Michael Stuart
Michael T. Stuart
IHPST, University of Toronto
Room 316, Victoria College
91 Charles Street West
Toronto, Ontario M5S 1K7
CANADA
ACADEMIC HISTORY
2009-2014 University of Toronto—PhD program at the Institute for the History and
Philosophy of Science and Technology
2008-2009 York University—PhD program in Philosophy
2007-2008 York University—Master of Arts in Philosophy
2003-2007 York University –Specialist Honours BA in Philosophy
PUBLICATIONS
Forthcoming. “The Origins of the Philosophy of Thought Experiments." Perspectives on Science. (with Yiftach Fehige).
Forthcoming. "Cognitive Science and Thought Experiments: A Refutation of Paul Thagard." Perspectives on Science.
Spring 2013. “Review: Ierodiakonou, K. and Roux, S. (eds.), Thought Experiments in Methodological and Historical Contexts.” HOPOS: The Journal of the International Society for the History of Philosophy of Science (with James R. Brown).
2012. “Review: James R. Brown, Laboratory of the Mind.” Spontaneous Generations: A Journal for the History and Philosophy of Science Vol. 6, No. 1. Available Here.
PRESENTATIONS
2012. "The Cognitive Science of Thought Experiments: Paul Thagard's Skepticism." Presented at The Canadian Society for the History and Philosophy of Science (CSHPS) annual conference at the University of Waterloo, May 26-29.
2012. "Paul Thagard: A Refutation." Presented at Thought Experiments in Science: Four Blind Spots - An International Workshop, at the Univesrity of Toronto, March 23.
2011. "Can Bayesian Network Modeling Solve Problems in the Philosophy of Science?" Accepted for presentation at the 14th Congress of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science (CLMPS), Nancy, France, July 19-26.
2011. "What Can Philosophy Learn from the Clock-in-the-Box Thought Experiment?" Presented at The Canadian Society for the History and Philosophy of Science (CSHPS) annual conference at Concordia University, Montréal, May 29-31.
2011. “The Notion of a ‘Very Generalized Logic’ in Thought Experiments.” Accepted for presentation at a Philosophy of Science Colloquium, hosted by the University of Johannesburg, Durban, January 18.
2010. “Thought Experiments: Arguing with John Norton.” Accepted for Presentation at the Australasian Association of Philosophy Conference, University of Waikato, New Zealand, December 5 –9.
2010. “The Role of Henri Poincaré and Pierre Duhem in the Establishment of Conventionalism in Modern Philosophy of Science,” Presented at the 8th annual History of the Philosophy of Science Conference at the Central European University, Budapest, June 24-27.
2010. “The Role of Henri Poincaré and Pierre Duhem in the Establishment of Conventionalism in Modern Philosophy of Science,” Presented at The Canadian Society for the History and Philosophy of Science (CSHPS) annual conference at Concordia University, Montréal, May 28-31.
2009. “Philosophical Conceptual Analysis: The Move from Use to Meaning,” Presented at Second Conference on Concept Types and Frames in Language, Cognition, and Science at Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, August 24-26.
2009. “Charity as a Bridge from Use to Meaning,” Presented at Western Interdisciplinary Student Symposium on Language Research (WISSLR), at the University of Western Ontario, London, March 6-7.
CURRENT AND PREVIOUS APPOINTMENTS
2012-13
TA: Scientific Revolutions II (HPS211), University of Toronto
TA: Introduction to Philosophy (PHL100), University of Toronto
Grader: Modern Symbolic Logic (PHL245), University of Toronto
2011-12
TA: Introductory Philosophy of Science (HPS250), University of Toronto (2011)
TA: Introduction to Philosophy (PHL100), University of Toronto
Grader: Modern Symbolic Logic (PHL245), University of Toronto
2010-11
TA: Scientific Revolutions I (HPS210), University of Toronto
2009-10
RA: Worked with Dr. Denis Walsh on the history and philosophy of vitalism.
2008-09
TA: Introduction to Philosophy (PHIL1000), York University
RA: Worked with Dr. Jagdish Hattiangadi on various topics in the philosophy of science and modern skepticism (starting in 2007)
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Referee: Canadian Philosophical Association,The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science
2010. Invited participant for Science without Data: The Role of Thought Experiments in Empirical Investigations, a conference at Dalhousie University, Halifax
Organizer of the 2010 Consortium for the History and Philosophy of Biology at the Université de Montréal
Copyeditor for Spontaneous Generations, a peer-reviewed journal in the History and Philosophy of Science
Chair for “Applying Darwinism,” part of the University of Toronto’s Conference: “150 Years After Origin: Biological, Historical and Philosophical Perspectives,” November 23, 2009
Committee for “150 Years After Origin: Biological, Historical and Philosophical Perspectives” conference, University of Toronto, November 21-24, 2009
University of Toronto Museum of Scientific Instruments exhibit, November 21-24, 2009
Selection committee for Second Annual Graduate Philosophy Conference Acceptance, June 4-5, 2009, York University
AFFILIATIONS
Canadian Philosophical Association (CPA) and American Philosophical Association (APA)
Canadian Society for the History and Philosophy of Science (CSHPS)
History of Philosophy of Science organization (HOPOS)
HONOURS AND AWARDS
Ontario Graduate Scholarship (2012-13, $15 000)
University of Toronto Fellowship (2009-2012, $22 400)
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Travel Grant, provided by the Canadian Society for the History and Philosophy of Science (2011, $112)
School of Graduate Studies Conference Grant (2011, $269.73)
University of Toronto Travel Grant (2010, $1200; 2010, $752)
York University Professional Development Grant (2010, $500)
Elizabeth Bentham Prize for highest mark in Theoretical Philosophy Exam, York University (2008, $500)
York University Graduate Scholarships (2009, $1334; 2009, $1333; 2008, $1334)
York University Undergraduate Bursaries (2007, $1510; 2006, $360; 2006, $175; 2005,
$355)York University Continuing Student Scholarship (2005, $884)
