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NB 20/08/11: This webpage will shortly be superseded by the website under construction for the Centre for the History and Philosophy of Science, Technology and Medicine (CHPSTM). The Centre now co-ordinates teaching and research in this area.
The history, philosophy and ethics of science, technology and medicine are taught at Aberdeen within History, Philosophy, and other departments and units, including Anthropology and English. In addition to our undergraduate courses, we offer graduate students the opportunity to study for the MLitt and PgDip in History and Philosophy of Science, and for the PhD in either History or Philosophy with an interdisciplinary focus. Philosophy offers, in addition, the MRes degree, which could be taken with an interdisciplinary focus.
Research and teaching strengths are currently located in the following areas and a range of courses on these topics is normally offered in any given year:
The Director of CHPSTM in 2011-12 is Dr Ralph O’Connor, Department of History, 215 Crombie Annexe, Meston Walk, Aberdeen, AB24 3FX, Scotland UK
Tel: +44 (0)1224 272467
Email: r.oconnor@abdn.ac.uk
Dr GUIDO BACCIAGALUPPI, Reader in Philosophy
Dipl.Math. ETH (Zürich), MPhil, PhD (Cambridge)
Philosophy of physics, esp. history and philosophy of quantum theory; foundations of probability; time symmetry and asymmetry.
Dr ELISE CRULL, Postdoctoral Fellow (Leverhulme Trust)
BS (Calvin College), PhD (Notre Dame, IN)
Philosophy of physics, history of quantum mechanics.
Dr JENNIFER DOWNES, Curator (Exhibitions & Science)
Early modern scientific instruments and print culture
Prof STEPHEN GAUKROGER, Chair in Philosophy
BA (London), MA, PhD (Cambridge), FAHA
History of early modern science and philosophy (17th and 18th centuries); philosophy of science; history of analytic philosophy.
Dr MOGENS LAERKE, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy (On Leave 2011-14)
PhD Univ.of Paris IV (Sorbonne)
Early Modern Philosophy (17th and 18th centuries), esp. Leibniz and Spinoza; metaphysics; philosophy of religion.
Dr RUSSELL RE MANNING, Lord Gifford Fellow in Natural Theology
BA (MA) (Oxford) MPhil, PhD (Cambridge)
Science and religion in Restoration England; conceptual and historical varieties of Natural theology; philosophy of religion.
Dr BEN MARSDEN. Senior Lecturer, History of Science and Technology (On Leave 2011-12)
BA (MA) (Cambridge) PhD (Kent at Canterbury)
Science and technology in Britain (18th and 19th centuries); the humanitarian movement and veterinary professionalization; science and music.
Dr LUCA MORETTI, Lecturer in Philosophy
Laurea (Pisa) MLitt (St Andrews), PhD (London)
Epistemology; formal epistemology; logic, metaphysics; philosophy of science.
Dr RALPH O’CONNOR, Lecturer in History, English and Celtic
BA (MA) (Cambridge), MPhil (Cambridge), PhD (Cambridge)
Literature and science in Europe and America since 1800; popularization of science since 1800; geology, evolution and religion.
Dr ULRICH STEGMANN, Lecturer in Philosophy
Diplom-Biologie (Bremen), Dr. rer. nat. (Würzburg), MA, PhD (London)
Philosophy of biology; philosophy of mind and cognition; philosophy of science.
Prof CATHERINE WILSON, Regius Professor of Moral Philosophy
BA (Yale), BPhil (Oxford), PhD (Princeton) FRSC
History and philosophy of the physical and life sciences (17th & 18th centuries); evolutionary ethics and philosophy of biology.
NOTE: Prof PETER DEAR, Cornell University, will take up a Carnegie Centenary Professorship at the University of Aberdeen for six months from January to June 2013.
The University's libraries have excellent collections for research in history of science, medicine and technology from the sixteenth century up to the present day. Holdings include a collection of 19th-century medical pamphlets; the Wolfenbuttel Plague Collection on microfiche; the Gregory Collection of scientific and medical works; the O'Dell Collection on railways and transport.
Information on our history of medicine resources, including a partial list of history of medicine sources in the North-East of Scotland, can be found at http://www.abdn.ac.uk/history/ddd/index.shtml
For general University and specific Departmental information on postgraduate degrees, including the MLitt and PhD see:
The Co-ordinator of Postgraduate Taught Programmes in Philosophy, and the convenor of the MLitt in History and Philosophy of Science, is Dr Guido Bacciagaluppi, Department of Philosophy, The Old Brewery, High St., Aberdeen AB24 3UB, Scotland, UK
Tel: +44 ((0)1224 272913
Email: g.bacciagaluppi@abdn.ac.uk
The Co-ordinator of Postgraduate Taught Programmes in History (not including History and Philosophy of Science) is Dr Elizabeth Macknight, Department of History, Crombie Annexe, Meston Walk, Aberdeen AB24 3FX, Scotland, UK
Tel: +44 (0)1224 273885
Email: e.macknight@abdn.ac.uk
Tution costs for the taught MLitt (1 year) for 2011-12 are
UK and EU students £3,400
International students £10,500
Annual Tuition costs for the MRes or PhD
UK and EU students £3,600
International students £10,500
Living expenses in Aberdeen will require approximately $6,000 per annum.
A number of financial awards for study towards the Mlitt and PhD are available uinder the Research Project Awards Scheme (RPAS) for the theme ‘The Emergence of a Scientific Culture’, For information see:
http://www.abdn.ac.uk/cass/graduate/funding/research/scientific-culture/
For general information on financial support see:
http://www.abdn.ac.uk/postgraduate/funding.php
http://www.abdn.ac.uk/cass/graduate/funding
NOTE. The first two letters of the course code indicate which department runs and manages each course: HI = History, PH = Philosophy, CU = Cultural History (run by History), HS = History of Science (run by History), EL = English, AT = Anthropology
CHPSTM supports at least three workshops each year, featuring UK and international speakers, along with a regular seminar series normally on Tuesday afternoons. Recent workshops have been dedicated to: