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Dejan Makovec Published in Philosophy of the Social Sciences
Congratulations to Dejan Makovec whose paper ""Entirely Different Kinds of Beast: The Ontological Challenge to Knowledge Integration in Ethnobiology" is published in Philosophy of the Social Sciences.
James Tabery, Professor of Philosophy, University of Utah, and HPS PhD (2007) published a guest essay in the New York Times
On August 5, James Tabery, Professor of Philosophy, University of Utah, and HPS PhD (2007) published a guest essay in the New York Times “A Revolution Is Coming to Medicine. Who Will It Leave Out?"
Sandra Mitchell elected as First Vice President of the Division of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science and Technology
In July, Sandra Mitchell was elected First Vice President of the Division of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science and Technology (DLMPST) 2024-2027. DLMPST is division of the International Union of History and Philosophy of Science and Technology.
Hoerr and DiMarco Win Interdisciplinary Organized Session Prize!
Kyra Hoerr's and Marina DiMarco's session at the International Society for the History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Biology meeting in Toronto (July 2023) was awarded the Interdisciplinary Organized Session Prize! This award is made to the organizer and participants of the session that best cohesively combines research and methodologies from several disciplines.
PhD Student Brett Park wins Clifton prize
Brett Park is the 2023 winner of the Nineteenth Annual Clifton Memorial Prize, given to a graduate student working in the philosophy of physics for his paper "Causation Beyond Manipulation". Congratulations Brett! Previous winners from this department include Bixin Guo, Mike Miller, Bryan Roberts, Doreen Fraser, and Mike Tamir.
Peter Machamer (1942 - 2023)
We report with sadness the passing on May 31 of Peter Machamer. He was an influential historian and philosopher of science who was a member of the HPS faculty for four decades and served as Chair for fifteen years.
Former Student Zina Ward wins BJPS Popper Prize
Zina Ward (PhD, 2020) won the BJPS Popper Prize for 2022 with her essay "Registration Pluralism and the Cartographic Approach to Data Aggregation across Brains" which was published in the journal and can be read for free here.
Kabir S. Bakshi (1st yr PhD student) publishes in SHPS on Mach and thought experiments
Congratulations to our first year student Kabir S. Bakshi whose paper "Clarifying some misconceptions in interpreting Ernst Mach's views on thought experiments" appears in the February 2023 issue of Studies in History & Philosophy of Science.
Edouard Machery's Geography of Philosophy project has a new video
You can watch the video Thinking about philosophy across cultures on YouTube
New Philosophy of Physics journal headed by Prof. David Wallace
Congratulations to Prof. David Wallace is the inaugural editor-in-chief of the new Philosophy of Physics journal from LSE Press. Learn more here.
Sandra Mitchell Appointed to the Committee for Science Planning of the International Science Council for 2022-2024
Sandra D. Mitchell has been appointed as a member of the Committee for Science Planning of the International Science Council for 2022-2024. The International Science Council (ISC) is a global non-governmental organization that integrates scientific excellence and science-policy expertise from all fields of science and all regions of the world to pursue science as a global public good. For more information, see https://council.science/
Bob Olby's Passing
With great sadness we have learned of Bob Olby's passing on December 31st, 2020. Bob was a faculty member in the Pittsburgh HPS Department from 1994 to 1999, when he retired.