James Griesemer
Professor
Davis , Ca 95616
Education:
- Ph.D. 1983, Conceptual Foundations of Science, University of Chicago
- M.S. 1981, Biology, University of Chicago
- A.B. 1997, Genetics, University of California, Berkeley
Biography:
Dissertation: "Communication and Scientific Change: An Analysis of Conceptual Maps in the Macroevolution Controversy," directed by William Wimsatt
Areas of Specialization: Philosophy of biology, history and philosophy of science
Joined the UC Davis Philosophy Faculty: 1983
Departmental Affiliations
Center for Population Biology, http://cpb.ucdavis.edu/
Population Biology Graduate Group, http://www-eve.ucdavis.edu/eve/pbg/
Science and Technology Studies Program, http://sts.ucdavis.edu/
Center for Science and Innovation Studies, http://innovation.ucdavis.edu/
REACH IGERT, http://reach.ucdavis.edu/index.html
2011-2012 Course Schedule
Fall
Not teaching
Winter
31- Appraising Scientific Reasoning
Spring
189I – Special Topics in Philosophy of Science
208 – Philosophy of Biology
Other Courses
31 Appraising Scientific Reasoning
38 Introduction to Philosophy of Biology
108 Philosophy of the Biological Sciences
208 Philosophy of Biology Seminar
210 Philosophy of Science Seminar
Science and Technology Studies 131 Darwin
Recent Publications
"Gánti's Chemoton Model and Life Criteria," Chapter 22 in Protocells: Bridging Nonliving and Living Matter, Steen Rasmussen, Liaohai Chen, Norman Packard, Mark Bedau, Liaohai Chen, David Deamer, David Krakauer, Norman Packard, and Peter Stadler (Eds.), MIT Press (2009), 481-512 (with Eörs Szathmáry).
"Origins of Life Studies," Chapter 11 in Michael Ruse (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Biology, New York: Oxford University Press (2008), 263-290.
Currently Supervising Dissertations
Vadim Keyser, "Measuring Biological Reality"
