Areas of specialization: History and Philosophy of Science, Metaphysics
Areas of competence: Philosophy of Mind, Logic, Bioethics, History of Philosophy, Philosophy
of Cognitive Science, Epistemology, History of Physics, History of Biology
CURRENT
ACADEMIC POSITION:
Postdoctoral
Fellow, Center for Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh (September 2009 – May 2010)
PREVIOUS ACADEMIC POSITIONS:
Visiting
Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, Carleton University, Ottawa
(July 2006 – July 2009)
Visiting Assistant Professor, Philosophy Department, St. Mary’s
University, Halifax, Nova Scotia (September 2005 – August 2006)
EDUCATION:
Ph.D. Philosophy, York University, Toronto (September 2005)
Dissertation: Ontologies for the Complex Physical World: Holism, Emergence,
and Physicalist Dualism
REFEREED PUBLICATIONS:
2008
“Why Were Matrix Mechanics and Wave Mechanics Considered Equivalent?”, Studies
in History and Philosophy of Science Part B: Studies in History and Philosophy of
Modern Physics, Vol. 39, 444-461, 2008. (The paper reviewed in Nature Physics 4, 349, 2008 - doi: 10.1038/nphys950)
“Why Were Two Logically Distinct Theories Deemed Equivalent
in Quantum Mechanics?”, First Annual Conference in the Foundations and History of Quantum Physics, Max Planck Institute
for History of Science Conference Proceedings, Vol. 2, 2008.
2007
“The Limitations of Kim’s Reductive Physicalism in Accounting for Living Systems and an
Alternative Nonreductionist Ontology,” Acta Biotheoretica (Springer), Vol. 55 (September), 243-267, 2007.
2006
“Schrödinger’s Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics
and the Relevance of Bohr’s Experimental Critique,” Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B: Studies in History and
Philosophy of Modern Physics, Vol. 37/2, pp. 275-297,
2006.
2005
“A Recent Revival of Schrödinger’s Ideas on Interpreting
Quantum Mechanics, and Their Early Experimental Critique,” Khrennikov, A., ed., Foundations of Probability and Physics
– 3, American Institute of Physics Conference Proceedings Series, 750, pp. 316-21, February 2005.
2003
“Schrödinger’s and Everett’s Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics” in Khrennikov,
A., ed., Quantum Theory: Reconsideration of Foundations – 2. Mathematical Modeling in Physics, Engineering and Cognitive
Science, Växjo: Växjo University Press, V.10, pp. 747-67, 2003.
SUBMITTED WORK:
“Fine-Tuning Nativism: ‘Nurtured Nature’ and Innate
Cognitive Structures” (with L. Radenovic, University of Toronto), in T. Reydon, ed., Biological Explanations of Behavior,
Boston Studies in Philosophy of Science, [under review].
BOOK REVIEWS:
Essay-review: F. Weinert,
“Copernicus, Darwin, & Freud: Revolutions in the History and Philosophy of Science,” Wiley-Blackwell, 2009,
in Philosophy of Social Sciences, [forthcoming].
Essay-review: “Following
in Schrödinger’s footsteps – Lars Göran Johansson, Interpreting Quantum Mechanics: A Realistic View in Schrödinger’s
Vein (Ashgate, 2007),” in Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B: Studies in History and Philosophy
of Modern Physics, Vol. 29, 694-699, 2008.
N. Maxwell, “Is Science Neurotic?” London: Imperial College Press, 2004, in The British
Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 58/2, pp. 361-363, 2007.
F. Remedios, “Legitimizing Scientific Knowledge: Introduction to Steve Fuller’s Social
Epistemology,” Lexington Books, 2003, in Dialogue, Vol. XLVI (3), 620-622, 2007.
B. Ellis, “The Philosophy of Nature: A Guide to the New Essentialism,” Montreal: McGill&Queen’s
University Press, 2001, in Philosophy in Review, April 2004.
WORK IN PROGRESS:
“Gene’s Actions
and Reciprocal Causation” (with Paul-Antoine Miquel, University of Niece, France)
“Philosophical roots of Quantum Mechanics: Bohr’s complementarity
and F. Bacon’s Induction”
“What Makes Physics (Un)Successful: Decentralized Experimentation Versus The Physics of Big Experiments”
INVITED PRESENTATIONS:
“The Concept Of The Morphogenetic Field And Its Revival: A Challenge To
The Modern Synthesis Of Darwinism And Genetics?”
Department of Biology, Tufts University, Boston, 2008
“Fine-Tuning Nativism: The 'Nurtured Nature’ And Innate Cognitive
Structures”
Department of Philosophy, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada 2008
“The Rebirth of the Morphogenetic
Field: A Challenge and an Alternative to Modern Synthesis?”
Colloquium: Enchevêtrements
et action du temps dans les systèmes complexes vivants, University
of Nice, Nice, France, 2008
“Does the Principle of Natural
Selection as a Law Concerning Physical Systems Grant Explanatory Autonomy of Biology?”
Department of Philosophy, Carleton University, Ottawa, 2006
“Examining the Prospects of a Comprehensive Relational Account of Nature: The Case of Physical
and Biological Systems”
Department of Philosophy, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada 2006
“Does the Principle of Natural
Selection as a Law Concerning Physical Systems Grant Explanatory Autonomy of Biology?”
Department of Philosophy, St. Xavier University, Antigonish, Canada 2006
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
(Refereed):
“Neither Emergence nor Reduction? On Gene’s Actions and Reciprocal Causation”
(with Paul-Antoine Miquel), Pittsburgh-Paris Workshops II, Center for Philosophy of Science, Pittsburgh,
2009
“Can the Parity Thesis in Biology and Nativism in Psychology be Reconciled?”
(with L. Radenovic), Biological Explanations of Behavior:
Philosophical Perspectives, University of Hanover, Hanover, Germany, June 2008
“Why Were Logically Distinct Theories Deemed Equivalent in Early Quantum Mechanics?”
The Yearly Workshop – The History and Foundations of Quantum Physics
Project, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin, 2007
“Does The Principle Of Natural Selection As A Basic Physical Law Grant Explanatory Autonomy Of
Biology?”
Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society for the History and Philosophy of Science, York University,
Toronto, 2006.
“A Recent Revival of Schrödinger’s Ideas on Interpreting Quantum Mechanics, and Their Early
Experimental Critique”
Annual Meeting of the History of Science Society, University of Texas, Austin, 2004.
“A Recent Revival of Schrödinger’s Ideas on Interpreting Quantum Mechanics, and Their Early
Experimental Critique”
International
Conference on Foundations of Probability and Physics – 3, International
Center for Mathematical Modeling in Physics, Engineering and Cognitive Science, Växjo
University, 2004.
“Schrödinger’s and Everett’s Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics, and Bohr’s
Experimental Critique”(paper accepted)
12th
International Congress for Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science,
University of Oviedo, Spain, 2003.
“Emergence, Nonlinearity, and Living Systems: A Metaphysical Lecture from Biology?”
Annual
Meeting of the International Society for the History, Philosophy, and Social Study of
Biology, University of Vienna, Vienna, 2003.
“Taxonomies of Emergence, Relational Holism, and Nonlinearity”
Annual
Meeting of the Canadian Society for the History and Philosophy of Science,
Dalhousie University, Halifax, 2003.
Comment on M. Frappier's "Dialectic and Heisenberg's Microscope Thought
Experiment," Annual Meeting of hte Canadian Philosophical Association, Dalhousie University, Halifax, 2003.
“Emergence, Nonlinearity, and Living Systems: A Metaphysical Lecture from Biology?”
Annual Graduate Conference in Philosophy University
of Toronto, 2003.
“Emergence, Nonlinearity, and Living Systems: A Metaphysical
Lecture from Biology?”
Graduate Conference in Philosophy, University of Waterloo, 2003.
“A Historical Reminder to the Proponents of the Many Worlds Interpretation of
Quantum Mechanics: Why Did Schrödinger take ill in 1926?”
Annual
Meeting of the Canadian Society for the History and Philosophy of Science ,
University of Toronto, 2002.
“Emergence and Quantum States”
The
4th Annual Philosophy Graduate Student Association Conference on the Philosophy
of Mind, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 2002.
“Are Quantum Entanglements Emergent Properties?”
The
6th Annual Mini-Conference in the Foundations of Physics in Conjunction with the
Graduate Conference in Philosophy of Mathematics, Physics, and Logic, University of
Western Ontario, London, Ontario, 2001.
OTHER PRESENTATIONS:
“Examining Limitations of Physics: Experimental Diversity vs.
The Physics of Big Experiments”
Lunchtime Talks Series, Center for Philosophy of Science, University
of Pittsburgh, 2009
The First Annual Panel on History and Philosophy of Science
The First Annual Conference in History and Philosophy of Science,
Center for History and Philosophy of Science, Pittsburgh University, 2007
“Some Philosophical Aspects of Quantum Theory and Nonlinear
Dynamics”
Speaker series at the Astronomical Observatory/Institute of Physics, Belgrade, 2003.
Comment on the paper of Brian Baigrie (University of Toronto), “The Scientific Life of the Camera
Obscura”
Philosophy
Seminar in tribute to the 40th anniversary of York University, 2000.
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE
PROFESSION:
Referee
work:
Canadian Philosophical Association; Canadian Society for History and Philosophy of Science
Memberships:
Canadian Philosophical Association; Canadian Society for History and Philosophy of Science; Philosophy
of Science Association; American Philosophical Association; International Society for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies
of Biology
AWARDS:
Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh, 2009
(40.000$)
Conference Expenses Funding, Utrecht University, Utrecht,
2008. (700$)
Conference Travel Award, Carleton University, Ottawa,
2006, 2007, 2008. (1.000$)
Siemens Östreich Award , Siemens, Austria (Vienna International Summer University),
2003. (1.500$)
International Student Scholarship, Faculty of Graduate
Studies, York University, Toronto, 1999-2004. (4.000$)
Entrance Scholarship, Faculty of Graduate Studies, York
University, Toronto, 1999/2000. (5000$)
Graduate Scholarship,
Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, 1998/1999. (8.000$)
Mary Catherine Cartwright Fellowship in Philosophy, Department
of Philosophy, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, 1998/1999. (8.000$)
SUMMER INSTITUTES:
Lunds University Summer graduate School and Seminar in Philosophy of Science (2004)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
Graduate courses taught:
Seminar in philosophy of Mind or Cognition – PHIL 4220 and PHIL 5000- Carleton University –
Winter 2008
Independent
Studies Supervisions:
Graduate:
Topics in Philosophy of Cognitive Science (Carleton University) –
Fall 2006
Undergraduate:
Topics in Metaphysics: Atomism and Monadology – Fall 2008
Topics in Advanced Logic – Winter 2008
Topics in Philosophy of Physics –
Honors course – Winter 2007
Undergraduate courses
taught:
Introduction to Bioethics – Carleton University – Fall
2009
Tutorial in advanced logic (4th year) – Carleton University- Winter 2008
Introduction to Philosophy of Mind – PHIL 2501 – Carleton
University- Fall 2007, Winter 2008, Fall 2009
Philosophy of Mind and Action –PHIL 3502 – Carleton University
– Fall 2007
Introduction to Logic – PHIL 2001 – Carleton University
– Fall 2007
German Idealism – PHIL 3006 – Carleton University –
Winter 2007
Early Modern/Empiricists – PHIL 3004 – Carleton University
– Fall 2006
Introduction to Philosophy of Science – PHIL 2031 – Carleton
University – Fall 2006
Informal Reasoning – PHIL 2003 – Carleton University –
Fall 2006
Metaphysics – PHIL 3000 (full year) – St. Mary’s University – 2005/06
Plato – PHIL 2345 – St. Mary’s
University (Halifax) - 2006
Rationalists – PHIL 3442 –
St. Mary’s University - 2005
Critical Thinking 1200 (full year) – St. Mary’s University – 2005/06
Metaphysics - PHIL 3030 - York University
– 2003
Deviant Logic - PHIL 3100
- York University - Temporary Lecturer – 2003
Teaching Assistant:
Introduction to Applied Ethics - York
University - 2005
Philosophy of Art and Literature
– York University - 2004
Experience, World, and the Self - York University - 2003
Reason, God, and the Mind - York
University - 2002
Introduction to Logic - York University - 2002
Philosophy of Law - York
University - 2001/2002
Introduction to Logic - York
University - 2001
Introduction to Philosophy - York
University - 2000/2001
Introduction to Philosophy - York University - 1999/2000
Other
Teaching Responsibilities:
Teaching
Development Seminar Graduate Assistant – York University - 2004
