Education
- B.A. (magna cum laude), University of Kansas (Physics), 1962
- M.A., Princeton (Philosophy), 1964
- Junior Research Fellow, Churchill College, University of Cambridge, 1964-65
- Ph.D., Princeton (Philosophy), 1965
Employment
- Tutor, Churchill College, Cambridge University, 1964-65
- Lecturer in Philosophy of Physics, University College, University of London, 1965-69
- Co-director, Telluride Institute, Cornell, 1968
- Associate Professor of Philosophy and History, University of Pittsburgh, 1969-72
- Professor, Departments of Philosophy, History, and History and Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh, 1972-83
- (Founding) Chair, History and Philosophy of Science, Pitt, 1972-74;1976-77
- Academic Visitor, London School of Economics, 1974
- Visiting Professor, Philosophy, University of Illinois-Chicago Circle, Spring 1978
- Director, Center for Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh, 1978-81
- Visiting Research Professor, Center for Science & Technology Studies, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, 1981-83
- Professor of Philosophy of Science and Science Studies, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, 1983-87
- Visiting Professor, History and Philosophy of Science, University of Melbourne, 1984
- Visiting Philosopher-in-Residence, University of Rochester, Winter 1985
- Visiting Professor, Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science, Spring 1986
- Professor, Philosophy, University of Hawaii, 1987-97
- Chair, Philosophy, University of Hawaii, 1987-92
- Director, Program in Applied Philosophy, University of Hawaii, 1990-95
- Member, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, 1992-93
- Visiting Researcher, Instituto de Investigaciones Filosóficas, UNAM, 1996-97
- Visiting Fellow, Dibner Institute, M.I.T., 1997
- Senior Investigator, Instituto de Investigaciones Filosóficas, National Autonomous University of Mexico, 2000-
Professional Activities
- General Editor, Cass Library of Science Classics, 1965-70
- General Council, British Society for the History of Science, 1967-69
- Executive Committee, British Society for Philosophy of Science, 1968-69
- Founder and Editor, Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, 1969-74
- Consultant, Centro Superiore de Logica e Scienze Comparate (Bologna), 1972-?
- U.S. delegate from National Research Council to IUHPS (Bucharest), 1975
- Organizing Committee, Hunt Workshops in the History of Science, 1972-74 (Chairman, 1974)
- Editorial Boards of 18th-Century Life, 1974-80; Philosophy of Science, 1976-91, 1994-?; Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, 1969-74, 1977-present; American Philosophical Quarterly, 1977-82; Cadernos, 1977-present; Knowledge, 1982-87; History of Philosophy Quarterly, 1985-88; Knowledge in Society, 1987-?; Theoria, 1995-?;
- Editor for philosophy and history of science, Encyclopedia Americana, 1967-?;
- General Editor, Pittsburgh Series in Philosophy and History of Science (published by University of California Press), 1977-84
- Program Committee, Philosophy of Science Association, 1980, 1988
- Program Committee, American Philosophical Association, 1987-90
- President & Vice-President, American Philosophical Association (Pacific Division), 1993-95
Grants and Fellowships
- Danforth, Woodrow Wilson, NSF Fellowships, 1962-65
- Fulbright Scholar (Cambridge University), 1964-65
- Royal Society of London Grant-in-Aid, 1966-67
- ACLS Faculty Research Grants, 1967-68; 1972
- NSF Faculty Research Grants, 1972-74; 1976-78; 1986-88
- Center for International Studies Grant, 1976
- Fulbright Senior Research Fellow (Munich, Konstanz), 1976
- Fulbright Scholar (Melbourne), 1984
- NSF/NEH Sustained Development Scholar, Virginia Tech, 1981-85
- Director, NEH Summer Seminar for College Teachers, 1985 [Topic: “Agreement & Disagreement in Science”]
- Director, NEH Summer Seminar for College Teachers, 1989 [Topic: “Naturalistic Epistemology”]
- NEH and A.W. Mellon Fellow, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, 1992-93
- NEH Faculty Research Grant, 1993-95
- Director, NEH Summer Seminar for College Teachers, 1994 [Topic: “Concepts of Evidence”]
- Fellow, Burndy Institute, 1997
Sistema Nacional de Investigadores, Mexico, ca 2000-2010
(Also recipient of grants from the Hunt Foundation, the Sarah Mellon Scaife Foundation, the R. K. Mellon Foundation and the Buhl Foundation.)
Endowed Lectures
- University of Missouri (Benjamin Lectures)
- University of Cincinnati (Taft Lectures);
- Brown (Whalen Collegium Lectures)
- National Autonomous University of Mexico (Gaos Lectures).