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C. Kenneth Waters
Born
Vermont, USA
Alma materIndiana University
Scientific career
Fields
InstitutionsUniversity of Calgary
Websiteckennethwaters.com

C. Kenneth Waters is Canada Research Chair in Logic and the Philosophy of Science[1][2] and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Calgary, where he specializes in philosophy of biology.[3][4]

Education and career

Waters received his undergraduate education from the University of Vermont and his M.A and PhD from Indiana University. Waters has taught at the University of Calgary since 2014, and has held previous appointments at John Carroll University, Rice University, and the University of Minnesota. Waters was the Samuel Russell Chair of Humanities at the University of Minnesota[5] and was Director of the Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science from 1996 - 2014.

Waters has been named an AAAS Fellow[6] and served as President of the Philosophy of Science Association.[7]

Philosophical work

Waters' research centers on the epistemology of biological sciences. He has written on reductionism, pluralism, experimentation, conceptual and investigative practices, and causal reasoning. He is a prominent figure in the Philosophy of Biology literature. His most prominent and influential philosophical research is focused on a historically informed epistemological account of how scientists succeed, and why this is philosophically important.


Publications

  • "Shifting Attention From Theory to Practice in Philosophy of Biology" in M.C. Galavotti, D. Dieks, W.J. Gonzalez, S. Hartmann, T. Uebel, and M. Weber (eds.) New Directions in the Philosophy of Science, ed. by. Berlin: Springer International Publishing, 2014, pp. 121–139.[8]
  • "Beyond Theoretical Reduction and Layer-cake Antireduction: How DNA Retooled Genetics and Transformed Biological Practice", in Michael Ruse (ed.) Oxford Handbook to the Philosophy of Biology. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2008, pp. 238–62.[9]
  • "Causes that Make a Difference", The Journal of Philosophy. Volume CIV, Number 11 (2007): 551–579.[10]
  • "The Pluralist Stance" with Stephen Kellert and Helen Longino, in Scientific Pluralism, Volume XIX of the Minnesota Studies in the Philosophy of Science, edited with Stephen Kellert, Helen Longino, Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press, 2006, pp. 7–29
  • "Why Genic and Multilevel Selection Theories are Here to Stay", Philosophy of Science 72 (2) (2005): 311–33.
  • "The Arguments in Darwin's Origin of Species", in The Cambridge Companion to Darwin, edited by Jonathan Hodge and Gregory Radick, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003, pp. 116–139.

References

  1. ^ "October 2014 Recipients List". Chairs-chaires.gc.ca. 2014-12-18. Retrieved 2015-04-30.
  2. ^ "Canada Research Chair - Profile". Chairs-chaires.gc.ca. 2012-11-29. Retrieved 2015-04-30.
  3. ^ "Leiter Reports: A Philosophy Blog: Waters from Minnesota to Calgary". Leiterreports.typepad.com. 2013-02-28. Retrieved 2015-04-30.
  4. ^ "Calgary hires C Kenneth Waters from Minnesota | prophilosophy". Prophilosophy.wordpress.com. 2013-03-01. Retrieved 2015-04-30.
  5. ^ "2014 IHPST". Sec.ntnu.edu.tw. Archived from the original on 2014-06-27. Retrieved 2015-04-30.
  6. ^ "PSA Members Elected AAAS Fellows: C. Kenneth Waters & Joseph C. Pitt". Philsci.org. Retrieved 2015-04-30.
  7. ^ "Governance". Philsci.org. 2014-12-31. Retrieved 2015-04-30.
  8. ^ "An Archive for Preprints in Philosophy of Science - PhilSci-Archive". Philsci-archive.pitt.edu. Retrieved 2015-04-30.
  9. ^ "An Archive for Preprints in Philosophy of Science - PhilSci-Archive". Philsci-archive.pitt.edu. Retrieved 2015-04-30.
  10. ^ "An Archive for Preprints in Philosophy of Science - PhilSci-Archive". Philsci-archive.pitt.edu. Retrieved 2015-04-30.
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