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| Alexander Rosenberg, R. Taylor Cole Distinguished Professor of Philosophy
 Alex Rosenberg (Ph.D. 1971, Johns Hopkins) joined the Duke faculty in 2000. He is the R. Taylor Cole Professor of Philosophy (with secondary appointments in the biology and political science departments). Rosenberg has been a visiting professor and fellow of the at the Center for the Philosophy of Science, University of Minnesota, as well as the University of California, Santa Cruz, and Oxford University and a visiting fellow of the Philosophy Department at the Research School of Social Science, of the Australian National University. In 2016 he was the Benjamin Meaker Visiting Professor at the University of Bristol. Rosenberg has held fellowships from the National Science Foundation, the American Council of Learned Societies, and the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation. In 1993 Rosenberg received the Lakatos Award in the philosophy of science. In 2006-2007 he held a fellowship at the National Humanities Center. He was also the Phi Beta Kappa-Romanell Lecturer for 2006-2007.
Rosenberg is the author of:
Microeconomic Laws: A Philosophical Analysis (University of Pittsburgh Press, 1976),
Sociobiology and the Preemption of Social Science/ (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1980; Basil Blackwell, 1981),
Hume and the Problem of Causation (Oxford University Press, 1981) (with T.L. Beauchamp),
The Structure of Biological Science (Cambridge University Press, 1985),
Philosophy of Social Science (Clarendon Press, Oxford and Westview Press, 1988, Second Edition, Revised, Enlarged, 1995, Third Edition, 2007, Fourth Edition, 2010, fifth edition, 2015
Economics: Mathematical Politics or Science of Diminishing Returns? (University of Chicago Press, 1992),
Instrumental Biology, or the Disunity of Science (University of Chicago Press, 1994),
Darwinism in Philosophy, Social Science and Policy (Cambridge University Press, 2000),
Philosophy of Science: A Contemporary Approach (Routledge, 2000, second edition 2005),
Darwinian Reductionism or How to Stop Worrying and Love Molecular Biology (University of Chicago Press, 2006),
The Philosophy of Biology: A Contemporary Introduction (with Daniel McShea, Routledge, 2007)
The Atheist's Guide to Reality (W.W. Norton, 2011)
and two novels, The Girl from Krakow, and Autumn in Oxford.
He has also written approximately 200 papers in the philosophy of biology, the philosophy of cognitive, behavioral and social science (especially economics), and causation.
Rosenberg is also co-director of Duke's Center for the Philosophy of Biology .
- Contact Info:
Teaching (Fall 2024):
- PHIL 101.01, INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY
Synopsis
- East Duke 108, MW 01:25 PM-02:40 PM
- POLSCI 331.01, PRISONER'S DILEMMA/DISTR JUSTI
Synopsis
- Gross Hall 107, TuTh 01:25 PM-02:40 PM
- (also cross-listed as ECON 361.01, PHIL 246.01, RIGHTS 331.01)
- Education:
| Ph.D. | Johns Hopkins University | 1971 |
| B.A. | City College of New York | 1967 |
- Specialties:
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Philosophy of Biology
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Philosophy of Science
Metaphysics
- Research Interests:
Alex Rosenberg (Ph.D. 1971, Johns Hopkins) joined the Duke faculty
in 2000. He is the R. Taylor Cole Professor of Philosophy (with secondary appointments in the biology and political science departments). Rosenberg has been a visiting professor and fellow of the at the Center for the Philosophy of Science, University of Minnesota, as well as the University of California, Santa Cruz,
and Oxford University and a visiting fellow of the Philosophy Department at the Research School of Social Science, of the Australian National University. He has held
fellowships from the National Science Foundation, the American Council of Learned Societies, and the John Simon Guggenheim
Foundation. In 1993 Rosenberg received the
Lakatos Award in the philosophy of science. In 2006-2007 he held a fellowship at
the National Humanities Center. He was also the Phi Beta Kappa-Romanell Lecturer for 2006-2007.
Rosenberg is the author of several books:
Microeconomic Laws: A Philosophical Analysis (University of
Pittsburgh Press, 1976),
Sociobiology and the Preemption of Social Science/ (Johns
Hopkins University Press, 1980; Basil Blackwell, 1981),
Hume and the Problem of Causation (Oxford University Press,
1981) (with T.L. Beauchamp),
The Structure of Biological Science (Cambridge University Press, 1985),
Philosophy of Social Science (Clarendon Press, Oxford and
Westview Press, 1988, Second Edition, Revised, Enlarged, 1995,
Third Edition, further enlarged, 2007),
Economics: Mathematical Politics or Science of Diminishing Returns? (University of Chicago Press, 1992),
Instrumental Biology, or the Disunity of Science (University of Chicago Press, 1994),
Darwinism in Philosophy, Social Science and Policy (Cambridge University Press, 2000),
Philosophy of Science: A Contemporary Approach (Routledge,
2000, second edition 2005),
Darwinian Reductionism or How to Stop Worrying and Love
Molecular Biology (University of Chicago Press),
The Philosophy of Biology: A Contemporary Introduction (with
Daniel McShea, Routledge, 2007)
He has also written approximately 180 papers in the philosophy of biology, the
philosophy of cognitive, behavioral and social science (especially
economics), and causation.
Some of his recednt papers are available on his web site.
Rosenberg is also co-director of Duke's Center for the Philosophy of
Biology .
- Areas of Interest:
- Philosophy of Biology,
Philosophy of Cognitive, Behavioral, & Social Science,
Causation
Hume
- Keywords:
- Biology • History • Models • Natural selection
- Current Ph.D. Students
(Former Students)
- Nathan D. Morton
- Leonore Fleming
- Stefan Linquist
- Marion Hourdequin
- Frederic Bouchard
- Grant Ramsey
- Tamler Sommers
- Postdocs Mentored
- Natalie Gold (07/01-06/30)
- Marshall Abrams (07/01-06/30)
- Recent Publications
(More Publications)
- Rosenberg, A, THE INEVITABILITY OF A GENERALIZED DARWINIAN THEORY OF BEHAVIOR, SOCIETY, AND CULTURE,
American Philosophical Quarterly, vol. 58 no. 1
(January, 2021),
pp. 50-62 [abs]
- Rosenberg, A, Reduction and Mechanism
(May, 2020), Cambridge University Press, ISBN 9781108605113 [abs]
- Rosenberg, A, Philosophical challenges for scientism (and how to meet them?),
in Scientism: Prospects and Problems
(August, 2018),
pp. 83-105, Oxford University Press, ISBN 9780190462758 [doi] [abs]
- Rosenberg, A, Can we make sense of subjective experience in metabolically situated cognitive processes?,
Biology and Philosophy, vol. 33 no. 1-2
(April, 2018), Springer Nature [doi] [abs]
- Rosenberg, A, Philosophy of social science, fifth edition
(January, 2018),
pp. 1-347, ISBN 9780813349732 [doi] [abs]
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