Philosophy of Science

Philosophy of Science is an area of particular strength of this department. Learn more about our activities in this area.

Related Faculty

Benjamin H. Feintzeig
Associate Professor
Paul Franco
Associate Teaching Professor, Director of Graduate Studies
Greta LaFore
Lecturer
Carole Lee
Professor
Conor Mayo-Wilson
Associate Professor
Rose Novick
Assistant Professor
Andrea Woody
Professor & Divisional Dean of the Social Sciences

Latest News

Recent PhD Matthew Sample Accepts Neuroethics Postdoc in Montreal (May 10, 2016)
Call for Papers: UW Grad Student Conference, March 11-12, 2016 (October 20, 2015)
Paper by Conor Mayo-Wilson Named One of Ten Best in 2014 (September 16, 2015)
Newsletter Spring 2015 Interview with Conor Mayo-Wilson (March 23, 2015)
Newsletter Fall 2014 Friends of Philosophy (February 6, 2015)

Related Research

Franco, Paul L. Forthcoming. “A History of Metaethics and Values in Science.” Tsou, Jonathan Y., Shaw, Jamie, and Fehr, Carla (eds.). Values, Pluralism, and Pragmatism: Themes from the Work of Matthew J. Brown. Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Cham: Springer.
Franco, Paul L. 2024. “Susan Stebbing on Logical Positivism and Communication”, Ergo an Open Access Journal of Philosophy 10: 48. doi: https://doi.org/10.3998/ergo.5185
Novick, Rose. 2023. “The Neutral Theory of Conceptual Complexity.” Philosophy of Science. https://doi.org/10.1017/psa.2023.25
Franco, Paul. 2023. Review of Matthew J. Brown's Science and Moral Imagination: A New Ideal for Values in Science. In Philosophy of Science. https://doi.org/10.1017/psa.2023.20
Novick, Rose. 2023. Structure and Function. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Feintzeig, B. (2023). The Classical–Quantum Correspondence (Elements in the Philosophy of Physics). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/9781009043557
Steeger, Jer. "Hypothetical Frequencies as Approximations." Erkenntnis (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10670-022-00584-0
Franco, Paul L. 2021. "Ordinary language philosophy, explanation, and the historical turn in philosophy of science." Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A. Volume 90: 77-85
Franco, Paul L. 2020. "Hans Reichenbach's and C.I. Lewis's Kantian Philosophies of Science." Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, Part A. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsa.2019.03.005.
Alvarez, Sindy N Escobar, Reshma Jagsi, Stephanie B Abbuhl, Carole J. Lee, and Elizabeth Myers. "Promoting Gender Equity in grant Making: What Can a Funder Do?" The Lancet 393 (2019): e9-e11.