''' | [https://www.msu.edu/~valles/Sean_A._Valles/Home.html websiteWebsite], | [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 ===
[http://philosophy.fas.nyu.edu/page/home Department Website]
* '''Laura Franklin-Hall''' | [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
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=== Stanford University ===
** 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
* <strong>'''Brian Skyrms</strong>, Ph.D. University of Pittsburgh ''' (1/3 time appointment; at Stanford every Spring) // | [http://faculty.sites.uci.edu/skyrms/ website], [http://faculty.sites.uci.edu/skyrms/curiculum-vitae/ CVWebsite], | [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
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=== Temple University ===
[https://www.cla.temple.edu/philosophy/ Department Website]
* '''Lindsay Craig''' | [https://liberalarts.temple.edu/academics/faculty/craig-lindsay Website] | [https://philpeople.org/profiles/lindsay-craig PhilPapers]
** Specialties: Philosophy of evolutionary biology and philosophy of science (via website)
** Ph.D. University of Cincinnati
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=== Texas A&M University ===
** Specialties: Philosophy of biology, philosophy of science (via website)
** Ph.D. 2002 University of North Carolina
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=== Tulane University ===
[https://liberalarts.tulane.edu/departments/philosophy Department Website]
* '''Dan Burnston''' | [http://danburnston.tulane.edu Website] | [http://philpapers.org/profile/57599 PhilPapers]
** Specialties: Philosophy of science and mind, especially how to functionally decompose complex cognitive and biological systems
** Ph.D. 2015 UC San Diego (Philosophy and Cognitive Science)
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=== University of Albany ===
[https://www.albany.edu/philosophy/ Department Website]
* '''Monika Piotrowska''' | [http://monikasmind.com Website] | [https://philpeople.org/profiles/monika-piotrowska PhilPapers]
** Specialties: Philosophy of Biology and Bioethics; conceptual and ethical issues arising from recent advances in genetics and biotechnology (via website)
** Ph.D. University of Utah
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=== University of California, Davis ===
** 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) * <strong>'''Roberta L. Millstein</strong>, Ph.D. University of Minnesotta, Twin Cities // 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) ===
** Specialties: Game and Decision Theory, Probability, Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Biology, Measurement Theory (via CV)
** Ph.D. 2006 Universität Salzburg
* <strong>'''Cailin O'Connor</strong>, Ph.D. UC Irvine (LPS) // ''' | [http://uci.academia.edu/CailinOConnor website], [http://uci.academia.edu/CailinOConnor/CurriculumVitae CVWebsite], | [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)
* <strong>'''P. Kyle Stanford</strong>, Ph.D. UC San Diego (Philosophy/Science Studies) // ''' | [http://faculty.sites.uci.edu/pkylestanford/ website], [http://faculty.sites.uci.edu/pkylestanford/curiculum-vitae/ CVWebsite], | [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)
* <strong>'''Brian Skyrms</strong>, Ph.D. University of Pittsburgh (1/3 time appointment; at Stanford every Spring) // ''' | [http://faculty.sites.uci.edu/skyrms/ website], [http://faculty.sites.uci.edu/skyrms/curiculum-vitae/ CVWebsite], | [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
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=== University of California, San Diego ===
** 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 ===
** 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) ===
** 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
* <strong>'''William C. Wimsatt</strong>, Ph.D. University of Chicago (emeritus) // ''' | [http://philosophy.uchicago.edu/faculty/wimsatt.html website], [http://philosophy.uchicago.edu/faculty/files/wimsatt/WimsattCV.pdf CVWebsite], | [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 ===
** 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)
* <strong>'''Valerie Hardcastle</strong>, Ph.D. UC San Diego (Philosophy and Cognitive Science) // ''' | [http://www.artsci.uc.edu/departments/philosophy/fac_staff.html?eid=hardcave&thecomp=uceprof websiteWebsite], | [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)
* <strong>'''Koffi N. Maglo</strong>, 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
* <strong>'''Thomas W. Polger</strong> // 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
* <strong>'''Angela Potochnik</strong>, Ph.D. Stanford University // 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
* <strong>'''Robert C. Richardson</strong>, Ph.D. University of Chicago // ''' | [http://www.artsci.uc.edu/departments/philosophy/fac_staff.html?eid=richards&thecomp=uceprof websiteWebsite], | [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
* <strong>'''Robert A. Skipper, Jr.</strong>, Ph.D. University of Maryland, College Park (Committee on the History and Philosophy of Science) // website ''' | [http://www.artsci.uc.edu/departments/philosophy/fac_staff.html?eid=skippera&thecomp=uceprof 1Website], [http://www.robertskipper.net/ 2], | [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 ===
** 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 ===
** 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)
** 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)
* <strong>'''William C. Wimsatt</strong>, Ph.D. University of Chicago ''' (part-time appointment, Fall semesters) // | [httphttps://www.philosophycla.umn.edu/peopleabout/directory/profile/FacultyProfile.php?UID=wwim websiteWebsite], | [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 ===
=== University of Pennsylvania ===
* <strong>'''Karen Detlefsen</strong>, Ph.D. University of Toronto // ''' | [http://philosophy.sas.upenn.edu/facultypeople/karen-detlefsen website], [http://philosophy.sas.upenn.edu/sites/www.phil.upenn.edu/files/Detlefsen%20CV.pdf CVWebsite], | [http://philpapers.org/profile/10967 PhilPapers]
** Specialties: history of philosophy of biology
** Ph.D. 2001 University of Toronto
* <strong>'''Gary Hatfield</strong>, University of Wisconsin-Madison // ''' | [httpshttp://philosophy.sas.upenn.edu/facultypeople/gary-hatfield website], [http://www.sas.upenn.edu/~hatfield/vita14nr.pdf CVWebsite], | [http://philpapers.org/profile/63802 PhilPapers]
** Specialties: history of philosophy of biology, perception, neuroscience and psychology
** Ph.D. 1979 University of Wisconsin-Madison
* <strong>'''Quayshawn Spencer</strong>, Ph.D. Stanford University // 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
* <strong>'''Michael Weisberg</strong>, Ph.D. Stanford University // 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) ===
* <strong>Matthew Barker</strong> // '''James Woodward''' | [http://www.concordiahps.ca/artsci/philosophy/facultypitt.html?fpid=matthew-barker website], [https:edu/profile/concordiawoodward.academia.edu/MattBarker/CurriculumVitae CVphp Website], | [http://philpapers.org/s/Matthewjames%20J.%20Barker 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://uiswcmswebwww.prodsas.lsurochester.edu/hssphl/prs/# Louisiana State UniversityDepartment Website] ===
* <strong>Charles H'''William J. Pence</strong> // FitzPatrick''' | [http://www.charlespencesas.netrochester.edu/ website], [http:phl/people/www.charlespence.netfaculty/pence-cv.pdf CV], [http:fitzpatrick_william//wwwindex.charlespence.net/products/ papershtml Website], | [httphttps://philpapers.org/profile/2486 asearch.pl?strict=1&searchStr=FitzPatrick,%20William%20J.&filterMode=authors PhilPapers]** Specialties: History and philosophy Metaethics; Normative Ethics; Bioethics; Philosophy of biology, foundations of evolutionary theory, chance and evolution, fitness, causationBiology (via website)** Willing to work with new students? YesPh.D. 1995 UCLA
* <strong>Jonathan Kaplan</strong> // website '''Richard Manning''' | [http://liberalartsphilosophy.oregonstateusf.edu/usersfaculty/jonathan-kaplan 1rmanning/ Website], | [httphttps://peoplephilpeople.oregonstate.eduorg/~kaplanjprofiles/ 2richard-manning PhilPapers]** Specialties: Spinoza, Kant, [http://peopleDavidson, McDowell, Rorty, epistemology, philosophy of language, philosophy of biology and aesthetics (via website)** Ph.oregonstateD.edu/~kaplanj/CV.pdf CV], [http://philpapers.org/profile/26141 PhilPapers]1992 Northwestern
* <strong>Patrick Forber</strong> // website '''Sahotra Sarkar''' | [http://asewww.tuftsutexas.edu/philosophycola/faculty/forber.asp 1], [http://pforber.squarespace.com 2], [http://ase.tufts.edudepts/philosophy/documentsfaculty/cvForber.pdf CVsarkars1 Website], | [http://philpapers.org/s/PatrickSahotra%20Forber 20Sarkar PhilPapers]** Specialties: History and philosophy of science, particularly in both philosophy of biology and physics (via website)** Ph.D. 1989 University of Chicago
* '''Stephen M. Downes''' | [http://philosophy.utah.edu/profile.php?unid=== u0031428 Website] | [http://wwwphilpapers.philorg/profile/11161 PhilPapers]** Specialties: Philosophy of Science and Philosophy of Biology; Biology of Human Behavior and Models and Images in Science (via website)** Ph.vtD.edu 1990 Virginia Tech] ===(STS)
* <strong>Benjamin Jantzen</strong> // website '''Matt Haber''' | [http://wwwphilosophy.phil.vtutah.edu/jantzen/jantzenprofile.html 1php?unid=u0533545 Website], [http://www.ratiocination.org 2], [http://www.ratiocination.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/CV20140731.pdf CV], | [http://philpapers.org/profile/33932 28667 PhilPapers]** Specialties: Philosophy of Biology, Philosophy of Physics, General and Philosophy of Science; philosophical and conceptual issues in systematics, Biophysics particularly those stemming from a commitment to phylogenetic thinking (via website)** Willing to work with new students? YesPh.D. 2005 UC Davis (Philosophy, Population Biology Affiliate)
* <strong>Richard M. Burian</strong> // '''James Tabery''' | [http://wwwphilosophy.phil.vtutah.edu/Burian/indexprofile.html websitephp?unid=u0578517 Website], | [http://philpapers.org/s/Richardjames%20M.%20Burian 20tabery PhilPapers]** Specialties: Philosophy of Biologyscience and applied ethics, History of Philosophy of Biologyas well as the intersection between those domains; causation and explanation in biology and their ethical, History of Philosophy of Sciencelegal, Science Studies and social implications (via website)** Willing to work with new students? Possibly; write to askPh.D. 2007 University of Pittsburgh (HPS)
* '''Additional Program InformationRon Mallon'''| [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
== Browse Programs by Category =Oregon State University ===[http://liberalarts.oregonstate.edu/shpr/philosophy Department Website]
=== Tufts University ===
[http://ase.tufts.edu/philosophy/ Department Website]
* '''Patrick Forber''' | [https://as.tufts.edu/philosophy/people/faculty/forber Website] | [http://philpapers.org/s/Patrick%20Forber PhilPapers]
** Specialties: Confirmation, explanation, and idealization in science, especially in evolutionary biology and ecology (via website)
** Ph.D. 2006 Stanford University
* '''Trevor Pearce''' | [http://www.trevorpearce.com/ Website] | [http://philpapers.org/profile/26703 PhilPapers]** 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) ---- == Notes = University of Victoria ===<references[http:/>/www.uvic.ca/humanities/philosophy/ Department Website] <* '''Scott Woodcock''' | [http:/div>/www.uvic.ca/humanities/philosophy/people/facultymembers/profiles/woodcock.php Website] | [https://philpeople.org/profiles/scott-woodcock PhilPapers]** Specialties: Explanations for altruism, levels of selection, and ethics and naturalism** Ph.D. 2001 University of Toronto ---- === Virginia Tech ===[http://www.phil.vt.edu Department Website] * '''Benjamin Jantzen''' | [http://www.phil.vt.edu/jantzen/jantzen.html Website] | [http://philpapers.org/profile/33932 PhilPapers]** Specialties: Philosophy of Biology, Philosophy of Physics, General Philosophy of Science, Biophysics ** Ph.D. 2010 Carnegie Mellon University (Logic, Computation, and Methodology) * '''Richard M. Burian (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 ** Ph.D. 1971 University of Pittsburgh