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Gerald J. Massey, Distinguished Service Professor
Logic, Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Language, History of Philosophy
PhD, Princeton, 1964
Gerald J. Massey is Distinguished Service Professor of Philosophy, former Chairman of the Department (1970-77), former member of the Board of Officers of the American Philosophical Association (1975-80), and former Director of the Center for Philosophy of Science (1988-97). Before joining the Department in 1970, he was Professor of Philosophy at Michigan State, where he had taught since 1963. He has been Managing Editor of the journal Philosophy of Science (1963-69), Secretary-Treasurer of the Philosophy of Science Association (1964-70), and has held visiting appointments at the University of Michigan (1967) and Hamilton College (1982). In 1997 he was awarded the Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse) by the President of Germany, Dr. Roman Herzog, for his contributions to German-American philosophical cooperation. His principal interests are zoological philosophy, history of philosophy, logic, philosophy & methodology of science, and philosophy of language.
Recent Publications
Questions on the Progress and Limits of Science, University of Pittsburgh, 2000.
Editor (with Martin Carrier and Laura Ruetsche), Science at Century’s End: Philosophical
Editor (with Barbara Massey), Zoological Philosophy, 1999.
