Elliott Sober

Elliott Sober

(University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA)

Elliott Sober

Elliott Sober is Hans Reichenbach Professor and William F. Vilas Research Professor in the Philosophy Department at the University of Wisconsin—Madison.

Website: http://sober.philosophy.wisc.edu/

POSITIONS HELD
William F. Vilas Research Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1993-present. Hans Reichenbach Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1989-present. President, International Union of History and Philosophy of Science and Technology (Division of Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science), 2012-15. Chair, History and Philosophy of Science (Section L), American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2015. President, Philosophy of Science Association, 2003-2005. President, American Philosophical Association Central Division, 1998-1999. University of Sydney International Visiting Research Fellow, Spring 2010. Rockefeller Foundation Scholar in Residence, Bellagio Study Center, Italy. Spring 2006. Visiting Professor, London School of Economics and Political Science, 2003-2008. Professor, Department of Philosophy, Stanford University, 2003-2004. Centennial Professor, London School of Economics and Political Science, 1999-2002. Secretary, International Union for History and Philosophy of Science, Division of Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science, 1991-1999. Chair, Department of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1993-1997. Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1984-present. Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1980-1984. Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1974-1980. Co-Director, International Summer School, Institute Vienna Circle, University of Vienna, 2001. Member, Advisory Committee of the Center for the Humanities, 2004-2007. Adjunct Member of the Institute for Research in the Humanities, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1993-1997. William Evans Visiting Fellow, Department of Philosophy, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, 1990. Visiting Scientist, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Spring 1988. Fellow in Population Genetics, Harvard University, 1980-81.

 

HONORS AND AWARDS
Philosophy of Science Association Carl Gustav Hempel Award (2014); UW Hilldale Award (2014); APA Prometheus Laureate (2008); APA Patrick Romanell Lecturer (2008); Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1999- present); Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (2003-present); Fellow, Linnean Society of London (2009-present); Lakatos Award (1991); Articles included in Philosopher’s Annual (1988, 1993, 2001, 2010); Fellow, International Academy of Philosophy of Science (2001-present); National Science Foundation grants (1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1989,1992, 1993, 2000-2003); National Endowment for the Humanities fellowships (1978, l986); Romnes Faculty Fellowship (1982); John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship (1980-81).

EDUCATION
Harvard University (1972-74) Ph.D.; Cambridge University (1970-72) Research Student; University of Pennsylvania (1969-70) M. Sci. Ed; University of Pennsylvania (1965-69) B.A.