Miriam Solomon, PhD

Professor of Philosophy, Temple University, Philadelphia PA 19122

 

Miriam Solomon is Professor of Philosophy at Temple University and Director of Graduate Studies.  She is a graduate of Cambridge University (BA in Natural Sciences, 1979) and Harvard University (PhD in Philosophy, 1986).  She is the author of Social Empiricism (MIT Press, 2001), editor of several special journal issues, and author of papers in epistemology, philosophy of science, philosophy of medicine and biomedical ethics.

Her research interests are in philosophy of science, philosophy of medicine, history of science, epistemology, gender and science and biomedical ethics. She is currently writing a book on evidence-based medicine, medical consensus conferences, narrative medicine and translational medicine, titled Beyond the Art and Science of Medicine.

Professor Solomon is on the editorial board of Philosophy of Science and is on the advisory board of the Society for Philosophy of Science in Practice. She is active in the Philosophy of Medicine Roundtable group. She serves on the Temple University Hospital Ethics Committee and is on the Steering Committee for the new Temple Center for Urban Bioethics and the Humanities. She is a panelist at www.askphilosophers.org

RESEARCH

• List of Publications

• Curriculum Vitae

TEACHING

• Fall 2010, Perspectives on Science and Mathematics (syllabus to be posted in August)
• Other courses taught regularly: Philosophy of Science, Science in Context, Feminist Epistemology and Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Medicine, Genetic Controversies, Ethics in Medicine, Senior Seminar

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

• Director of Graduate Studies:Information for Current Graduate Students and Graduate Student Applicants
• APA Committee on the Status of Women Employment Study
• Temple University Center for Urban Bioethics and the Humanities
• Philosophy of Medicine Roundtable, October 19-20 2009 in Rotterdam
• Women in Philosophy Task Force

 

CONTACT INFORMATION

Philosophy Department
Temple University 022-32
Philadelphia , PA 19122

Office Phone: 215-204-9629 (including voicemail); Fax: 215-204-6266

E-mail: msolomon@temple.edu
E-mail is the best way to reach me. I usually answer within 48 hours.

 

This web page last revised: July 25, 2010