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|Brief=a is professor emeritus in the Department of Philosophy, the Committee on Conceptual and Historical Studies of Science(previously Conceptual Foundations of Science), and the Committee on Evolutionary Biology at the University of Chicago. He is currently a Winton Professor of the Liberal Arts at the University of Minnesota and Residential Fellow of the Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science.|Summary=Wimsattis professor emeritus in the Department of Philosophy, as an undergraduatethe Committee on Conceptual and Historical Studies of Science (previously Conceptual Foundations of Science), began studying engineering physics and the Committee on Evolutionary Biology at Cornell the Universityof Chicago. After working for He is currently a year as a designer in industry, he turned to philosophy receiving a BA degree magna cum laude in 1965.[1][5] Wimsatt then went to Winton Professor of the Liberal Arts at the University of Pittsburgh on Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation Minnesota and Mellon Fellowships. to study philosophy Residential Fellow of science and received his PhD in 1971.[5] His thesis[6] consisted the Minnesota Center for Philosophy of a philosophical analysis of biological functionScience. He published three papers from his dissertation: "Teleology and specializes in the Logical Structure philosophy of Function Statements"biology,[7] "Complexity and Organization"where his areas of interest include reductionism,[8] and "Reductionismheuristics, levels of organizationemergence, and the mind-body problem".[9] From July 1969 to December 1970scientific modeling, he was a postdoctoral fellow in population biology with Richard Lewontin at the University of Chicagoheredity, and was subsequently hired as an assistant professor of Philosophy in 1971 and promoted to full professor in 1981cultural evolution.[5]

In 2007Wimsatt, as an undergraduate, began studying engineering physics at Cornell University. After working for a year as a designer in industry, he was named the Peter H. Ritzma Professor turned to philosophy receiving a BA degree magna cum laude in Philosophy and Evolutionary Biology1965.[1][5] He has been a visiting Distinguished Professor at Ohio State Wimsatt then went to the University, visiting Hurst Professor of Pittsburgh on Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation and Mellon Fellowships. to study philosophy of science and a Clark-Way Harrison Distinguished Visitor at Washington University received his PhD in St1971. Louis, [5] His thesis[6] consisted of a fellow at philosophical analysis of biological function. He published three papers from his dissertation: "Teleology and the Rockefeller Foundation's Bellagio Study Logical Structure of Function Statements",[7] "Complexity and Conference Center in ItalyOrganization", a senior fellow at the Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution [8] and Cognition Research in Vienna"Reductionism, Austrialevels of organization, Winton University Professot at and the University of Minnesotamind-body problem".[9] From July 1969 to December 1970, and he was a postdoctoral fellow in population biology with Richard Lewontin at the Franke Humanities Institute in University of Chicago.[5] He is on the scientific advisory board , and was subsequently hired as an assistant professor of the Land InstitutePhilosophy in 1971 and promoted to full professor in 1981.[5]Influences

Richard LewontinIn 2007, Richard Levins, Herbert Ahe was named the Peter H. Ritzma Professor in Philosophy and Evolutionary Biology. Simon, Stuart KauffmanHe has been a visiting Distinguished Professor at Ohio State University, visiting Hurst Professor and Donald Ta Clark-Way Harrison Distinguished Visitor at Washington University in St. Campbell are all important influences on Wimsatt's work.[1] Some of Louis, a fellow at the most important commentators on WimsattRockefeller Foundation's writings are his studentsBellagio Study and Conference Center in Italy, many of whom are now working as philosophers of science a senior fellow at the Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and scientists, e.g. Marshall AbramsCognition Research in Vienna, Douglas AllchinAustria, Irene AppelbaumWinton University Professot at the University of Minnesota, William Bechtel, Stuart Glennan, James Rand a fellow at the Franke Humanities Institute in Chicago. Griesemer, Jeffry Ramsey, Sahotra Sarkar, Jeffrey Schank, and Marty SerenoHe is on the scientific advisory board of the Land Institute.[1][10]