Mauricio Suarez

Mauricio Suárez
Born	5th October, 1968
Nationality	Spain, European Union
Alma mater	University of Edinburgh (B.Sc.); London School of Economics (Ph.D.)
Scientific career
Fields	Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Physics, Epistemology, Methodology
Institutions	Complutense University of Madrid
Doctoral advisor	Nancy Cartwright (philosopher)

Mauricio Suárez is a Spanish anglophone philosopher who specialises in philosophy of science and philosophy of physics. He earned his BSc in astrophysics from the University of Edinburgh (1991), and his MSc and PhD in philosophy of science from the London School of Economics (1992 and 1997 respectively).

His appointments include:

• Junior Lecturer in Philosophy of Physics, University of Oxford (1995-6)
• Teaching and Research Fellow, University of St Andrews (1996-7)
• Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Northwestern University (1997-8)
• Permanent Lecturer, University of Bristol (1997–2003)
• Associate Professor, Complutense University of Madrid (since November 2000)

In addition he was Junior Research Fellow at Wolfson College, Oxford; a visiting scholar at the University of Sydney (2003) and Harvard University (2007, 2009, 2011), and a Visiting Professorial Fellow at the Institute of Philosophy, School of Advanced Study, London University (2012). He has published on models, representation, and the philosophy of quantum mechanics. He edited Fictions in Science (Routledge, 2009), Probabilities, Causes and Propensities in Physics (Springer, 2011), and coedited EPSA07: Launch of the European Philosophy of Science Association, vol. I and II (Springer, 2010). He was one of the founders of the European Philosophy of Science Association and served as its Vicepresident from 2009 to 2011.

External links

• Mauricio Suárez website at Complutense University of Madrid
• The European Philosophy of Science Association (EPSA)