Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology

Fred F Wilson

Professor Emeritus

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

Areas of Expertise

• Problems of death and dying
• Science and pseudoscience (astrology, parapsychology)
• Science and religion
• Skepticism

Office: 416-978-8155
Home: 416-920-1432 (preferred)
Email: f.wilson@utoronto.ca
Media availablity: TV, Radio, Print/Online

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

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