We are mapping the uptake of philosophy of science in the natural, physical, and social sciences from 1952-2014.
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Why?

Can we include 2-3 sentences on the motivation for the project? Both social and intellectual. This could help with survey response rates.

Research Strategy

We are combining citation analysis with a survey of philosophers of science and qualitative case studies.

Citation Analysis

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Philosohy of Science Survey

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Qualitative Case Studies

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Research Team

Katie Plaisance

Assistant Professor

John McLevey

Assistant Professor

Janet Michaud

Research Assistant

Ben Nelson

Research Assistant

Sasha Graham

Research Assistant

Principal Investigators

Katie Plaisance is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Knowledge Integration at the University of Waterloo, cross-appointed to the Department of Philosophy...

John McLevey is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Knowledge Integration at the University of Waterloo, cross-appointed to the Departments of Sociology and Legal Studies, and Environment and Resource Studies...

Research Assistants

Janet Michaud is a PhD student in the philosophy department at Waterloo. Her main areas of research span a number of socially relevant topics in philosophy such as: social and feminist epistemologies, feminist and engaged philosophy of science, experimental philosophy and interdisciplinary collaboration. She is involved in a number of collaborative experimental projects looking at values in science communication and coercion in controversial police interrogation tactics.

Ben Nelson's main area of area interest is in the philosophy of law, and specifically on the unpublished aspects of positive law. In addition, he is working on projects in the pragmatics of intellectual good faith, the epistemology of intuitions, and evolutionary game theory in the philosophy of the social sciences. A unifying feature of his work is the idea of tacit normativity, which is an idea he finds weird, and therefore fascinating. His blog can be found here, where he posts about issues in the profession of philosophy, including the philosophy of science.

Sasha Graham is a Bachelor of Knowledge Integration Honors student at the University of Waterloo...