William C. Wimsatt
William C. Wimsatt | |
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| Born | William C. Wimsatt May 27, 1941 |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Pittsburgh |
| Known for | Robustness Heuristics Generative entrenchment Reductionism Complexity and organization |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Philosophy of science Philosophy of biology Evolutionary biology |
| Institutions | University of Chicago University of Minnesota |
William C. Wimsatt (born May 27, 1941) is professor emeritus in the Department of Philosophy, the Committee on Conceptual and Historical Studies of Science (previously Conceptual Foundations of Science), and the Committee on Evolutionary Biology at the University of Chicago. He is currently a Winton Professor of the Liberal Arts at the University of Minnesota and Residential Fellow of the Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science. He specializes in the philosophy of biology, where his areas of interest include reductionism, heuristics, emergence, scientific modeling, heredity, and cultural evolution.