Ego
Howdy.I am currently a fifth year graduate student. My area of interest is in early modern philosophy and science in Europe, roughly 1600-1800. I am working on my dissertation, which focuses on William Harvey's work on animal generation (see the Research section for more info). Harvey is best known for his work on the heart, an organ full of social, philosophical, and scientific significance (not to mention the heart of many puns):
“Cor animalium, fundamentum est vitae, princeps omnium, Microcosmi Sol, a quo omnis vegetatio dependet, vigor omnis & robur emenat. Rex pariter regnorum suorum fundamentum, & Mirocosmi sui Sol, Reipublicae Co rest, a quo omnis emenat potestas, omnis gratia provenit.
(Harvey 1628 [1976], Dedication to Charles).
[ The Heart of all creatures is the foundation of their life, the Prince of all their parts, the sun of their microcosm, that on which all growth depends and from whence all strength and vigour flows. In like manner, the King is the foundation of his kingdom, the sun of his microcosm, the heart of his commonwealth, from whom all power flows and all mercy proceeds ]
(Trans. Gweneth Whitteridge)
Education
University of Pittsburgh
Ph.D., History and Philosophy of Science, Expected 2010
M.A., History and Philosophy of Science, June 2007.
M.A. Comprehensive Papers:
Ph.D., History and Philosophy of Science, Expected 2010
M.A., History and Philosophy of Science, June 2007.
M.A. Comprehensive Papers:
History of Science
(Advisors: Sandra Mitchell, James Lennox): “Complementarity,
Chemistry, and God: Regnier de Graaf on the Generative
Organs.”
Philosophy of Science (Advisors: Peter Machamer, Edouard Machery): “Evidence and Assumptions: Defending Longino’s Account of Underdetermination.”
Philosophy of Science (Advisors: Peter Machamer, Edouard Machery): “Evidence and Assumptions: Defending Longino’s Account of Underdetermination.”
Carleton College
B.A., Philosophy, Magna Cum Laude, June 2004
B.A. Thesis: “Logico-Normative vs. Pragmatic Explanation."
Oxford University (England), St. Catherine’s College
Visiting Student, September 2002 – June 2003. Department of Philosophy.
B.A., Philosophy, Magna Cum Laude, June 2004
B.A. Thesis: “Logico-Normative vs. Pragmatic Explanation."
Oxford University (England), St. Catherine’s College
Visiting Student, September 2002 – June 2003. Department of Philosophy.
Honors and Awards
2004 – 2005:
Andrew Mellon Pre-Doctoral Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh
Summer 2006: Society for the Social History of Medicine Travel Bursary
2006 – 2007: HPS Departmental Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh
2008 – 2009: HPS Departmental Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh
Summer 2006: Society for the Social History of Medicine Travel Bursary
2006 – 2007: HPS Departmental Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh
2008 – 2009: HPS Departmental Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh
Professional Service
Co-organizer of the 7th
International Pitt/CMU Graduate Student Conference
Paper Reviewer, 7th-10th International Pitt/CMU Graduate Student Conferences
Invited Commenter on Ben Almassi's (U Wash): “Relativism as Science Studies Methodology,” 10th International Pitt/CMU Graduate Student Conference
Paper Reviewer, 7th-10th International Pitt/CMU Graduate Student Conferences
Invited Commenter on Ben Almassi's (U Wash): “Relativism as Science Studies Methodology,” 10th International Pitt/CMU Graduate Student Conference
Languages
English (Midwestern, e.g., 'pop'), French, Italian
(beginner), Latin, Spanish