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C. Kenneth Waters

Pronouns: he/him

Positions

Chair: SSHRC Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Logic and Philosophy of Science

Faculty of Arts , Department of Philosophy

Professor

Faculty of Arts , Department of Philosophy

Contact information

Email

c.waters@ucalgary.ca

Background

Educational Background

B.A. , University of Vermont, 1979

Doctor of Philosophy , Indiana University, 1985

M.A. Philosophy, Indiana University, 1984

Biography

Please see http://www.ckennethwaters.com for bibliographical information

Research

Participation in university strategic initiatives

Human dynamics in a changing world

Courses

Course number Course title Semester
PHIL 609.10 Topics in the History of Philosophy (John Dewey) Fall 2022
PHIL 52309 LEC 01 01 Advanced Topics in Metaphysics Fall 2021
PHIL 62309 LEC 01 01 Topics in Metaphysics Fall 2021
PHIL 264 LEC 01 01 How Do We Know? Fall 2021

Awards

  • Fellow of the American Association of the Advancement of Science, 2015
  • President of the Philosophy of Science Association, 2015

Publications

  • Ask Not ‘What Is An Individual?. C. Kenneth Waters. in O. Bueno, M. B. Fagan, and R. Chen (eds.), Individuation, Process, and Scientific Practices, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018, pp. 91–113. DOI:10.1093/oso/9780190636814.003.0005 [pre-print on PhilSci-Archive.pitt.edu]. 91–113. (2018)
  • No General Structure. C. Kenneth Waters. in Matthew Slater and Zanja Yudell (eds.) Metaphysics and the Philosophy of Science: New Essays, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017, pp. 81-108. [pre-print on PhilSci-Archive.pitt.edu]. 81–108. (2017)
  • An Epistemology for Scientific Practice. C. Kenneth Waters. Philosophy of Science Vol. 86, no. 4 (2019): 585-611. DOI: n/a [open access on journal site]. 585–611. (2019)
  • Beyond Theoretical Reduction and Layer-cake Antireduction: How DNA Retooled Genetics and Transformed Biological Practice. C. Kenneth Waters. in Michael Ruse (ed.) Oxford Handbook to the Philosophy of Biology. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2008, pp. 238–62. [pre-print on PhilSci-Archive.pitt.edu]. 238–62. (2008)