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Program in Philosophical Foundations of Physics
Degree Programs:
Full-Time/Part-Time: Free-Standing M.A.
Chair:
Achille
Varzi, Ph.D.
713 Philosophy
Tel:
212.854.3531
Program Director (Philosophy):
David
Albert,
Ph.D.
706 Philosophy
Tel:
212.854.3519
Program Director (Physics):
Allan
Blaer,
Ph.D.
Tel:
212.854.3262
Director of Graduate Studies:
Christopher
Peacocke,
D.Phil.
704 Philosphy
Tel:
212.854.3384
Faculty
| David
Albert:
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| Professor,
Ph.D.,
Rockefeller,
1981 |
| Interests:
Philosophical problems of modern physics, philosophy of quantum mechanics, philosophy of space and time, philosophy of science |
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| Allan
Blaer:
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| Professor,
Ph.D.,
Columbia,
1970 |
| Interests:
Theoretical physics |
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| John
Collins:
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| Associate Professor,
Ph.D.,
Princeton,
1991 |
| Interests:
Metaphysics, epistemology, decision theory |
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| Alan
Gabbey:
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| Professor (Barnard),
Ph.D.,
Queen's University (Ireland),
1964 |
| Interests:
Renaissance and early modern philosophy, Descartes, Spinoza, the Cambridge Platonists, history and philosophy of science |
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| Haim
Gaifman:
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| Professor,
Ph.D.,
California (Berkeley),
1962 |
| Interests:
Probability theory, logic, philosophy of language |
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| Brian
Greene:
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| Professor,
Ph.D.,
Oxford,
1987 |
| Interests:
Theoretical physics; string theory, quantum gravity |
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| Philip
Kitcher:
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| Professor,
Ph.D.,
Princeton,
1974 |
| Interests:
Philosophy of science, biology and mathematics |
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| Alfred
Mueller:
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| Professor,
Ph.D.,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
1965 |
| Interests:
Theoretical high-energy particle physics |
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| Christopher
Peacocke:
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| Professor,
D.Phil.,
Oxford,
1979 |
| Interests:
Philosophy of mind and psychology, philosophy of language, metaphysics and epistemology |
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| Carol
Rovane:
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| Professor,
Ph.D.,
Professor,
1983 |
| Interests:
Metaphysics, philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, ethics; history of philosophy: Descartes, Kant, the Pragmatists |
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| Malvin
A.
Ruderman:
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| Centennial Professor, Physics,
Ph.D.,
California Institute of Technology,
1951 |
| Interests:
Theoretical astrophysics, neutron stars, pulsars, early universe, cosmic gamma rays |
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| Achille
Varzi:
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| Professor,
Ph.D.,
Toronto,
1994 |
| Interests:
Logic and metaphysics |
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| Erick
Weinberg:
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| Professor,
Ph.D.,
Harvard,
1973 |
| Interests:
Theoretical particle physics; high energy physics |
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