Professor Emeritus

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Office: 2287 Social Science and Humanities Building

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E-mail: prteller@ucdavis.edu

Ph.D.: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1970

Dissertation: "Problems in Confirmation Theory," directed by James Thomson

Areas of Specialization: Philosophy of physical science, metaphysics, logic

Joined the UC Davis Philosophy Faculty: 1990

Retired: 2007

Courses Taught
12 Introduction to Symbolic Logic
30 Introduction to Philosophy of Science
107 Philosophy of the Physical Sciences
109 Philosophy of the Social Sciences
111 Philosophy of Space and Time
112 Intermediate Symbolic Logic
201 Metaphysics Seminar
210 Philosophy of Science Seminar

Recent Publications

"The Law-Idealization," Philosophy of Science, December, 2004, 730-741

"How We Dapple the World," Philosophy of Science, October 2004, 425-447

Currently Supervising Dissertations

Ian Spencer