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:[[Arizona State University (Center for Biology and Society)| | Additional Program Information]] <nowiki>[</nowiki>no<nowiki>]</nowiki>
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* <strong>Manfred Laubichler</strong>, Ph.D. 1997 Yale University (Biology) // [https://sols.asu.edu/people/manfred-laubichler website], [https://sols.asu.edu/sites/default/files/people/cv/laubichler_m_cv.pdf CV], [http://philpapers.org/s/Manfred%20Laubichler PhilPapers]
** 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)
* <strong>Jane Maienschein</strong>, Ph.D. 1978 Indiana University (HPS) // [https://sols.asu.edu/people/jane-maienschein website], [https://cbs.asu.edu/sites/default/files/Maienschein%20cv%20%20%20January%202014.pdf CV], [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)
* <strong>Jason Scott Robert</strong>, Ph.D. 2000 McMaster University // [https://sols.asu.edu/people/jason-robert website], [https://sols.asu.edu/sites/default/files/people/cv/RobertCV_Current2014.pdf CV]
** Specialties: Political and societal problems that intersect with life sciences; produces educational materials and tools for “talking productively” (via website)
** 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)
* <strong>Russell Powell</strong>, Ph.D. 2009 Duke University, J.D. 2002 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 CV], [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)
:[[Carnegie Mellon University| | Additional Program Information]] <nowiki>[</nowiki>no<nowiki>]</nowiki>
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* <strong>Kevin J.S. Zollman</strong>, Ph.D. 2007 UC Irvine (LPS) // [http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/kzollman/ website], [http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/kzollman/Zollman%20-%20CV.pdf CV], [http://philpapers.org/profile/9844 PhilPapers]
** Specialties: Game theory, agent based modeling, philosophy of science
:[[City University of New York Graduate Center| | Additional Program Information]] <nowiki>[</nowiki>no<nowiki>]</nowiki>
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* <strong>Peter Godfrey-Smith</strong>, Ph.D. 1991 UC San Diego // website [http://www.gc.cuny.edu/Page-Elements/Academics-Research-Centers-Initiatives/Doctoral-Programs/Philosophy/Faculty-Bios/Peter-Godfrey-Smith 1], [http://petergodfreysmith.com/ 2], [http://petergodfreysmith.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/PGS_CV_2014.pdf CV], [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)
* <strong>Massimo Pigliucci</strong>, Doctorate University of Ferrara (Genetics), Ph.D. University of Connecticut (Biology), Ph.D. University of Tennessee (Philosophy) // website [http://www.gc.cuny.edu/Page-Elements/Academics-Research-Centers-Initiatives/Doctoral-Programs/Philosophy/Faculty-Bios/Massimo-Pigliucci 1], [https://sites.google.com/site/platofootnote/ 2], [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)
* <strong>Thomas Teufel</strong>, Ph.D. 2006 Harvard University // [http://www.gc.cuny.edu/Page-Elements/Academics-Research-Centers-Initiatives/Doctoral-Programs/Philosophy/Faculty-Bios/Thomas-Teufel website], [http://philpapers.org/profile/30896 PhilPapers]
** Specialties: Philosophy of biology, Kant, 18th Century philosophy, philosophy of art (via website)
:[[Columbia University| | Additional Program Information]] <nowiki>[</nowiki>no<nowiki>]</nowiki>
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* <strong> Philip Kitcher</strong><ref>Though he does not list philosophy of biology as a current AOS, Kitcher writes on his faculty profile page—accessed 2014-11-18—that he is willing to work with philosophy of biology graduate students.</ref>, Ph.D. 1974 Princeton University // website [http://philosophy.columbia.edu/directories/faculty/philip-kitcher 1], [http://www.columbia.edu/~psk16/ 2], [http://www.columbia.edu/~psk16/vita2003.htm CV], [http://philpapers.org/s/philip%20kitcher PhilPapers]
** 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)
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* <strong>Robert N. Brandon</strong>, Ph.D. 1979 Harvard University // [http://philosophy.duke.edu/people?Gurl=&Uil=1533&subpage=profile website], [http://fds.duke.edu/db/aas/Philosophy/faculty/rbrandon/cv.html CV], [http://philpapers.org/s/robert%20brandon PhilPapers]
** Specialties: Philosophy of biology, philosophy of science, logic (via website)
* <strong>Alexander Rosenberg</strong>, Ph.D. 1971 Johns Hopkins University // website [http://philosophy.duke.edu/people?Gurl=&Uil=1531&subpage=profile 1], [http://people.duke.edu/~alexrose/ 2], [http://people.duke.edu/~alexrose/cv.html CV], [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)
* <strong>Karen Neander</strong>, Ph.D. 1983 La Trobe University // [https://philosophy.duke.edu/people?Gurl=&Uil=5234&subpage=profile website], [http://philpapers.org/profile/9934 PhilPapers]
** Specialties: Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Biology, Cognitive Science (via website)
* <strong>Dan McShea</strong>, Ph.D. 1990 University of Chicago // website [http://philosophy.duke.edu/people?Gurl=&Uil=684&subpage=profile 1], [http://sites.duke.edu/mcshearesearch/ 2], [http://philpapers.org/s/dan%20mcshea 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)
:[[Florida State University| | Additional Program Information]] <nowiki>[</nowiki>no<nowiki>]</nowiki>
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* <strong>James Justus</strong>, Ph.D. 2007 University of Texas at Austin // [http://philosophy.fsu.edu/content/view/full/35712 website], [http://philosophy.fsu.edu/People/Faculty/Faculty-Publications/Justus-CV CV], [http://philpapers.org/profile/9961 PhilPapers]
** Specialties: Philosophy of Science (esp. biology), Carnap, Epistemology (esp. formal and naturalized), Environmental Philosophy, History of Analytic Philosophy (via website)
* <strong>Michael Ruse</strong>, Ph.D. 1970 Bristol University // [http://philosophy.fsu.edu/content/view/full/35805 website], [http://philosophy.fsu.edu/content/download/82668/878838/RuseCV.pdf CV], [http://philpapers.org/profile/9969 PhilPapers]
** Specialties: Philosophy of Biology (especially Darwinism), Ethics, the History and Philosophy of Science (via website)
:[[Indiana University (History and Philosophy of Science)| | Additional Program Information]] <nowiki>[</nowiki>no<nowiki>]</nowiki>
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* <strong>Colin Allen</strong>, Ph.D. 1989 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. 2001 Johns Hopkins University // [http://www.indiana.edu/~hpscdept/people/gliboff.shtml website], [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)
* <strong>Elisabeth Lloyd</strong>, Ph.D. 1984 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 CV], [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)
:[[Michigan State University| | Additional Program Information]] <nowiki>[</nowiki>no<nowiki>]</nowiki>
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* <strong>Fred Gifford</strong>, Ph.D. 1984 University of Pittsburgh (HPS) // [https://www.msu.edu/user/gifford/ website], [https://www.msu.edu/user/gifford/vita.htm CV], [http://philpapers.org/profile/45001 PhilPapers]
** Specialties: Philosophy of Science (particularly philosophy of biology and medicine); Ethics (particularly ethics in health care and the life sciences)
* <strong>Robert T. Pennock</strong>, Ph.D. 1991 University of Pittsburgh (HPS) // [https://www.msu.edu/~pennock5/ website], [https://www.msu.edu/~pennock5/research/vita.html CV], [http://philpapers.org/s/robert%20pennock PhilPapers]
** Specialties: Evolution and computing (via publication list)
* <strong>Sean Valles</strong>, Ph.D. 2010 Indiana University (HPS) // [https://www.msu.edu/~valles/Sean_A._Valles/Home.html website], [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)
:[[Stanford University| | Additional Program Information]] <nowiki>[</nowiki>no<nowiki>]</nowiki>
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* <strong>Helen Longino</strong>, Ph.D. 1973 Johns Hopkins University // [http://philosophy.stanford.edu/profile/Helen+Longino/ website], [http://philosophy.stanford.edu/download/21366/HL_current_CV.doc CV], [http://philpapers.org/profile/10427 PhilPapers]
** 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)
* <strong>Brian Skyrms</strong>, Ph.D. 1964 University of Pittsburgh (1/3 time appointment; at Stanford every Spring) // [http://faculty.sites.uci.edu/skyrms/ website], [http://facultywww.sitessocsci.uci.edu/skyrms/curiculum-vitae~bskyrms/ cv.pdf CV], [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)
:[[Texas A&M University| | Additional Program Information]] <nowiki>[</nowiki>no<nowiki>]</nowiki>
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* <strong>Roger Sansom</strong>, Ph.D. 2002 University of North Carolina // [http://philosophy.tamu.edu/html/bio-Sansom.html website], [http://philosophy.tamu.edu/documents/vitas/RSansomCV.pdf CV], [http://philpapers.org/s/roger%20sansom PhilPapers]
** Specialties: Philosophy of biology, philosophy of science (via website)
:[[University of California, Davis| | Additional Program Information]] <nowiki>[</nowiki>yes<nowiki>]</nowiki>
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* <strong>James R. Griesemer</strong>, Ph.D. 1983 University of Chicago (Conceptual Foundations of Science) // website [http://philosophy.ucdavis.edu/people/jrgriese 1], [http://jrgriesemerucdavis.wordpress.com 2], [http://philbiolab.net 3], [http://jrgriesemerucdavis.wordpress.com/resume/ CV], [http://philpapers.org/asearch.pl?categorizerOn=&sqc=&publishedOnly=&strict=1&freeOnly=&newWindow=on&sort=relevance&filterByAreas=&proOnly=on&langFilter=&searchStr=Griesemer%2C%20James%20R%2E&onlineOnly=&author=Griesemer%2C%20James%20R%2E&showCategories=on&hideAbstracts=&search_header=search_header%2Ehtml&filterMode=keywords& PhilPapers]
** Specialties: Evolutionary biology, genetics, developmental biology, ecology and systematics
** Willing to work with new students? Yes
* <strong>Roberta L. Millstein</strong>, Ph.D. 1997 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 CV], [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? Yes
:[[University of California, Irvine (Logic and Philosophy of Science)| | Additional Program Information]] <nowiki>[</nowiki>no<nowiki>]</nowiki>
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* <strong>Simon Huttegger</strong>, Ph.D. 2006 Universität Salzburg // [http://faculty.sites.uci.edu/shuttegg/ website], [http://faculty.sites.uci.edu/shuttegg/files/2011/03/VitaSimon.pdf CV], [http://philpapers.org/s/simon%20huttegger PhilPapers]
** Specialties: Game and Decision Theory, Probability, Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Biology, Measurement Theory (via CV)
* <strong>Cailin O'Connor</strong>, Ph.D. 2013 UC Irvine (LPS) // [http://uci.academia.edu/CailinOConnor website], [http://uci.academia.edu/CailinOConnor/CurriculumVitae CV], [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)
* <strong>P. Kyle Stanford</strong>, Ph.D. 1997 UC San Diego (Philosophy/Science Studies) // [http://faculty.sites.uci.edu/pkylestanford/ website], [http://faculty.sites.uci.edu/pkylestanford/curiculum-vitae/ CV], [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)
* <strong>Brian Skyrms</strong>, Ph.D. 1964 University of Pittsburgh (1/3 time appointment; at Stanford every Spring) // [http://faculty.sites.uci.edu/skyrms/ website], [http://facultywww.sitessocsci.uci.edu/skyrms/curiculum-vitae~bskyrms/ cv.pdf CV], [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)
:[[University of California, San Diego| | Additional Program Information]] <nowiki>[</nowiki>no<nowiki>]</nowiki>
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* <strong>William Bechtel</strong>, Ph.D. 1977 University of Chicago // [http://mechanism.ucsd.edu/~bill/ website], [http://philpapers.org/s/william%20bechtel PhilPapers]
** 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)
:[[University of California, Santa Cruz| | Additional Program Information]] <nowiki>[</nowiki>no<nowiki>]</nowiki>
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* <strong>Rasmus Grønfeldt Winther</strong>, Ph.D. 2003 Indiana University (HPS) // website [http://philosophy.ucsc.edu/faculty/singleton.php?&singleton=true&cruz_id=rgw 1], [http://www.rgwinther.com/ 2], [http://philpapers.org/s/Rasmus%20Gr%C3%B8nfeldt%20Winther PhilPapers]
** Specialties: Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Biology (Genetics, Evolutionary Theory) (via website)
** Willing to work with new students? Yes
** Specialties: history and philosophy of psychology and biology. This includes particular interest in evolutionary theory, biopsychology, ethology, and sociobiology (via website)
* <strong>William C. Wimsatt</strong>, Ph.D. 1971 University of Chicago (emeritus) // [http://philosophy.uchicago.edu/faculty/wimsatt.html website], [http://philosophy.uchicago.edu/faculty/files/wimsatt/WimsattCV.pdf CV], [http://philpapers.org/s/william%20c%20wimsatt PhilPapers]
** Specialties: history and philosophy of biology, cultural evolution, evolutionary developmental biology, complex systems
* <strong>Karl Matlin</strong>, Ph.D. 1979 Rockefeller University (department of surgery) // [http://cmp.bsd.uchicago.edu/people/faculty/karl_matlin_profile.shtml website]
** Specialties: Understanding the biogenesis of apical-basal polarity in epithelial cells (via website)
* <strong>David Jablonski</strong>, Ph.D. 1979 Yale University (has been on CHSS dissertation committees) // [http://geosci.uchicago.edu/directory/david-jablonski website], [http://geosci.uchicago.edu/sites/geosci.uchicago.edu/files/uploads/documents/Jablonski-cv-2012.pdf CV]
** Specialties: Combining of data from living and fossil organisms to study the origins and the fates of lineages and adaptations (via website)
:[[University of Cincinnati| | Additional Program Information]] <nowiki>[</nowiki>yes<nowiki>]</nowiki>
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* <strong>Tony Chemero</strong>, Ph.D. 1999 Indiana University (Philosophy and Cognitive Science) // [http://www.artsci.uc.edu/departments/philosophy/fac_staff.html?eid=chemeray&thecomp=uceprof website], [http://philpapers.org/s/Anthony%20Chemero PhilPapers]
** Specialties: neuroscience, ecological psychology, artificial life, dynamical systems and complex systems, cognitive science
** Willing to work with new students? Yes
* <strong>Valerie Hardcastle</strong>, Ph.D. 1994 UC San Diego (Philosophy and Cognitive Science) // [http://www.artsci.uc.edu/departments/philosophy/fac_staff.html?eid=hardcave&thecomp=uceprof website], [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? Yes
** Willing to work with new students? Yes
* <strong>Thomas W. Polger</strong> , Ph.D. 2000 Duke University // 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 CV], [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? Yes
* <strong>Angela Potochnik</strong>, Ph.D. 2007 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 CV], [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? Yes
* <strong>Robert C. Richardson</strong>, Ph.D. 1977 University of Chicago // [http://www.artsci.uc.edu/departments/philosophy/fac_staff.html?eid=richards&thecomp=uceprof website], [http://philpapers.org/s/Robert%20C.%20Richardson PhilPapers]
** Specialties: evolutionary theory, developmental biology, cognitive science, theory change
** Willing to work with new students? Yes
* <strong>Robert A. Skipper, Jr.</strong>, Ph.D. 2000 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 1], [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? Yes
:[[University of Kansas| | Additional Program Information]] <nowiki>[</nowiki>no<nowiki>]</nowiki>
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* <strong>Armin Schulz</strong>, Ph.D. 2010 University of Wisconsin-Madison // [http://people.ku.edu/~a382s825/ website], [http://people.ku.edu/~a382s825/CV.pdf CV], [http://philpapers.org/profile/3381 PhilPapers]
** 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)
:[[University of Maryland, College Park| | Additional Program Information]] <nowiki>[</nowiki>no<nowiki>]</nowiki>
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* <strong>Lindley Darden</strong>, Ph.D. 1974 University of Chicago (Conceptual Foundations of Science) // website [http://www.philosophy.umd.edu/people/darden 1], [http://faculty.philosophy.umd.edu/LDarden/ 2], [http://faculty.philosophy.umd.edu/LDarden/vitaDardenSept13forweb.pdf CV], [http://philpapers.org/s/lindley%20darden PhilPapers]
** 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)
* <strong>Erin Eaker</strong>, Ph.D. 2002 UCLA // [http://www.philosophy.umd.edu/people/eaker website], [http://www.philosophy.umd.edu/sites/philosophy.umd.edu/files/Eaker/Erin%20Eaker%20CV_Sept%2013%202013.pdf CV]
** Specialties: Natural kinds and scientific realism in the philosophy of biology; philosophy of language, metaphysics and epistemology; the concept of belief (via website)
* <strong>Aidan Lyon</strong>, Ph.D. 2009 Australian National University // website [http://www.philosophy.umd.edu/people/lyon 1], [http://aidanlyon.com/ 2], [http://aidanlyon.com/cv CV], [http://philpapers.org/profile/3862 PhilPapers]
** Specialties: Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Probability, Formal Epistemology and Philosophy of Mathematics; also interested in topics in Philosophy of Physics and Biology; the notion of objective probability in various scientific theories, with a focus on Classical Statistical Mechanics and Evolutionary Theory (via website)
:[[University of Minnesota, Twin Cities| | Additional Program Information]] <nowiki>[</nowiki>yes<nowiki>]</nowiki>
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* <strong>Alan C. Love</strong>, Ph.D. 2005 University of Pittsburgh (HPS) // website [http://www.philosophy.umn.edu/people/FacultyProfile.php?UID=aclove 1], [https://sites.google.com/a/umn.edu/aclove/home 2], [https://sites.google.com/a/umn.edu/aclove/cv CV], [http://philpapers.org/s/alan%20love PhilPapers]
** 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? Yes
* <strong>William C. Wimsatt</strong>, Ph.D. 1971 University of Chicago (part-time appointment, Fall semesters) // [http://www.philosophy.umn.edu/people/FacultyProfile.php?UID=wwim website], [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
:[[University of Missouri| | Additional Program Information]] <nowiki>[</nowiki>no<nowiki>]</nowiki>
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* <strong>Andre Ariew</strong>, Ph.D. 1997 University of Arizona // website [https://philosophy.missouri.edu/index.php/people/15-/29-andre-ariew 1], [http://faculty.missouri.edu/~ariewa/ 2], [https://philosophy.missouri.edu/images/documents/Ariewcv.pdf CV], [http://philpapers.org/s/andre%20ariew PhilPapers]
** Specialties: Philosophy of science, philosophy of biology, fitness, causation (via website)
:[[University of Notre Dame| | Additional Program Information]] <nowiki>[</nowiki>no<nowiki>]</nowiki>
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* <strong>Grant Ramsey</strong>, Ph.D. 2007 Duke University // website [https://philosophy.nd.edu/people/faculty/grant-ramsey/ 1], [http://www.theramseylab.org/ 2], [http://www.theramseylab.org/ramsey-cv.pdf CV], [http://philpapers.org/profile/54027 PhilPapers]
** Specialties: Philosophy of biology, fitness (via website)
:[[University of Pennsylvania| | Additional Program Information]] <nowiki>[</nowiki>yes<nowiki>]</nowiki>
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* <strong>Cristina Bicchieri</strong>, Ph.D. 1984 Cambridge University // [http://philosophy.sas.upenn.edu/faculty/bicchieri website], [http://www.sas.upenn.edu/~cb36/vita.html CV], [http://philpapers.org/s/Cristina%20Bicchieri PhilPapers]
**Specialties: evolutionary game theory, evolution of social norms
* <strong>Karen Detlefsen</strong>, Ph.D. 2001 University of Toronto // [http://philosophy.sas.upenn.edu/faculty/detlefsen website], [http://philosophy.sas.upenn.edu/sites/www.phil.upenn.edu/files/Detlefsen%20CV.pdf CV], [http://philpapers.org/profile/10967 PhilPapers]
** Specialties: history of philosophy of biology
* <strong>Gary Hatfield</strong>, Ph.D. 1979 University of Wisconsin-Madison // [https://philosophy.sas.upenn.edu/faculty/hatfield website], [http://www.sas.upenn.edu/~hatfield/vita14nr.pdf CV], [http://philpapers.org/profile/63802 PhilPapers]
** Specialties: history of philosophy of biology, perception, neuroscience and psychology
* <strong>Quayshawn Spencer</strong>, Ph.D. 2009 Stanford University // website [http://philosophy.sas.upenn.edu/bio/spencer 1], [https://sites.google.com/site/qnjspencer/ 2], [https://sites.google.com/site/qnjspencer/curriculum-vitae CV], [http://philpapers.org/profile/6707 PhilPapers]
** Specialties: population genetics, phylogenetics, biology and race
* <strong>Michael Weisberg</strong>, Ph.D. 2003 Stanford University // website [http://philosophy.sas.upenn.edu/faculty/weisberg 1], [http://www.phil.upenn.edu/~weisberg/Homepage/Home.html 2], [http://www.phil.upenn.edu/~weisberg/Homepage/CV.html CV], [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
:[[University of Pittsburgh (History and Philosophy of Science)| | Additional Program Information]] <nowiki>[</nowiki>no<nowiki>]</nowiki>
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* <strong>Mazviita Chirimuuta</strong>, Ph.D. 2004 University of Cambridge // [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]
** Specialties: Relationship between neuroscience and the philosophy of mind and perception; color vision, developing a theory of color that acknowledges the complexities of visual function revealed by recent perceptual science (via website)
* <strong>James G. Lennox</strong>, Ph.D. 1978 University of Toronoto // [http://www.hps.pitt.edu/profile/lennox.php website], [http://www.hps.pitt.edu/documents/Lennox.CV.2012.pdf CV], [http://philpapers.org/s/James%20G.%20Lennox PhilPapers]
** Specialties: Ancient Greek philosophy and science, William Harvey, Darwin, and Darwinism (via website)
* <strong>Peter Machamer</strong>, Ph.D. 1972 University of Chicago // [http://www.pitt.edu/~pkmach/ website], [http://www.pitt.edu/~pkmach/machamer/cv.pdf CV], [http://philpapers.org/profile/10984 PhilPapers]
** Specialties: History and philosophy of science, primarily on 16th- and 17th-century topics, especially Galileo, Descartes and Hobbes, and in the philosophy of cognitive psychology and neuroscience, and social science, and on values and science.
* <strong>Edouard Machery</strong>, Ph.D. 2004 Université Paris-Sorbonne // [http://www.pitt.edu/~machery/ website], [http://www.pitt.edu/~machery/papers/Machery%20Edouard%20CV%2009_2009.pdf CV], [http://philpapers.org/profile/10985 PhilPapers]
** Specialties: Theoretical issues raised by psychology and cognitive science; concepts; evolution, culture, cognition; experimental philosophy (via website)
* <strong>Sandra Mitchell</strong>, Ph.D. 1987 University of Pittsburgh (HPS) // website [http://www.hps.pitt.edu/profile/mitchell.php 1], [http://www.pitt.edu/~smitchel/ 2], [http://philpapers.org/s/sandra%20mitchell PhilPapers]
** Specialties: Epistemological and metaphysical issues in the philosophy of science; scientific explanations of complex behavior, representing multi-level, multi-component complex systems; functional explanation, units of selection in evolutionary biology, sociobiology, biological complexity and self-organization, and scientific laws (via website)
* <strong>Kenneth F. Schaffner</strong>, Ph.D. 1967 Columbia University, M.D. University of Pittsburgh // website [http://www.hps.pitt.edu/profile/schaffner.php 1], [http://www.pitt.edu/~kfs/ 2], [http://philpapers.org/profile/32313 PhilPapers]
** Specialties: Human behavioral and psychiatric genetics (via website)
* <strong>James Woodward</strong>, Ph.D. 1977 University of Texas at Austin // [http://www.hps.pitt.edu/profile/woodward.php website], [http://philpapers.org/s/james%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)
:[[University of Utah| | Additional Program Information]] <nowiki>[</nowiki>no<nowiki>]</nowiki>
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* <strong>Stephen M. Downes</strong>, Ph.D. 1990 Virginia Tech (STS) // [http://philosophy.utah.edu/profile.php?unid=u0031428 website], [http://philpapers.org/profile/11161 PhilPapers]
** Specialties: Philosophy of Science and Philosophy of Biology; Biology of Human Behavior and Models and Images in Science (via website)
* <strong>Melinda B. Fagan</strong>, Ph.D. 2007 Indiana University (HPS) // [http://philosophy.utah.edu/profile.php?unid=u0976724 website], [http://faculty.utah.edu/bytes/curriculumVitae.hml?id=u0976724 CV], [http://philpapers.org/s/Melinda%20B.%20Fagan PhilPapers]
** Specialties: Philosophy of science, focusing on experimental practice in biology (particularly stem cell and developmental biology), explanation, and conceptions of objectivity and evidence (via website)
* <strong>Matt Haber</strong>, Ph.D. 2005 UC Davis (Philosophy, Population Biology Affiliate) // [http://philosophy.utah.edu/profile.php?unid=u0533545 website], [http://155.97.32.9/~mhaber/Documents/HaberCV.pdf CV], [http://philpapers.org/profile/28667 PhilPapers]
** Specialties: Philosophy of Biology and Philosophy of Science; philosophical and conceptual issues in systematics, particularly those stemming from a commitment to phylogenetic thinking (via website)
* <strong>Jacob Stegenga</strong>, Ph.D. 2011 UC San Diego // website [http://philosophy.utah.edu/profile.php?unid=u0851108 1], [http://individual.utor,onto.ca/jstegenga/Site/Welcome.html 2], [http://individual.utoronto.ca/jstegenga/Site/Welcome_files/Stegenga%20CV%2014%20Aug%2029.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 (via website)
* <strong>James Tabery</strong>, Ph.D. 2007 University of Pittsburgh (HPS) // [http://philosophy.utah.edu/profile.php?unid=u0578517 website], [http://faculty.utah.edu/bytes/curriculumVitae.hml?id=u0578517 CV], [http://philpapers.org/s/james%20tabery PhilPapers]
** Specialties: Philosophy of science and applied ethics, as well as the intersection between those domains; causation and explanation in biology and their ethical, legal, and social implications (via website)
:[[University of Wisconsin-Madison| | Additional Program Information]] <nowiki>[</nowiki>no<nowiki>]</nowiki>
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* <strong>Daniel Hausman</strong>, Ph.D. 1978 Columbia University // [http://philosophy.wisc.edu/hausman/ website], [http://philpapers.org/profile/11262 PhilPapers]
** Specialties: Rational choice theory, game theory, the concept of measurement and health
* <strong>Elliott Sober</strong>, Ph.D. 1974 Harvard University // [http://philosophy.wisc.edu/sober/ website], [http://sober.philosophy.wisc.edu/vitae CV], [http://philpapers.org/profile/11265 PhilPapers]
** Specialties: Philosophy of evolutionary biology, confirmation, explanation, reductionism, modeling, probability and statistics, parsimony
** Willing to work with new students? Yes
* <strong>Russ Shafer-Landau</strong>, Ph.D. 1992 University of Arizona // [https://sites.google.com/site/shaferlandau/home/ website], [http://philpapers.org/profile/11264 PhilPapers]
** Specialties: Evolutionary debunking arguments targeting morality
* <strong>Lawrence Shapiro</strong>, Ph.D. 1992 University of Pennsylvania // [http://tinyurl.com/lshapiro911/ website], [https://98f1df6db412fd4b5fc4e0a167614b3625951f4e.googledrive.com/host/0ByplJHTNjxCFLTVMcERmSlhqQVU/Index_files/ShapiroCV.pdf CV], [http://philpapers.org/profile/6560 PhilPapers]
** Specialties: Philosophy of psychology and philosophy of mind; issues concerning multiple realization and embodied cognition (via website)
* <strong>Michael Titelbaum</strong>, Ph.D. 2008 UC Berkeley // [https://sites.google.com/site/michaeltitelbaum/ website], [https://86b944b3-a-62cb3a1a-s-sites.googlegooglegroups.com/site/michaeltitelbaum/cv/vitae TitelbaumCV.pdf?attachauth=ANoY7cpwfWynfFOJaXun4aaco2COcu2tiD9Hiv3koH9bQw1Ic0VBsNe5-iwzSwCoKtaKSr8gImpYQKq8DlxV1M2-Sn9MyoRkJQYROHCrOzKvLhiRJse4z835aQsGYd79p6pgVCI_wYfi5rc2xoYBp7R12_1J2YPPSxkDPj7gwR8kCXyRNnSbKDJcPIZLdOdRG2BVrWK5Uehm4rC-kZ_8hMYFGz-z9rClEveqlhEU2HVy94k2dmIj37I%3D&attredirects=0 CV], [http://philpapers.org/profile/55 PhilPapers]
** Specialties: Bayesian epistemology
:[[Washington University in St. Louis| | Additional Program Information]] <nowiki>[</nowiki>no<nowiki>]</nowiki>
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* <strong>Carl F. Craver</strong>, Ph.D. 1998 University of Pittsburgh // website [https://philosophy.artsci.wustl.edu/people/Carl_Craver 1], [https://pages.wustl.edu/cfcraver 2], [http://philpapers.org/s/carl%20craver PhilPapers]
** Specialties: Philosophy of neuroscience, theories of explanation, philosophy of psychology, cognitive neuropsychology
** Willing to work with new students? Yes
* <strong>Dennis DesChene</strong>, Ph.D. Stanford University // [http://www.goclenius.net/ website], [http://artsci.wustl.edu/~ddeschen/CV/ddcv20090127.html CV], [http://philpapers.org/profile/1666 PhilPapers]
* <strong>Ron Mallon</strong>, Ph.D. Ron Mallon 1987 Rutgers University// [https://pages.wustl.edu/ronmallon website], [http://philpapers.org/profile/22023 PhilPapers]
** Specialties: Race, social construction, moral psychology, experimental philosophy
* <strong>Anya Plutynski</strong>, Ph.D. 2002 University of Pennsylvania // [https://philosophy.artsci.wustl.edu/people/anya-plutynski website], [http://philpapers.org/profile/7066 PhilPapers]
** Specialties: History and philosophy of biology, general philosophy of science, cancer biology, early 20th Century genetics, evolutionary theory, explanation, modeling.
** Willing to work with new students? Yes
