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Robert Bishop, Ph.D.Professor of Physics and Philosophy;
On Faculty since 2007
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Dr. Bishop's research involves the 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. Dr. Bishop is the area editor for philosophy of science at the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy and looking for article proposals. See below for a link to submit yours! In his free time, Dr. Bishop enjoys reading, hiking, golf, the arts, music, games and homemade ice cream.
University of Texas at Austin
Ph.D., Philosophy, 1999
University of Texas at Austin
M.A., Physics, 1986
University of Texas at Austin
B.S., Physics, 1984
- History and Philosophy of Science
- Philosophy of Physics
- Philosophy of the Social Sciences
- Physics and Free Will
- Science and Theology
- American Physical Society: member
- American Association for the Advancement of Science: member
- Philosophy of Science Association: member
- British Society for the Philosophy of Science: member
- American Scientific Affiliation: Fellow
- Thermodynamics
- Particle Physics and Cosmology
- Senior Seminar
- Natural Science: Foundations, Methods, Challenges
- Origins of Science
- Ideas of Modern Science
- Theories of Origins
- History of Cosmology
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.
“Contextual Emergence of Physical Properties,” with George Ellis, Foundations of Physics 50 (2020, pp 481-500).
“Why Human Inquiry Is Different than Natural Science Inquiry,” in the Routledge International Handbook of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology, Brent D. Slife, Stephen C. Yanchar, and Frank C. Richardson eds. (Routledge 2022, pp. 412-431).
“Overcoming Neoliberalism,” with Frank C. Richardson and Jacqueline Garcia-Joslin, Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology 38 (2018, pp. 15-28).
From Chemistry to Consciousness: The Legacy of Hans Primas, Harald Atmanspacher and Ulrich Müller-Herold eds. (Springer 2016, pp. 95-110).
“Chaos,” Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (October 2015).
“Philosophical Hermeneutics and the One and the Many,” with Frank Richardson in Festschrift in Honor of Charles Gugnion, Megan Altman ed. (Springer, 2015, pp. 145-164)
See https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Robert_Bishop4/publications
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