Peter M. Distelzweig

Peter Distelzweig

About Me: 

I am a doctoral candidate in History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Pittsburgh (Summer 2013 completion anticipated).

I am 'on the market' this year: information for search committees.

My research is concerned primarily with the history of late scholastic, Renaissance, and early modern philosophy, science, and medicine.  I am interested also in how developments in these disciplines interacted with theology and with Renaissance and early modern receptions and criticisms of late scholastic philosophy of language. I also work on ancient philosophy, science, and medicine and have broad interests in general philosophy of science. 

I enjoy teaching a broad range of introductory and advanced courses in the history of philosophy (ancient, medieval and early modern), often—but not exclusively—with a special emphasis on the interplay between philosophy, science, and theology. I can happily teach introductory courses like Philosophical Problems, Logic, and Critical Thinking, as well as Introduction to Philosophy of Science and advanced seminars on a variety of topics in general philosophy of science. I am excited to expand my teaching into areas of metaphysics and epistemology. I have also taught bioethics.

I am a co-organizer of the Medicine, Philosophy and the 'Scientific Revolution' initiative hosted here at Pitt.

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Education:

Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh (Summer 2013, Anticipated)
History and Philosophy of Science 

M.A., University of Pittsburgh (2010)
History and Philosophy of Science

M.S., Eastern Michigan University (2006)
Physics/Physics Education 

B.A., University of Notre Dame (2000)
Summa cum laude
Arts & Letters and Science Honors Degree
Honors Philosophy 


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