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Philosopher of Biology Godfrey-Smith Full-Time to Harvard

Peter Godfrey-Smith (philosophy of biology, philosophy of science, philosophy of mind), who had been half-time at Harvard and half-time at the Australian National University the last couple of years, is now moving full-time to the Department of Philosophy at Harvard University.  (He may still spend some time during Northern summers in Canberra, though will no longer have a regular faculty appointment there.)  Together with Ned Hall (metaphysics, philosophy of science), recently appointed from MIT, and Susanna Siegel (philosophy of mind and language), who was recently tenured, this will give Harvard a  strong group in philosophy of science and mind, something the Department has not had in quite some time.  (Other tenured faculty in the Department also do work in and around philosophy of mind, including Richard Moran and Alison Simmons.)

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