McArthur, Daniel -

Personal Information
First Name: 
Daniel
Nom: 
McArthur
Affiliation universitaire: 
York University
Phone: 
416-736-2100
Extension: 
66346
Email Address: 
Area of Research
Objet: 
Physics
Technology
Champ d'études: 
Philosophy of science, the philosophy of physics, theory change, the nature of scientific discovery, decision theory, rational choice theory
Academics
PHD Program: 
Philosophy
PHD University: 
University of Ottawa
PHD Date: 
2001
Major Publications: 
McArthur, D. 2008. “Discovery and Theory Change” Accepted conditional upon revisions in Dialogue. McArthur, D. 2008. “Structural Realism, The A Priori and Normative Naturalism” Forthcoming in International Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. McArthur, D. 2007. “Mutual Advantage Contractarianism and Obligations to Provide Foreign Aid” Accepted and Forthcoming in Australian Journal for Professional and Applied Ethics, March. 2007. McArthur, D. 2007. “Recent debates Over Structural Realism” Journal for General Philosophy of Science. 37:209-224. McArthur, D. 2007. “Which Kind of Naturalism Best Accommodates Renormalisation?” accepted and forthcoming in Journal of Philosophical Research.
Courses Taught: 
Graduate Tutorial on Philosophy of Physics, Science and Superstition, Technology and Ethics (as undergrad class and as a PhD Seminar), Human Nature, Issues in the Natural Sciences, Modes of Reasoning