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Kenneth Schaffner

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About Kenneth

Academic Profile

Academic Background: Ph.D., Columbia University, 1967; MD, University of Pittsburgh, 1970.

Research Interests: Philosophy of science, bioethics, philosophy of medicine.

Appointments: Distinguished University Professor of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh (2006–present).

Awards: Lakatos Award (1999) for Discovery and Explanation in Biology and Medicine.

Publications:

  • Discovery and Explanation in Biology and Medicine (University of Chicago Press, 1993).
  • Behaving: What’s Genetic, What’s Not, and Why Should We Care? (Oxford University Press, 2016).