Chakravartty, Anjan - Philosophy

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Personal Information
First Name: 
Anjan
Last Name: 
Chakravartty
Department / Program: 
Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, U of T
University Affiliation: 
University of Toronto
Phone: 
416 946 5024
Email Address: 
anjan.chakravartty@utoronto.ca
Area of Research
Discipline: 
Philosophy
Subject: 
Science
Specific Area of Research: 
Epistemological debates concerning scientific realism (especially versions of entity realism and structural realism), antirealism, and empiricism, as well as metaphysical issues such as the nature of dispositions, causation, laws of nature, and natural kinds. Scientific models, representation, and attendant issues such as the nature of abstraction and idealization, and the consequences these practices have for concepts such as knowledge and truth, as well as the relationship between science, metaphysics, and the philosophy of science.
Academics
PHD Program: 
History and Philosophy of Science
PHD University: 
Cambridge University
PHD Date: 
2001
Major Publications: 
2. 'Explanation, Inference, Testimony, and Truth: Essays Dedicated to the Memory of Peter Lipton', special issue of Studies in History and Philosophy of Science (ed.) (2010). 1. A Metaphysics for Scientific Realism: Knowing the Unobservable (2007), Cambridge University Press.
Membership in Academic Societies: 
Of note: Director of the IHPST 2009-present
Courses Taught: 
Graduate: HPS 1102H Laws of Nature HPS 1104H Models, Truth, and Representation HPS 5010H Fundamentals of the Philosophy of Science JPH 2192H Philosophy of Science