Curriculum Vitae
Michael Weisberg
Department of Philosophy
University of Pennsylvania
433 Logan Hall
Philadelphia,PA 19104-6304
(215)417-5305(h)
(267)738-0676(c)
weisberg (at) phil.upenn.edu
EDUCATION
Leland Stanford Junior University
Ph.D. in Philosophy, 2003
M.A. in Philosophy, 2002
National Science Foundation Pre-doctoral Fellow
University of California, San Diego
B.S. Chemistry, B.A. Philosophy,1999
Honors with Highest Distinction in Philosophy
AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION
Philosophy of Science
Philosophy of Biology
Philosophy of Chemistry
Public Understanding of Science
AREAS OF COMPETENCE
History of Philosophy of Science
Cognitive Science and Philosophy of Mind
Metaphysics and Epistemology
Ethics of Science
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
2003–present University of Pennsylvania
Associate Professor of Philosophy (July 2009 – )
Director of Graduate Studies (July 2011 – )
Assistant Professor of Philosophy (July 2003 – June 2009)
Member of the Graduate Group, History and Sociology of Science
Affiliate Faculty, Institute for Research in Cognitive Science
Affiliate Faculty, Center for Cognitive Neuroscience
Faculty Fellow, Fisher-Hassenfeld College House (2005-2009)
2006–present Center for Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh
Associate
2006–present Australia National University, Research School of Social Sciences
Philosophy Program Visitor (2006, 2009, 2012)
Philosophy Fellow (2010)
2006–2007 Chemical Heritage Foundation
Visiting Scholar
GRANTS AND AWARDS ______________________
National Science Foundation Scholar Award SES-0957189 ($173,205)
National Science Foundation Scholar Award SES-0620887 ($115,376)
Stanford University Centennial Teaching Award (2002)
National Science Foundation Pre-Doctoral Fellowship (1999-2003)
PUBLICATIONS __________________________
Books
1. Kovac,J. and M.Weisberg ed. (2012), Roald Hoffmann on the Art, Science, and Philosophy of Chemistry, Oxford University Press.
2. Weisberg, M. (2012), Simulation and Similarity: Using Models to Understand the World, forthcoming from Oxford University Press.
Journal Articles
1. Kawahata, N. H., M. Weisberg, and M. Goodman (1999). “Synthesis of β, β-Dimethylated Amino Acids Utilizing the 9-Phenylfluorenyl Protecting Group.” Journal of Organic Chemistry, 64, 4362-4369.*
2. Weisberg, M. and R. Wood (2003). “Richard Rufus’s eory of Mixture.” Chemical Explanations: Characteristics, Development, Autonomy, volume 988, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 282–292.*
3. Weisberg, M (2004). “Qualitative eory and Chemical Explanation.” Philosophy of Science, 71, 1071–1081.*
4. Wood, R. and M. Weisberg (2004). “Interpreting Aristotle on Mixture: Problems of Elemental Composition from Philoponus to Cooper.” Studies in the History and Philosophy of Science, 35, 681-706.*
5. Weisberg, M (2006). “Robustness Analysis,” Philosophy of Science, 73, 730–742.*
6. Lombrozo, T., A. Shtulman, and M. Weisberg (2006). “e Intelligent Design Controversy: Lessons from Psychology and Education.” Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 10, 56-57.*
7. Weisberg, M (2006). “Forty Years of ‘ e Strategy’: Levins on Model Building and Idealization,” Biology and Philosophy, 21(5), 623–645.*
8. Weisberg, M (2007). “Who is a Modeler?”, British Journal for Philosophy of Science, 58, 207–233.*
9. Weisberg, M. (2007) “ree Kinds of Idealization,” e Journal of Philosophy, 104 (12) 639-59.*
10. Weisberg, M. and K. Reisman (2008). “e Robust Volterra Principle,” Philosophy of Science, 75, 106–131.*
11. Weisberg, M. (2008) “Challenges to the Structural Conception of Bonding,”
forthcoming in Philosophy of Science, volume 75, 20pp.*
12. Lombrozo, T., A. anukos, and M. Weisberg (2008). “e Importance of Understanding the Nature of Science for Accepting Evolution,” Evolution: Education and Outreach, 1(3), 290-298.*
13. Mathewson, J. and M. Weisberg (2009), “e Structure of Tradeoffs in Scientific Modeling,”Synthese, 170.*
14. Weisberg, M. and R. Muldoon (2009). “Epistemic Landscapes and the Division of Cognitive Labor,” Philosophy of Science, 76, 225-252*
15. Leiter, B. and M. Weisberg (2010). “Why Evolutionary Biology is (so far) Irrelevant to Legal Regulation,” Law and Philosophy, 29, 31–74.*
16. Muldoon, R. and M. Weisberg. “Robustness and Idealization in Models of Cognitive Labor,” Synthese, in press.*
17. Weisberg, M. and P. Needham, “Matter, Structure, and Change: Aspects of Philosophy of Chemistry in the 21st Century,” Philosophy Compass, 5, 27–37.*
18. Muldoon, R., T. Smith, and M. Weisberg (2012). “Segregation at No One Seeks,” Philosophy of Science, 79, 38–62.*
19. Weisberg, M., “Target-directed Modeling,” forthcoming in The Modern Schoolman.*
Book Chapters
1. Weisberg, M (2005). “Water is Not H2O.” Philosophy of Chemistry: Synthesis of a New Discipline. Eds. D. Baird, et al. New York: Springer. 337-345.*
2. Weisberg, M (2005). “e Key to Electricity.” e Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin. Penn Reading Project Edition. Ed. Peter Conn. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. 159-162.
3. Weisberg, M (2009). “New Approaches to the Division of Cognitive Labor.” New Waves in Philosophy of Science,” Ed. P.D. Magnus and Jacob Busch. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
Encyclopedia Articles, Essays, and Book Reviews
1. “Why Not a Philosophy of Chemistry?” Review of Of Minds and Molecules, American Scientist, 89 (6), November 2001.
2. Review of Science, Truth, and Democracy, by Philip Kitcher. Angewandte Chemie 2000, 114 (16), 3189-3190 (German) and Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English 2002, 41 (16) 3064-3066.
3. “Chemistry and the Scientific Method” Review of Chemical Discovery and the Logicians’ Program by Jerome A. Berson. Chemical and Engineering News, 82 (12), 2004.
4. Review of In Mendel’s Mirror, by Philip Kitcher, e Philosophical Review, 119, 2005, 419–423.
5. “Darwin’s Bash.” e Philadelphia Inquirer, February 12, 2006.
6. “Richard Levins’ Philosophy of Science [editor’s introduction],” Biology and Philosophy, 21(5) 2006, 603–605.
7. Weisberg, M., P. Needham, and R. Hendry, “Philosophy of Chemistry,” Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy,” Edward N. Zalta (ed.).*