Boyd, Richard Newell
Professorresearch
research and scholarship focus
- philosophy of science
- epistemology
- philosophy of language
- philosophy of mind
- ethics
- social and political philosophy
- Marxism
- philosophy of biology
affiliations
faculty appointment in
- Philosophy (PHIL) | Cornell department
member of graduate field
- Cognitive Science | minor graduate field
- Philosophy | graduate field
- Science and Technology Studies | graduate field
teaching
teaches
- PHIL 1110 - FWS: Philosopy in Practice (TR 11:40:AM-12:55:PM) | fall 2009 class
- PHIL 3810 - Philosophy of Science (W 07:30:PM-09:55:PM) | fall 2009 class
- PHIL 3900 - Independent Study (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- PHIL 4900 - Informal Study for Honors (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- PHIL 7000 - Informal Study (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- STS 3811 - Philosophy of Science (W 07:30:PM-09:55:PM) | fall 2009 class
- PHIL 2860 - Science and Human Nature (TR 11:40:AM-12:55:PM) | spring 2009 class
- PHIL 4810 - Problems in the Phiosophy of Science (W 07:30:PM-10:00:PM) | spring 2009 class
- PHIL 6810 - Philosophy of Science (W 07:30:PM-10:00:PM) | spring 2009 class
- STS 2861 - Science and Human Nature (TR 11:40:AM-12:55:PM) | spring 2009 class
- STS 4811 - Problems in the Phiosophy of Science (W 07:30:PM-10:00:PM) | spring 2009 class
- STS 6811 - Philosophy of Science (W 07:30:PM-10:00:PM) | spring 2009 class
- PHIL 3810 - Philosophy of Science (W 07:30:PM-10:00:PM) | fall 2008 class
- STS 3811 - Philosophy of Science (W 07:30:PM-10:00:PM) | fall 2008 class
publications
selected publications (listing in progress)
- "Determinism, Laws and Predictability in Principle," Philosophy of Science (1972).
- "What Materialism Does Not Imply," in Readings in the Philosophy of Psychology, ed. N.J. Block (1981).
- "On the Current Status of the Issue of Scientific Realism," Erkenntnis (1983).
- "Scientific Realism and Naturalistic Epistemology," PSA 80, vol. 2 (Philosophy of Science Association).
- "Observations, Explanatory Power and Simplicity," in Experiment and Observationin Modern Science, ed. Achinstein and Hannaway (1984).
- "Lex Orandi est Lex Credendi," in Images of Science: Scientific Realism Versus Constructive Empiricism, ed. Churchland and Hooker (1984).
- "The Logician's Dilemma: Deductive Logic, Inductive Inference and Logical Empiricism," Erkenntnis (1985).
- "How to be a Moral Realist," in Essays on Moral Realism, ed. Sayre McCord (1988).
- "Constructivism, Realism, and Philosophical Method," in J. Earman, ed. Inference, Explanation, and Other Philosophical Frustrations. Berkeley: University of California Press (1992).
- "Metaphor and Theory Change," in Metaphor and Thought, ed. Ortony (1993).
contact
email address
rnb1@cornell.edu