Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology

James Robert Brown

Professor, Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts and Science

Professor, Department of History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, Faculty of Arts and Science

• Campus
  • St. George
• Faculty
  • Faculty of Arts & Science
• Department
  • Philosophy
• Centres
  • Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology

Areas of Expertise

• Commercialization of medical research
• Foundations of math and physics
• Science and religion
• Science and society
• Thought experiments

Office: 519-439-2889
Home: 519-439-2889
Website
Email: jrbrown@chass.utoronto.ca
Media availablity: TV, Radio, Print/Online

Karina Vold

Assistant Professor

• Campus
  • St. George
• Faculty
  • Faculty of Arts & Science
• Centres
  • Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology

Areas of Expertise

• Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence
• Philosophy of Mind
• Philosophy of science
• Philosophy of technology
• The ethics of Artificial intelligence (AI)

Office: 416-946-8788
Website
Email: karina.vold@utoronto.ca
Preferred method of contact: Email

Marga Vicedo

Professor, Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, Faculty of Arts and Science

• Campus
  • St. George
• Faculty
  • Faculty of Arts & Science
• Centres
  • Centre for the Study of the United States
  • Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology

Areas of Expertise

• History of autism
• History of evolution and genetics
• History of instincts
• Science and society
• Science of mother love and maternal care

Office: N/A
Languages: Spanish
Website
Email: marga.vicedo@utoronto.ca
Media availablity: TV, Radio, Print/Online

Mark Solovey

Professor, Institute of the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, Faculty of Arts and Science

• Campus
  • St. George
• Faculty
  • Faculty of Arts & Science
• Department
  • History and Philosophy of Science and Technology
• Centres
  • Centre for the Study of the United States
  • Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology

Areas of Expertise

• Cold War America
• Psychology and society
• Research funding
• Science and values
• Social science and society

Office: 416-978-6280
Website
Email: mark.solovey@utoronto.ca
Media availablity: TV, Radio, Print/Online

Mary Winsor

Professor Emeritus

• Campus
  • St. George
• Department
  • Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
• Centres
  • Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology

Areas of Expertise

• History of biology
• History of evolutionary biology
• History of natural history museums
• natural history
• systematics

Office: N/A
Home: 416-920-8645
Email: polly.winsor@utoronto.ca
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Ronald de Sousa

Professor Emeritus, Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts and Science

• Campus
  • St. George
• Faculty
  • Faculty of Arts & Science
• Department
  • Philosophy
• Centres
  • Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology

Areas of Expertise

• Atheism
• Evolutionary theory
• Philosophy of biology
• Philosophy of sexuality
• Philosophy of the emotions (rationality and education)

Office: 647-272-3104
Languages: French
Website
Email: ronald.de.sousa@utoronto.ca
Media availablity: TV, Radio, Print/Online

Ross Upshur

Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Temerty Faculty of Medicine

Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health

• Campus
  • St. George
• Faculty
  • Dalla Lana School of Public Health
  • Temerty Faculty of Medicine
• Department
  • Family and Community Medicine
• Centres
  • Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology
  • Joint Centre for Bioethics

Areas of Expertise

• Philosophy of medicine and public health
• Practice and policy
• Primary care research
• Public health ethics (communicable diseases)

Office: 416-978-4756
Mobile: 416-357-0663
Email: ross.upshur@utoronto.ca
Media availablity: TV, Radio, Print/Online