Kyle Stanford (born 1970) is an American

philosophy Philosophy (from , ) is the systematized study of general and fundamental questions, such as those about existence, reason, knowledge, values, mind, and language. Such questions are often posed as problems to be studied or resolved. Some ...

professor at the

University of California, Irvine The University of California, Irvine (UCI or UC Irvine) is a public land-grant research university in Irvine, California. One of the ten campuses of the University of California system, UCI offers 87 undergraduate degrees and 129 graduate and p ...

, who specializes in the

philosophy of science Philosophy of science is a branch of philosophy concerned with the foundations, methods, and implications of science. The central questions of this study concern what qualifies as science, the reliability of scientific theories, and the ult ...

Education and career

He earned his B.A. with Honors in Philosophy and Psychology from

Northwestern University Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston, Illinois. Founded in 1851, Northwestern is the oldest chartered university in Illinois and is ranked among the most prestigious academic institutions in the world. Charte ...

in 1991, and did his graduate work at the

University of California, San Diego The University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego or colloquially, UCSD) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in San Diego, California. Established in 1960 near the pre-existing Scripps Insti ...

, earning his M.A. in Philosophy, 1994, and his Ph.D. in Philosophy/Science Studies, in 1997, under the direction of

Philip Kitcher Philip Stuart Kitcher (born 20 February 1947) is a British philosopher who is John Dewey Professor Emeritus of philosophy at Columbia University. He specialises in the philosophy of science, the philosophy of biology, the philosophy of mathema ...

. He joined the Department of Philosophy at the

in 1997, and moved to the newly created Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science there in 1998, earning tenure in 2004. He has been a visiting professor in the

History and Philosophy of Science The history and philosophy of science (HPS) is an academic discipline that encompasses the philosophy of science and the history of science. Although many scholars in the field are trained primarily as either historians or as philosophers, there ...

department at the

University of Pittsburgh The University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) is a public state-related research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The university is composed of 17 undergraduate and graduate schools and colleges at its urban Pittsburgh campus, home to the universit ...

in Spring 2009.

Selected publications

Notes and references

External links

Kyle Stanford website
via UC Irvine. {{DEFAULTSORT:Stanford, Kyle 1970 births Living people 20th-century American philosophers 21st-century American philosophers Philosophers of science University of California, Irvine faculty American non-fiction writers Northwestern University alumni University of California, San Diego alumni