Prof Ronald N Giere

Contact Me

giere@umn.edu

Educational Background & Specialties

Specialties

• nature of scientific representation and judgment
• philosophy of science
• use of models in science

Courses Taught

• Phil 8670 - Seminar: Philosophy of Science

Research & Professional Activities

Professional Activities

• Fellow, Netherlands Institute for Advanced Science: 2002 - 2003
• President, Philosophy of Science Association: 1992 - 1994

Publications

• Science without Laws. Giere, Ronald, University of Chicago Press, 1999.
• Explaining Scientific Revolutions: Giere, Ronald, Issues and Images in thePhilosophy of Science, 1997.
• Visual Models and Scientific Judgment: Giere, Ronald, University of Toronto Press, Picturing Knowledge: Historical and Philosophical Problems Concerning the Use of Art in Science, 269-302, 1996.
• Explaining Science: A Cognitive Approach. Giere, Ronald, University of Chicago Press, 1988.
• Using Models to Represent Reality: Giere, Ronald, Model-Based Reasoning in Scientific Discovery, 41-57 , 1999.

Awards

• Science Foundation Grant
• Tri Delta Fellow, National Humanities Center, 1997 - 1998