PHILOSOPHY ONLINE
 |
Philosophy
of Science
Wisconsin Style
Email Graduate Coordinator for info about the Ph.D program
PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE FACULTY |
 |
Evolution? |
Ellery Eells, Decision Theory, Game Theory, Confirmation Theory, Explanation, Probabilistic Causality.
Malcolm Forster, General Philosophy of Science, Foundations of Statistics, Causal Modeling, Foundations of Physics, Connectionism.
Dan Hausman, Philosophy of Economics, Causation, Game Theory, Ethics.
Elliott Sober, Philosophy of Biology, General Philosophy of Science, Statistical Inference.
Larry Shapiro, Philosophy of Mind, Evolutionary Psychology, Cognitive Science, Artificial Life.
RECENT SEMINARS |
- The Meaning of If-Then Statements, Spring 2003, Malcolm Forster.
- Philosophy of Mind: Multiple Realization, 2002, Larry Shapiro.
- Empiricism and Scientific Realism, Fall 2002, Elliott Sober.
- Scientific Explanation, Spring 2002, Dan Hausman.
- William Whewell's Philosophy of Science, Spring 2001, Malcolm Forster.
- Evidential Issues in Evolutionary Biology, Fall 2000.
- Probability and Causation, Spring 2000, Ellery Eells and Dan Hausman.
- Non-Deductive Reasoning, Fall 1999, Malcolm Forster.
- Confirmation, Spring 1999, Ellery Eells.
- Epistemology: Internalism & Meta-epistemology, Spring 1999, Alan Sidelle.
CURRENT GRADUATE STUDENTS |
Marty Barrett |
Greg Mougin |
Terry Sullivan |
FORMER GRADUATE STUDENTS |
- Chris Stephens, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
- Zac Ernst, Florida State University, Tallahassee.
- Branden Fitelson, UC-Berkeley.
- Robin Andreasen, University of Delaware.
- Tom Bontly, University of Connecticut, Storrs.
- Mike Kruse, Virginia Tech.
- Anthony Peressini, Marquette University.
- Eric Saidel, George Washington University.
PAST VISITING FELLOWS |
- Stephen Leeds, University of Colorado, Boulder.
- Dr. I. A. Kieseppa, Senior Researcher, University of Helsinki. Fall, 1999.
- Andre Ariew, University of Rhode Island.
- Dr. Li Jianhui, Philosophy, Beijing Normal University, China.
- Denis Walsh, University of Edinburgh.
JOURNALS |
The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science. Abstracts from 1996. Full-text access is available after registration. Official Journal of the British Society for the Philosophy of Science.
| The official Journal of Philosophy of Science Association (PSA). |
 |
Studies in the History and Philosophy of Science.
Hyle: An International Journal for the Philosophy of Chemistry. Free e-journal.
Metaphysical Review: Essays on the Foundations of Physics.
BOOKS AND ARTICLES |
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Some good philosophy of science articles online.
A Homepage for Thought Experiments.
CONFERENCES |
Philosophy of Science Association PSA meetings, to be held in Milwaukee, 2002.
