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Professional Preparation
Ph.D. - History and Philosophy of Science University of Chicago - 2008
M.A. - Philosophy University of Western Ontario - 2001
B.A. - Philosophy, Psychology Simon Fraser University - 2000
Research Areas
Research Interests
Philosophy of Science, History and Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Psychiatry, Philosophy of Psychology, Philosophy of Biology, Philosophy of Medicine, Philosophy of the Social Sciences, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Cognitive Science, Philosophy of Neuroscience, History of Analytic Philosophy, History of 20th Century Philosophy of Science
Teaching Interests
Introduction to Philosophy, Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Race, Philosophy of Psychology and Psychiatry, Philosophy of Mind/ Cognitive Science, Philosophy of Technology, Philosophy of Medicine, Philosophy of Biology, Philosophy of Social Science, History of 20th Century Analytic Philosophy, Logical Empiricism, American Pragmatism.
Publications
Gregory J. Robson and Jonathan Y. Tsou (eds) Technology Ethics: A Philosophical Introduction and Readings. London: Routledge 2023 - Edited Book
Biological Essentialism, Projectable Human Kinds, and Psychiatric Classification. Philosophy of Science 2022 - Journal Article
Function, Dysfunction, and the Concept of Mental Disorder. Commentary on Anne-Marie Gagné-Julien. Philosophy, Psychiatry, & Psychology 2021 - Journal Article
Philosophy of Psychiatry. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2021 - Book
The Social Construction of Human Categories. Review of Ásta, Categories We Live By: The Construction of Sex, Gender, Race, and Other Social Categories (New York: Oxford University Press, 2018). Metascience 2021 - Book Review
Social Construction, HPC Kinds, and the Projectability of Human Categories. Philosophy of the Social Sciences 2020 - Journal Article
Philosophy of Science, Psychiatric Classification, and the DSM. In Şerife Tekin and Robyn Bluhm (eds.) The Bloomsbury Companion to Philosophy of Psychiatry. London: Bloomsbury 2019 - Book Chapter
The Social Construction of Real Human Kinds. Review of Ron Mallon, The Construction of Human Kinds (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016). Metascience 2017 - Book Review
Appointments
Professor of Philosophy University of Texas at Dallas [2022–Present]
The Marvin and Kathleen Stone Distinguished Professor of Humanities in Medicine and Science University of Texas at Dallas [2022–Present]
Professor of Philosophy Iowa State University [2021–2022]
Associate Professor of Philosophy Iowa State University [2014–2021]
Assistant Professor of Philosophy Iowa State University [2009–2014]
SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow University of British Columbia [2008–2009]