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/* Ph.D. Programs (Canada) */
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* '''Ronald de Sousa''' (emeritus) ** Ph.D. 1966 Princeton (advisor*** Thesis: [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/82745527 Categories, translation, and linguistic theory]*** Advisor: Paul Benacerraf)
** Website [http://www.philosophy.utoronto.ca/directory/ronald-de-sousa/ 1], [http://homes.chass.utoronto.ca/~sousa/ 2], [http://philpapers.org/profile/14678 PhilPapers]
* '''Mohan Matthen''', ** Ph.D. 1976 Stanford University (advisor*** 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>
** Specialties: Philosophy of mind, especially perception, philosophy of biology, natural selection (via PhilPapers profile)
** 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]
* '''Paul Thompson''', ** Ph.D. 1979 University of Toronto *** Thesis: [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/224916200 Genetic explanation schemes in biology]
** Specialties: Evolutionary theory, population genetics, mathematical modelling in biology, theory structure in biology, philosophy of medicine, and ethics (via website)
** 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]
* '''Denis Walsh''', ** Ph.D. 1988 McGill University (Biology)*** Thesis: [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/721247033 Systematics of the caecilians (Amphibia: Gymnophiona)] *** Advisor: R. L. Carroll
** Specialties: Models, mechanisms, fitness, causation (via PhilPapers entries)
** [http://www.philosophy.utoronto.ca/directory/denis-walsh/ Website], [http://philpapers.org/s/denis%20walsh PhilPapers]
: [[University of Waterloo|| Additional Program Information]] <nowiki>[</nowiki>no<nowiki>]</nowiki>
* '''Carla Fehr''', ** Ph.D. 1999 Duke University (advisor*** Thesis: [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/42826486 A natural history of the evolution of sexual reproduction: the virtues of explanatory pluralism]*** Advisor: Robert Brandon)
** Specialties: Philosophy of biology, Feminist Epistemology and Philosophy of Science, Feminist Science Studies, Philosophy of Science, evolution (via website)
** 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]
* '''Katie Plaisance''', ** Ph.D. 2006 University of Minnesota (advisor*** Thesis: Behavioral Genetics and the Environment: The Generation and Exportation of Scientific Claims*** Advisor: C. Kenneth Waters)
** Specialties: Philosophy of biology, Philosophical issues in the human behavioral sciences, public understanding of science, interactional expertise, and Socially Relevant Philosophy Of Science
** [https://uwaterloo.ca/knowledge-integration/faculty-plaisance Website], [http://philpapers.org/profile/19100 PhilPapers]
* '''Paul Thagard''', ** Ph.D. 1977 University of Toronto *** Thesis: [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/6698407 Explanation and scientific inference]
** Specialties: Philosophy of science and medicine, cognitive science, philosophy of mind. Specific topics include analogy, coherence, decision making, conceptual change, explanatory reasoning, theoretical neuroscience, discovery and innovation, emotions and consciousness, moral psychology, and theories and explanations in biomedicine (via website)
** Website [https://uwaterloo.ca/philosophy/people-profiles/paul-thagard 1], [http://watarts.uwaterloo.ca/~pthagard/Biographies/pault.html 2], [http://philpapers.org/s/paul%20thagard PhilPapers]
: [[University of Western Ontario|| Additional Program Information]] <nowiki>[</nowiki>no<nowiki>]</nowiki>
* '''Gillian Barker''', ** Ph.D. 1997 UC San Diego (advisor*** Thesis: [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/863710015 Abstraction, analogy and induction: toward a general account of ampliative inference]*** Advisor: Philip Kitcher)
** Specialties: Philosophy of Biology, Philosophy of Science
** [http://www.uwo.ca/philosophy/people/barker.html Website], [http://philpapers.org/profile/4278 PhilPapers]
* '''Eric Desjardins''', ** Ph.D. 2009 University of British Columbia (advisor*** 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>
** Specialties: Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Biology, Environmental Philosophy and Bioethics (via website)
** [http://www.uwo.ca/philosophy/people/desjardins.html Website], [http://philpapers.org/s/eric%20Desjardins PhilPapers]
* '''Devin Henry''', ** Ph.D. 2004 King’s College, University of London (advisors*** 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)
** Specialties: Ancient Philosophy, History & Philosophy of Science (esp. Philosophy of Biology) (via website)
** [http://works.bepress.com/devinhenry/ Website], [http://works.bepress.com/devinhenry/22/ CV], [http://philpapers.org/profile/11238 PhilPapers]