2024-2025 Graduate & Professional Studies Catalog
Department of History and Philosophy of Science
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The graduate program in the history and philosophy of science offers MA and PhD degrees through a combination of coursework and dissertation research. The department also offers an area of concentration in classics, philosophy and ancient science. The department supports scholarship in the history and philosophy of general science and in history and philosophy of particular sciences. It has special strengths in the history and philosophy of physical, biological, medical, cognitive and neurosciences. See http://www.hps.pitt.edu/graduate/areas.php.
Contact Information
Department Chair: Michael Dietrich
Main Office: 1101 Cathedral of Learning
412-624-5896
Fax: 412-624-6825
E-mail: mdietrich@pitt.edu
www.hps.pitt.edu
Admissions
Applicants for admission to the graduate program in history and philosophy of science will be expected to have a suitable undergraduate degree and to have some knowledge of the natural or social sciences. Applications are online. The deadline for completed applications is January 10. While the department awards both PhD and MA degrees, students admitted to the MA track are generally pursuing another graduate degree at the university.
Financial Assistance
Students in the PhD program are supported by fellowships or teaching assistantships/fellowships during their first six (6) years. The rates are set annually by the University. The department does not offer financial support to non-continuing MA students.
Degree Requirements
The graduate program consists of a series of seminars (approximately four to six are offered each term). These range from general surveys of the field and methods of research to specialized research seminars on selected topics in history and philosophy of science. These courses are divided into three areas:
- Area 1: Core sequence: a three-term introduction at the graduate level to history and philosophy of science
- Area 2: History of science
- Area 3: Philosophy of science
Faculty
Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences Faculty
ProgramsDoctoralMaster’s
CoursesHistory and Phil of Science- HPS 2000 - TEACHING PRACTICUM
- HPS 2101 - PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE CORE SEM
- HPS 2102 - HISTORY OF SCIENCE 1
- HPS 2103 - HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE CORE SEMINAR
- HPS 2110 - HISTORIOGRAPHY OF SCIENCE
- HPS 2115 - HISTORY OF SCIENCE IN GLOBAL CONTEXT
- HPS 2116 - COLONIALITY AND THE DECOLONIZATION OF SCIENCE: HISTORY, PHILOSOPHY, RESPONSIBILITIES
- HPS 2117 - MODERN WOMEN PHILOSOPHERS
- HPS 2118 - HUMAN/ANIMAL IN WESTERN CIVILIZATION
- HPS 2121 - ARISTOTLE’S PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
- HPS 2122 - ORGANA: ANCIENT AND NEW
- HPS 2123 - THE DEATH OF NATURE
- HPS 2124 - SCHOLASTICISM
- HPS 2125 - EARLY MODERN NATURAL PHILOSOPHIES
- HPS 2130 - TELEOLOGY: HISTORY & THEORY
- HPS 2150 - SCIENTIFIC REPRESENTATION
- HPS 2151 - CAUSALITY
- HPS 2152 - REALISM
- HPS 2153 - MODELS AND MODELING IN SCIENCE
- HPS 2154 - THEORIES OF CONFIRMATION
- HPS 2155 - EXPERIMENT & SCIENTIFIC PRACTICE
- HPS 2156 - EMPIRICISM IN SCIENCE
- HPS 2157 - EXPLANATIONS, CAUSES, AND MECHANISMS
- HPS 2158 - REDUCTION AND EMERGENCE
- HPS 2159 - FEMINIST PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
- HPS 2160 - SCIENCE AND VALUES
- HPS 2162 - SCIENTIFIC METHODS AND DISCOVERY
- HPS 2163 - SCIENTIFIC CHANGE
- HPS 2164 - PRAGMATISM AND SCIENTIFIC PRACTICE
- HPS 2170 - LAWS OF NATURE
- HPS 2171 - THE UNITY OF SCIENCE
- HPS 2172 - TECHNOLOGY
- HPS 2175 - SCIENCE AND METAPHYSICS
- HPS 2180 - TOPICS IN THE HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
- HPS 2190 - METHODS IN HPS
- HPS 2222 - DARWIN AND DARWINISM
- HPS 2233 - MODERN EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY
- HPS 2244 - HISTORY OF GENETICS: MENDEL TO METHYLATION
- HPS 2245 - EUGENICS AND SOCIAL DARWINISM
- HPS 2260 - THE MOLECULARIZATION OF BIOLOGY
- HPS 2269 - OMICS AND DATA IN BIOLOGY
- HPS 2270 - PHILOSOPHY OF BIOLOGY
- HPS 2275 - CAUSATION AND EXPLANATION IN BIOLOGY
- HPS 2276 - BIOLOGICAL COMPLEXITY
- HPS 2278 - RACE: HISTORY, BIOLOGY, PSYCHOLOGY & PHILOSOPHY
- HPS 2279 - SCIENCE, SEX, AND SEXUALITY
- HPS 2290 - TOPICS IN HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF BIOLOGY
- HPS 2330 - HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF NEURAL, BEHAVIORAL, AND COGNITIVE SCIENCES
- HPS 2353 - PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS OF NEURAL, BEHAVIORAL, AND COGNITIVE SCIENCES
- HPS 2354 - ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
- HPS 2355 - COGNITIVE AND NEURAL SYSTEMS
- HPS 2356 - MORALITY AND THE MIND- BRAIN SCIENCES
- HPS 2358 - ISSUES PERCEPTION AND CONSCIOUS AGENCY
- HPS 2359 - METHODS, MODELS, AND MEASUREMENTS IN THE NEURAL, BEHAVIORAL, AND COGNITIVE SCIENCES
- HPS 2360 - SOCIAL, CULTURAL, AND EVOLUTIONARY APPROACHES TO THE COGNITIVE SCIENCES
- HPS 2365 - ANIMAL COGNITION
- HPS 2390 - TOPICS IN HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF NEUROSCIENCE AND COGNITIVE SCIENCE
- HPS 2410 - HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF MODERN CALCULUS
- HPS 2421 - PHILOSOPHY OF MATHEMATICS
- HPS 2422 - PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS
- HPS 2460 - PHILOSOPHY OF SOCIAL SCIENCE
- HPS 2490 - TOPICS IN HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF MATHEMATICS
- HPS 2503 - HISTORY OF SCIENCE 2
- HPS 2505 - PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS OF COGNITIVE SCIENCE
- HPS 2509 - SPECIAL TOPICS IN THE HISTORY OF THE PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE`
- HPS 2519 - CONTROVERSY, CRISIS, AND CONSENSUS
- HPS 2522 - SPEC TOPICS-HISTORY OF SCIENCE
- HPS 2530 - READING SEM HIST OF SCIENCE
- HPS 2531 - FREUD AND PSYCHOANALYSIS
- HPS 2533 - DESCARTES
- HPS 2540 - LOCKE AND LEIBNIZ
- HPS 2541 - HISTORY OF NEUROSCIENCES
- HPS 2555 - ARISTOTLE’S CONCEPT OF NATURAL SCIENCE
- HPS 2559 - THERMDYNMC AND STATISCAL MECHANC
- HPS 2571 - GOING MOLECULAR
- HPS 2590 - EINSTEIN 1905
- HPS 2622 - RECENT TOPICS IN PHIL OF SCIENCE
- HPS 2626 - TOPICS IN PHILOSOPHY OF PHYSICS
- HPS 2627 - PHILOSOPHY OF PHYSICS
- HPS 2634 - TOPICS IN PHILOSOPHY OF COGNITIVE SCIENCE
- HPS 2643 - PHILOSOPHY OF CLIMATE SCIENCE
- HPS 2663 - PERCEPTION
- HPS 2665 - PHILOSOPHY OF MEDICINE
- HPS 2667 - PHILOSOPHY OF QUANTUM MECHANICS
- HPS 2668 - TOPICS IN PHILOSOPHY OF BIOLOGY
- HPS 2673 - STUDIES IN ARISTOTLE
- HPS 2680 - READING SEM IN PHIL OF SCIENCE
- HPS 2681 - AUTHORITY: POLITICAL & SCIENTIFIC
- HPS 2687 - THE EPISTEMOLOGY OF EXPERIMENTAL PRACTICES
- HPS 2690 - HISTORY AND PHIL OF PSYCHOLOGY
- HPS 2705 - HISTORY OF MEDICINE
- HPS 2710 - HISTORY OF PSYCHIATRY
- HPS 2725 - HISTORY OF PUBLIC HEALTH
- HPS 2730 - PHILOSOPHY OF MEDICINE
- HPS 2740 - PHILOSOPHY OF PSYCHIATRY
- HPS 2750 - PHILOSOPHY OF EPIDEMIOLOGY
- HPS 2785 - PHILOSOPHY OF MIND AND MEDICINE
- HPS 2790 - TOPICS IN HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF MEDICINE
- HPS 2810 - GALILEO AND ALL THAT
- HPS 2812 - NEWTON
- HPS 2813 - HELMHOLTZ
- HPS 2814 - EINSTEIN
- HPS 2815 - HISTORY OF OLD QUANTUM THEORY
- HPS 2816 - THE MAKING OF MODERN QUANTUM THEORY
- HPS 2817 - HISTORY OF PARTICLE PHYSICS
- HPS 2820 - PHILOSOPHY OF SPACETIME AND SYMMETRY
- HPS 2821 - GENERAL RELATIVITY AND GRAVITATION
- HPS 2825 - PHILOSOPHY OF QUANTUM THEORY
- HPS 2826 - PHILOSOPHY OF QUANTUM FIELD THEORY
- HPS 2828 - PHILOSOPHY OF QUANTUM GRAVITY
- HPS 2830 - PHILOSOPHY OF THERMODYNAMICS AND STATISTICAL MECHANICS
- HPS 2840 - PHILOSOPHY OF COSMOLOGY
- HPS 2844 - MODERN COSMOLOGY
- HPS 2850 - PHILOSOPHY OF GAUGE THEORY
- HPS 2865 - MATHEMATICS FOR FOUNDATIONS OF PHYSICS
- HPS 2880 - HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF MUSICAL SCIENCE
- HPS 2890 - TOPICS IN HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF PHYSICS
- HPS 2900 - PRE MA DIRECTED STUDY
- HPS 2910 - INDEPENDENT STUDY
- HPS 2980 - COMPREHENSIVE RESEARCH PAPER
- HPS 2999 - PROSPECTUS RESEARCH
- HPS 3000 - DISSERTATION RESEARCH
- HPS 3900 - ADVANCED DIRECTED STUDY
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