Ingo Brigandt
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Ingo Brigandt
Department of Philosophy
University of Alberta
2-40 Assiniboia Hall
Edmonton, AB T6G 2E7
Canada
E-mail: brigandt@ualberta.ca
Office:
3-49 Assiniboia Hall
Voicemail: 780-492-3307 ext. 12
My work combines the history and philosophy of biology with epistemology and the philosophy of mind and language by attempting to understand scientific practice and concept use (including its historical change) from an epistemological and semantic point of view.
I am interested in evolutionary, developmental, and molecular biology, especially in the field of evolutionary developmental biology (evo-devo) and its 19th and 20th century precursors.
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Use the navigation on the left to read about my research projects and other information about my work. Syllabi for my upcoming courses can be found below. My Curriculum Vitae in pdf format.
Academic Appointments
| 2012 – |
Associate Professor of Philosophy with tenure, University of Alberta |
| 2008 – 2012 |
Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of Alberta (hired in 2006,
appointment deferred to take up and complete a postdoctoral fellowship) |
| 2006 – 2008 |
Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Alberta |
Education
| 2000 – 2006 |
Ph.D. in History and Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh
(Co-Supervisors:
Paul Griffiths, Anil Gupta.
Dissertation: A Theory of Conceptual Advance)
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M.A. in Philosophy, University of Pittsburgh (awarded 2005) |
| 1995 – 1999 |
M.Sc. equivalent in Mathematics, University of Konstanz (Germany) |
Upcoming Courses
PHIL 217: Biology, Society, and Values, Winter 2014
[sample syllabus from past course]
PHIL 415/510: Philosophy of Biology - Overview of Primary Literature, Winter 2014
[sample syllabus from past course]
PHIL 317: Philosophy of Biology, Fall 2013
[sample syllabus from past course]
PHIL 388: Philosophy and Nursing I, Fall 2013
Distinctions, Grants, and Fellowships
Executive Editor of the
Canadian Journal of Philosophy, 2013–
Associate Editor of the
Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution, 2012–
SSHRC 4A Grant, Faculty of Arts, University of Alberta, 2012–2013 ($3,000)
Martha Cook Piper Research Prize, University of Alberta, 2011 ($3,000)
Faculty of Arts Research Award,
University of Alberta, 2011
SSHRC 4A Grant, University of Alberta, 2011–2012 ($7,500)
Advisory Board Member of the Canadian Society for the
History and Philosophy of Science, 2011–2014
Editorial Board Member of Bionomina: International Journal of
Biological Nomenclature & Terminology, responsible as Corresponding Editor for submissions in the areas
‘philosophy of (scientific) language’ and ‘history & sociology of scientific language’, 2010–
Standard Research Grant,
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, 2008–2012
($66,652 incl. teaching release stipend, rank 3 out of 92 philosophy applications nationwide)
Endowment for the Future Capital Recruitment Grant, University of Alberta, 2009 ($6,200)
Conference Travel Grant, Killam Research Fund, University of Alberta, 2007 ($1,700)
Dorothy J. Killam Memorial Postdoctoral Fellow Prize, University of Alberta, 2006 ($2,500)
Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of Alberta, 2006–2008 ($88,000)
Postdoctoral Fellowship, Center for Philosophy of Biology, Duke University, 2006–2007 (declined)
Postdoctoral Fellowship, Center for Philosophy and Ethics of Science, University of Hannover, 2006–2007 (declined)
Andrew Mellon Predoctoral Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh, 2005–2006 ($19,600)
KLI Junior Fellowship, Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research, 2002 ($3,280)
Andrew Mellon Predoctoral Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh, 2000–2001 ($21,300)
M.Sc. equivalent in Mathematics (Minor: Philosophy) with distinction (“ausgezeichnet”, outstanding), University of Konstanz, 1999