Gerald D. Doppelt (Philosophy) gdoppelt@ucsd.edu

University of California, San Diego
Department of Philosophy, 0119
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La Jolla, CA 92093-0119
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Gerald Doppelt is Professor of Philosophy and was Director of the Graduate Program in Science Studies from 1994 - 2001, at the University of California, San Diego. His research in philosophy of science has focused on the topics of scientific rationality, progress, relativism, theory-change, role of interest and values in the production of scientific knowledge, and the ethics of technology. Papers have appeared in Inquiry, Synthese, Philosophy of Science, The Journal of Ethics, and other venues. His research in political philosophy has focused on the theory of Justice, Rawlsian liberalism, and communitarianism, rival paradigms of freedom, just war theory, and the issue of group rights. Papers have appeared in NOUS, Inquiry, Philosophy and Public Affairs, Ethics, The journals of Social Philosophy, and other venues. He is the recipient of the Academic Senate Distinguished Teaching Award at the University of California, San Diego, the Linbach Award for Distinguished Teaching at the University of Pennsylvania and two National Endowment for the Humanities Research Fellowships.