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Office: 2287 Social Science and Humanities Building

Phone: (530) 752-5889

E-mail: prteller@ucdavis.edu

Ph.D.: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1970

Dissertation: "Problems in Confirmation Theory," directed by James Thomson

Areas of Specialization: Philosophy of physical science, metaphysics, logic

Joined the UC Davis Philosophy Faculty: 1990

2006-2007 Course Schedule

Fall
12 Introduction to Symbolic Logic
109 Philosophy of the Social Sciences

Winter
30 Introduction to Philosophy of Science
201 Metaphysics Seminar

Spring
Not Teaching

Other Courses 111 Philosophy of Space and Time
112 Intermediate Symbolic Logic

Recent Publications

"The Law-Idealization," Philosophy of Science, December, 2004, 730-741

"How We Dapple the World," Philosophy of Science, October 2004, 425-447

Currently Supervising Dissertations

Ian Spencer