James
Robert Brown
Department of Philosophy
University of Toronto
Toronto M5R 2M8
Canada
<Philosophy Department Home Page>
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Courses
(2009-10)
·
HUM 199 Y Science, Religion, and Society (Wednesday,
7 – 9 pm)
·
PHL 2196 F (Grad) Space
& Time (Wednesdays
12:30 – 3 pm)
·
PHL 355 S Philosophy of Science
(Wednesday
12:30 – 3 pm)
Books
·
The Rational and the Social (Routledge 1989)
·
The Laboratory of the Mind: Thought Experiments in the Natural Sciences (Routledge
1991) <NOTES> New edition soon.
·
Smoke and Mirrors: How Science Reflects Reality
(Routledge 1994) <NOTES>
·
Philosophy of Mathematics: An Introduction to the World of Proofs and
Pictures (Routledge 1999, second edition 2008) <NOTES> New
edition now available.
·
Who Rules in Science? An Opinionated Guide to the Wars
(Harvard 2001) <LINK to HUP> , <NOTES>
Forthcoming
·
Platonism,
Naturalism, and Mathematical Knowledge (Routledge 2011)
·
Philosophy
of Science: The Key Thinkers (edited) (Continuum 2010)
·
Laboratory
of the Mind, (new edition 2010)
Interests
& Projects
·
Philosophy of Science (including thought
experiments, scientific realism, methodology, the relation of modern science to
traditional and indigenous knowledge)
·
Philosophy of Mathematics (including Platonism,
naturalism, nature of applied mathematics, diagrams and visual reasoning)
·
Foundations of Physics (space &
time, quantum mechanics, the nature of symmetry)
·
Social Relations of Science (including
social constructivism and objectivity, science and religion, the effects of
commercialization on research, science and politics)
Activities
·
Co-Director (1985 - ) of the Annual Philosophy
of Science Conference in Dubrovnik, Croatia <Poster>
·
Editor (1996 - 2001) of the journal, International
Studies in the Philosophy of Science <ISPS>
·
Co-Editor (1990 - 2000) of the book
series, Toronto
Studies in Philosophy <TSP>
·
Associate Editor (2005 - 08 ) Episteme (A
journal of social epistemology) <Episteme>
Articles
& Audio/Video Lectures on the Internet
·
“Privatizing
the University - The New Tragedy of the Commons” (Science) <connect>
·
“Thought
Experiments” (Stanford
Encyclopaedia of Philosophy) <connect>
·
Video: “Proofs and Pictures” (Perimeter
Institute) <connect>
·
Video: “Thought Experiments” (Perimeter
Institute) <connect>
·
Audio: “Why Einstein Matters” Panel
discussion on Quirks
& Quarks CBC Radio <connect>
·
Video: Debates on TVO (1) Science
and Religion, (2) Assault
on Science