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Peter Godfrey-Smith
Professor of Philosophy
Harvard University
I grew up in Sydney, Australia. My undergraduate degree is from the University of Sydney, and I have a PhD in philosophy from UC San Diego. I taught at Stanford University between 1991 and 2002, and then combined a half-time post at the Australian National University (RSSS) and a visiting position at Harvard for a few years. Since 2006 I have been full-time at Harvard.
My main research interests are in the philosophy of biology and the philosophy of mind. I also work on pragmatism (especially John Dewey), general philosophy of science, and some parts of metaphysics and epistemology. I have written three books, Complexity and the Function of Mind in Nature (Cambridge, 1996), Theory and Reality: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Science (Chicago, 2003), and Darwinian Populations and Natural Selection (Oxford, 2009).
• My CV (pdf) is here.
• High-resolution photos for press are here and here (Stephanie Mitchell/Harvard News Service)
• An article from the Harvard Gazette.
Stephanie Mitchell/Harvard News Service