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Jonathan Fuller Named a Greenwall Faculty Scholar!
Congratulations to Jonathan Fuller, MD, PhD who has been named a Greenwall Faculty Scholar in Bioethics for his project "Bioethics of Diagnostic Error and Diagnostic Excellence"! Learn more here.
Kabir S. Bakshi Published in Philosophy of Science Journal
Congratulations to PhD student Kabir S. Bakshi for publication of "Identification and Indetermination in the Metainductive Approach to Induction" in Philosophy of Science, Volume 92, Issue 5, December 2025! Read the article here.
Uljana Feest to Present HPS Alumni Lecture "Operationism and the Epistemically Blurry Nature of the Objects of Psychological Research"
Professor Uljana Feest of the Institute of Philosophy, Leibniz University Hannover, Germany. will present the HPS Alumni Lecture Wednesday, March 18, 2026, at the Frick Fine Arts Auditorium and Cloister 4:00-5:30 PM.
Dejan Makovec's paper "Entirely Different Kinds of Beast" won the Prix JCJC!
Congratulations to Dejan Makovec for winning the Prix JCJC awarded by the Société de philosophie des sciences (SPS)! Click here for more information.
James Bogen, 1935-2025
We are very sorry to report that James Bogen has passed away. He was a terrific philosopher whose interests and contributions ranged across general philosophy of science, neuroscience, Wittgenstein, and ancient Greek philosophy. He came to Pittsburgh after retiring from Pitzer College, and spent many years as an adjunct member of the HPS department and as a Center fellow.
Wesley C. Salmon Memorial Lecture Featuring Craig Callender
Presenting the Wesley C. Salmon Memorial Lecture, November 17, 2025, at 3:00 pm
The Department of History and Philosophy of Science, The Department of Philosophy, and The Center for Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh Present:
“An Altitude or Attitude Adjustment? Gravity’s Challenge to Thermodynamics”
Craig Callender, UC San Diego
William Pitt Union Building– WPU Assembly Room
Monday, November 17, 2025, 3:00 PM
Sloane Wesloh Published in the New England Journal of Medicine
Congratulations to Sloane Wesloh whose article "Into the Valley of the Sick" was published in the July 31st issue of the New England Journal of Medicine! Read the article here.
David Wallace featured in the CERN Courier!
HPS' own David Wallace discusses "The Minimalism of Many Worlds" in the latest issue of the CERN Courier. Read more here: https://cerncourier.com/a/the-minimalism-of-many-worlds/
Dejan Makovec Published "Open Texture in Science and Philosophy"
Congratulations to Dejan Makovec whose paper "Open Texture in Science and Philosophy" has been published in 100 Years of ›Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus‹ – 70 Years after Wittgenstein’s Death.
Pitt's HPS Earned Top Honors in a Recent Report
Congratulations to Pitt's History and Philosophy of Science Department for winning top honors in the Philosophical Gourmet Report!