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Education
Ph.D. in Philosophy, University of Western Ontario, 2011 Dissertation: Emergence and Reduction in Science. A Case Study. Advisor: Robert Batterman. Committee: Christopher Smeenk, Gillian Barker. Internal: Marc-André Lachance (Biology). External: Sandra Mitchell (HPS Pittsburgh).
M.A. in History and Philosophy of Science, University of Calgary, 2006 Thesis: Non-locality and Non-separability in Quantum Mechanics. Advisors: Elaine Landry, Dean Rickles. Internal: Jack MacIntosh. External: David Hobill (Physics)
M.A. in Logic and Theoretical Philosophy, University of Bucharest, 2003 Thesis: Realism, Non-locality and the Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics. Advisor: Ilie Pârvu
B.A. in Philosophy (Honours), A.I. Cuza University, 2001 Thesis: Realism and Anti-realism in Quantum Theory. Advisor: Theodor Dima
Awards and Distinctions
Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS), 2010. Value: $15,000 CAD Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Fellowship, 2009. Value: $20,000 CAD Distinction, History of Philosophy Comprehensive Examination, UWO, 2007 Harry and Laura Jacques Scholarship, Open Scholarship Competition, University of Calgary, 2004. Value: $3,500 CAD Dean’s Award, UAIC, GPA-based, 2001 Merit Bursary - 7/8 semesters of my undergraduate studies, GPA-based, 1997-2001
"Internal Realism and the Problem of Ontological Autonomy" Foundations of Chemistry, Online First
Concepts of Emergence in Chemistry. In Llored, J.P., ed., Philosophy of Chemistry: Practices, Methodologies and Concepts. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, forthcoming
Presentations
“The Historical Development of the Theories of Acidity” International Society for the Philosophy of Chemistry, August 2012, Catholic University Leuven, Belgium
“Multiple Realization: Some Lessons from Solid-State Theory” Canadian Society for the History and Philosophy of Science, May 2011, University of New Brunswick and St. Thomas University, Fredericton
“The Prospects for Fusion Emergence” International Society for the Philosophy of Chemistry, August 2010, University College, Oxford Canadian Philosophical Association, June 2011, University of New Brunswick and St. Thomas University, Fredericton
“The British Emergentist View of Chemistry” International Society for the History of Philosophy of Science, June 2010, Central European University, Budapest Canadian Society for the History and Philosophy of Science, May 2010, Concordia University, Montreal
“Two Notions of Emergence” European Philosophy of Science Association, October 2009, Free University, Amsterdam International Society for Philosophy of Chemistry, August 2009, Philadelphia
“Configurational Forces and the Emergence of the Chemical” Canadian Society for the History and Philosophy of Science, May 2009, Carleton University, Ottawa
“How Not to Think About Emergence” Philosophy Graduate Student Association Colloquium Series, February 2009, UWO
“The Role of Light in Special Relativity” Philosophy of Physics Graduate Conference, November 2008, State University of New York at Buffalo, NY.
“Enantiomorphy, Symmetry and the Reality of Space” Canadian Society for the History and Philosophy of Science, June 2008, University of British Columbia, Vancouver.
“What’s Wrong with the Zombie Argument” Canadian Philosophical Association, June 2008, University of British Columbia, Vancouver.
“Strawberries, Stoplights and Reflectance Physicalism” Philosophy Graduate Student Association Colloquium Series, 2008, University of Western Ontario
“More Difficulties for the Indispensability Argument” Yale & UConn Philosophy Graduate Conference, October 2006, Yale University Graduate Students’ Colloquium Series, 2005, University of Calgary
Public Lecture: “Could Science Prove the Existence of God? (Or, Must Science Be Naturalistic?)”, Polaris 25, July 2011, Toronto
I hold the Western Certificate in University Teaching and Learning.
Lecturer: Fall 2012: Reasoning and Critical Thinking, Huron University College Fall 2012: Environmental Philosophy, University of Western Ontario Summer 2012: Introduction to Logic, University of Western Ontario Fall-Winter 2011-12: Biomedical Ethics, University of Western Ontario Winter 2011: Epistemology, University of Western Ontario Fall 2009: Philosophy of Science, University of Western Ontario Fall 2001 ‒ Winter 2004: Introductory Logic, Ovidius University Fall 2001 ‒ Winter 2004: Introduction to Philosophy, Ovidius University
Tutorial leader: Winter 2008: Big Ideas, University of Western Ontario Fall 2008: Basic Logic, University of Western Ontario Fall 2006 ‒ Winter 2007: Critical Thinking, University of Western Ontario Winter 2005: Ethics, University of Calgary Fall 2005: Ethics, University of Calgary Winter 2004: Introductory Logic, University of Calgary Fall 2004: Introduction to Philosophy, University of Calgary
Professional activities
Workshop on “Emergence and Reduction in the Sciences”, Center for Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh, December 2009 (invited) Summer school on “Reduction and Emergence” with Nobel laureate physicist Robert B. Laughlin, Tübingen, Germany, May 2008 Referee for the Logic, Mathematics and Physics philosophy graduate conference at UWO in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 Referee for the graduate conference in the Philosophy of Mind, Language, and Cognitive Science at UWO in 2008, 2011 |
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