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1240 Social Sciences and Humanities
University of California, Davis
One Shields Avenue
Davis, CA 95616
Phone: (530) 752-0607
Fax: (530) 752-8964
Professor Emeritus
Brief Curriculum Vitae
Office: 2287 Social Sciences and Humanities Building
Phone: (530) 554-9465
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, "Time, Tense, and Mind: A Case Study in Metaphysics and Perspectival Representation"