James R. Griesemer
Encyclopedia
James R. Griesemer is Professor and Chair of the Department of Philosophy
at the University of California, Davis
in Davis, California
. He received his PhD in 1983 in the Conceptual Foundations of Science at the University of Chicago
. His research focuses on a wide variety of topics in the history and philosophy of biology, including models and practices in museum-based natural history, laboratory-based ecology, units of inheritance and selection in evolutionary biology, and visual representation in embryology and genetics. He is well known in the philosophy of biology
community and is President of the International Society for the History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Biology (ISHPSSB).
Philosophy
Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems, such as those connected with existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. Philosophy is distinguished from other ways of addressing such problems by its critical, generally systematic approach and its reliance on rational...
at the University of California, Davis
University of California, Davis
The University of California, Davis is a public teaching and research university established in 1905 and located in Davis, California, USA. Spanning over , the campus is the largest within the University of California system and third largest by enrollment...
in Davis, California
Davis, California
Davis is a city in Yolo County, California, United States. It is part of the Sacramento–Arden-Arcade–Roseville Metropolitan Statistical Area...
. He received his PhD in 1983 in the Conceptual Foundations of Science at the University of Chicago
University of Chicago
The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...
. His research focuses on a wide variety of topics in the history and philosophy of biology, including models and practices in museum-based natural history, laboratory-based ecology, units of inheritance and selection in evolutionary biology, and visual representation in embryology and genetics. He is well known in the philosophy of biology
Philosophy of biology
The philosophy of biology is a subfield of philosophy of science, which deals with epistemological, metaphysical, and ethical issues in the biological and biomedical sciences...
community and is President of the International Society for the History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Biology (ISHPSSB).