History & Philosophy of Science

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Research Focus

"Pag-unawa sa epistemic foundations ng scientific knowledge."

Ang aking academic work ay nakasentro sa pag-unawa ng epistemic foundations ng scientific knowledge, partikular na nakatuon sa philosophical issues tungkol sa scientific realism at ang historical development ng classical electrodynamics.

Sa halip na hatulan ang debate sa purely epistemic grounds, ginalugad ko ang pragmatic motivations para sa pag-adopt ng alinmang posisyon. Ano ang ibig sabihin para sa mga working scientists — at para sa lipunan — kapag nag-commit tayo sa isang view kaysa sa isa?

Scientific RealismAng pananaw na ang ating pinakamahuhusay na scientific theories ay naglalarawan ng reality kung ano talaga ito

Anti-RealismPag-aalinlangan kung ang mga theories ay nagbubunyag ng katotohanan, o "nili-ligtas lang ang phenomena"

Pragmatic TurnPaglipat ng focus mula sa epistemics patungo sa practical consequences ng ating mga commitments

"Ano ang nakataya sa literal na pag-take sa science? At ano ang nawawala kapag hindi natin ginawa?"

Academic Credentials

REF: DEGREEDOCTORATE

PhD, History & Philosophy of Science

University of Toronto

Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology

A Pragmatic, Existentialist Approach to the Scientific Realism Debate
Supervisor: James Robert Brown2017

Suportado ng SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship

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REF: DEGREEMASTERS

MA, Philosophy

University of Victoria

Department of Philosophy

2009

Suportado ng SSHRC Graduate Scholarship

Nanalo: Kenneth Rankin Best MA Thesis Prize

REF: DEGREEUNDERGRADUATE

BA with Distinction, Philosophy

University of Alberta

Minor sa Sociology

2006

Jason Lang Scholarship

REF: PUBLICATIONSLIBRARY

Mga Piling Publikasyon at Gawa

The pragmatic turn in the scientific realism debate

Synthese (2024)

kasama si S.C. Boucher • DOI: 10.1007/s11229-024-04528-9

A pragmatic, existentialist approach to the scientific realism debate

Synthese (2017)

Vol. 194, Issue 9, pp. 3327–3346

Review of Bas van Fraassen, Scientific Representation: Paradoxes of Perspective

Spontaneous Generations (2009)

Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 236-238

Towards a Philosophy of Commercialized Science

Metascience (2013)

Review ni Hans Radder

Editor's Introduction: Science and Public Controversy

Spontaneous Generations (2011)

Vol. 5, No. 1

REF: TEACHINGPEDAGOGY

Teaching Experience

Undergraduate & Graduate Instruction

Philosophy of Science
Scientific Realism
Scientific Revolutions
Epistemology
Formal Logic
Introductory Philosophy
History of Ancient Science
History of Modern Science
Science as Social Problem

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