Dickson, (W.) Michael 1968-

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DICKSON, (W.) Michael 1968-

PERSONAL: Born May 27, 1968, in Pensacola, FL; married; children. Education: University of South Carolina, B.A./B.S., 1990; University of Notre Dame, Ph.D., 1995. Hobbies and other interests: Rock climbing, disc golf.

ADDRESSES: Office—Department of History and Philosophy of Science, 1011 East Third St., Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405. E-mail—[email protected]; [email protected].

CAREER: Educator and author. Indiana University, Bloomington, assistant professor, 1996-98, associate professor of history, 1998-2000, Ruth N. Halls Professor of history and philosophy of science, 2002-04; University of South Carolina, professor of philosophy of science, 2004—. Visiting scholar, University of Cambridge, 1995, and Oxford University, 2002-03; University of Chicago, adjoint professor, 2000.

MEMBER: American Philosophical Association, Philosophy of Science Association, British Society for the Philosophy of Science.

AWARDS, HONORS: Mellon fellow; Indiana University summer faculty fellowship, international programs travel grant, Outstanding Junior Faculty award, Deans fellow, and Teaching Excellence Recognition Award; American Council of Learned Societies travel grant.

WRITINGS:

Quantum Chance and Nonlocality, Cambridge University Press (New York, NY), 1998.

(With Rob Clifton) Structuring Reality: Mathematica and Philosophical Foundations of Quantum Theory, Oxford University Press (New York, NY), in press.

Contributor to encyclopedias and books; contributor to journals, including Philosophy of Science, Foundations of Physics, Foundation of Physical Letters, Minnesota Studies in Philosophy of Science, British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, and Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics.

WORK IN PROGRESS: Editing Foundations of Physics, two volumes; editing Synthesis and the Growth of Knowledge: Essays at the Intersection of History, Philosophy, and Science. Research on algebraic methods in quantum theory, quantum logic, and Neils Bohr's philosophy of quantum theory.