Anjan Chakravartty
Anjan Chakravartty | |
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| Alma mater | University of Cambridge (Ph.D.) |
| Era | 21st century Philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Analytic |
| Institutions | University of Toronto, University of Notre Dame |
| Doctoral students | Kaave Lajevardi |
Main interests | philosophy of science, metaphysics, epistemology |
| Website | https://anjanchakravartty.com/ |
Anjan Chakravartty is an analytic philosopher and a professor of philosophy at the University of Notre Dame. His work focuses on topics in the philosophy of science, metaphysics, and epistemology.
Life
He received his BSc in Biophysics and MA in philosophy from the University of Toronto. Chakravartty obtained his PhD at the University of Cambridge and previously taught at the University of Toronto. He is the Director of the John J. Reilly Center for Science, Technology, and Values at Notre Dame, and the Editor in Chief of the journal Studies in History and Philosophy of Science.[1][2] From July 1, 2018, he will be Appignani Foundation Chair at University of Miami.[3]
Works
Chakravartty's book A Metaphysics for Scientific Realism: Knowing the Unobservable (Cambridge University Press) puts forward the concept of semirealism. The book won the Biennial Book Prize of the Canadian Philosophical Association in 2009.[4]
He has edited collections entitled Ancient Skepticism, Voluntarism, and Science, and Explanation, Inference, Testimony, and Truth, in memory of his former doctoral supervisor Peter Lipton, Hans Rausing Professor of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge.
See also
References
- ^ Studies in History and Philosophy of Science
- ^ Reilly Center for Science, Technology, and Values
- ^ "The Appignani Chair". Anjan Chakravartty. 8 January 2018. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
- ^ CPA Book Prize[permanent dead link]
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