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Professional and Personal Interests
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Dr.
Bishop's research involves history and philosophy of science,
philosophy of physics, philosophy of social science, philosophy
of mind and psychology, and metaphysics. He is particularly
interested in chaos and complex systems and their philosophical
implications.
In his free time, Dr. Bishop enjoys reading, hiking, golf, the arts,
music, games and homemade ice cream.
| Courses
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- Frontiers of Physics
- Origins of Science
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Membership in Professional Societies |
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- American
Physical Society
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
- American Scientific Affiliation
- Philosophy of Science Association
- British Society for the Philosophy of Science
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Research |
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Dr. Bishop is interested in the foundations of the physical and social
sciences. In particular, he explores determinism, irreversibility in
statistical mechanics and thermodynamics, nonlinear dynamics and its
implications for modeling, hidden cultural and ethical ideals in the
social sciences, and the implications of science and its assumptions for
theories of mind, free will and consciousness.
| Papers
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- The
Philosophy of the Social Sciences (Continuum International
Publishing Group, June 2007)
- Between
Chance and Choice: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on
Determinism, co-edited with Harald Atmanspacher
(Imprint Academic, 2002)
- “Free
Will and the Causal Closure of Physics,” in
Visions of Discovery: New Light on Physics Cosmology
and Consciousness, Raymond Chiao, William Phillips
and Charles Harper eds. (Cambridge University Press,
in press).
- “Contextual
Emergence in the Description of Properties,” with
Harald Atmanspacher. Foundations of Physics 36
(2006, pp. 1753-1777).
- “The
Hidden Premise in the Causal Argument for Physicalism,” Analysis 66 (2006, pp. 44-52).
- “Determinism
and Indeterminism,” Encyclopedia
of Philosophy, Second Edition. Farmington Mills, MI: Thomson Gale
(2006, Vol. 3, pp. 29-35).
- “Patching
Physics and Chemistry Together,” Philosophy
of Science 72 (2005, pp. 710-722).
- “Resonances,
Unstable Systems and Irreversibility: Matter Meets Mind,” International
Journal of Theoretical Physics 44 (2005, pp. 1879-1888).
- “Quantum
Time Arrows, Semigroups and Time-Reversal in Scattering,” International
Journal
of Theoretical Physics 44 (2005, pp. 723-733).
- “Anvil
or Onion? Determinism as a Layered Concept,” Erkenntnis 63 (2005, pp. 55-71).
- “Nonequilibrium
Statistical Mechanics Brussels-Austin Style,” Studies
in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics 35 (2004, pp.
1-30).
- “Free
Will in absentia: Dennett on Free Will and Determinism,” Journal
of Theoretical and
Philosophical Psychology 23 (2003, pp. 168-183).
Full list of Dr. Bishop's publications
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