John A. Dupré is a British philosopher of science. He is the director of Egenis, the Centre for the Study of Life Sciences, and professor of philosophy at the University of Exeter. Dupré’s chief work area lies in philosophy of biology, philosophy of the social sciences, and general philosophy of science. Dupré, together with Nancy…
Elliott R. Sober is Hans Reichenbach Professor and William F. Vilas Research Professor Emeritus in the Department of Philosophy at University of Wisconsin–Madison. He has served as the president of both the Central Division of the American Philosophical Association and the Philosophy of Science Association. He was president of the International Union of History and…
Philip Kitcher is a British philosopher who is John Dewey Professor Emeritus of philosophy at Columbia University. Kitcher is the author of twelve books, including Living with Darwin: Evolution, Design, and the Future of Faith; In Mendel’s Mirror: Philosophical Reflections on Biology; and The Lives to Come: The Genetic Revolution and Human Possibilities. He was…
Quayshawn Spencer is the Robert S. Blank Presidential Associate Professor of Philosophy and Undergraduate Chair at the University of Pennsylvania. Spencer received his Ph.D. in philosophy and his M.S. in biology at Stanford, and he completed his B.A. in chemistry and philosophy at Cornell. He specializes in philosophy of science, philosophy of biology, and philosophy…
Alan C. Love, Ph.D., is a professor in the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Minnesota. He also serves as director of the Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science. Love’s research focuses on conceptual issues in biology and has concentrated on evolutionary developmental biology (evo-devo), developmental biology, molecular biology, and paleontology. He uses…
Carol Edith Cleland is an American philosopher of science and a professor of philosophy at the University of Colorado Boulder. She holds affiliations with the NASA Astrobiology Institute, the SETI Institute, and the CU Boulder Center for Astrobiology. Cleland is known for her work on the definition of life and the shadow biosphere, on the…
Massimo Pigliucci is an Italian-American philosopher and biologist who is professor of philosophy at the City College of New York. He is a critic of pseudoscience and creationism, and an advocate for secularism and science education. Prof. Pigliucci has a PhD in Evolutionary Biology from the University of Connecticut and a PhD in Philosophy from…
Derek Turner teaches philosophy at Connecticut College where he is also the Karla Heurich Harrison ’28 Director of the Goodwin-Niering Center for the Environment. A past winner of the John S. King Award for Excellence in Teaching, Turner is Associate Director of the College’s Goodwin-Niering Center for the Environment. He was awarded the 2017 Nancy…
Elisabeth “Lisa” Anne Lloyd is an American philosopher of science specializing in the philosophy of biology. She is currently Distinguished Professor of History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine and Adjunct Professor of biology at Indiana University, Bloomington, affiliated faculty scholar at the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction and Adjunct Faculty…
Peter Godfrey-Smith is a professor in the School of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Sydney. His undergraduate degree is from the University of Sydney, and he holds a PhD in philosophy from UC San Diego. Godfrey-Smith taught at Stanford University between 1991 and 2003, and then combined a half-time post at…
Samir Okasha FBA, is a Professor of Philosophy of Science at University of Bristol. He was appointed a Fellow of the British Academy in 2018. Okasha is a winner of Lakatos Award for his book Evolution and the Levels of Selection. From 2008 to 2011, he was Principal Investigator on a major AHRC-funded research project,…
Jonathan Schooler’s research takes a “big picture” perspective in attempting to understand the nature of mental life, and in particular consciousness. Combining empirical, philosophical, and contemplative traditions, Jonathan Schooler addresses broad questions that cross traditional disciplinary boundaries. Some of the topics and associated questions include: Meta-awareness: When do we notice our thoughts and how does explicitly…