Mauricio Suarez
Mauricio Suárez | |
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| Born | 5 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). He currently holds the Chair (Cátedra) in Logic and Philosophy of Science at Complutense University of Madrid.
His previous 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 Tenured Professor, Complutense University of Madrid (2002-2016)
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, causal inference, propensities, 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.
