Michael Weisberg

Michael Craig Weisberg (born October 20, 1976) is an American philosopher who is professor and chair of philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania, where he is also co-director of the Penn Laboratory for Understanding Science and the Galápagos Education and Research Alliance. He is also Senior Faculty Fellow and Director of Postgraduate Programs for Perry World House. He is known for his research in philosophy of science, especially the relationship between idealization and the use of models in biology and chemistry.[1] He has also studied public understanding of science.[2] He is the editor-in-chief of the peer-reviewed journal Biology and Philosophy.[3]

Michael Weisberg
Born	October 20, 1976
Nationality	American
Education	University of California, San Diego Stanford University
Notable work	Simulation and Similarity: Using Models to Understand the World (2013)
Institutions	University of Pennsylvania
Thesis	When less is more: Tradeoffs and idealization in model-building (2003)
Doctoral advisor	Peter Godfrey-Smith
Main interests	Philosophy of science

References

1. "Michael Weisberg". University of Pennsylvania Department of Philosophy. Retrieved 2018-02-08.
2. "Bill Nye and Ken Ham Debated Creationism—But Did They Change Anyone's Mind?". National Geographic. 2014-02-05. Retrieved 2018-02-08.
3. "Michael Weisberg". University of Pennsylvania.

External links

• Personal faculty website
• Michael Weisberg publications indexed by Google Scholar