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Peter Machamer, Professor of the History and Philosophy of Science
History & Phil. of Science, Ethics, Aesthetics, Epistemology, Cognitive Sci
PhD, Chicago, 1972
Peter Machamer is professor of history and philosophy of science, professor of philosophy, research associate at the Learning Research and Development Center, associate of the Center for Medical Ethics, and fellow of the Center for Philosophy of Science. Before coming to Pittsburgh he taught at Ohio State University. He has published articles in the history and philosophy of science, ethics, aesthetics, and the theory of perception. Recently, he edited The Cambridge Companion to Galileo, Scientific Controversies (Oxford), Theory and Method in Neuroscience (Pittsburgh), and the Blackwell Guide to Philosophy of Science He is working currently on cognitive science and epistemology.
