Mauricio Suarez

Mauricio Suárez
Born 5 October 1968
Nationality Spain, European Union
Fields Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Physics, Epistemology, Methodology
Institutions Complutense University of Madrid
Alma mater University of Edinburgh (B.Sc.); London School of Economics (Ph.D.)
Doctoral advisor Nancy Cartwright (philosopher)

Mauricio Suárez is a Spanish anglophone philosopher who specialises in philosophy of science and philosophy of physics. He earned his BSc in astrophysics from the University of Edinburgh (1991), and his MSc and PhD in philosophy of science from the London School of Economics (1992 and 1997 respectively). He currently holds the Chair (Cátedra) in Logic and Philosophy of Science at Complutense University of Madrid.

His previous appointments include:

In addition he was Junior Research Fellow at Wolfson College, Oxford; a visiting scholar at the University of Sydney (2003) and Harvard University (2007, 2009, 2011), and a Visiting Professorial Fellow at the Institute of Philosophy, School of Advanced Study, London University (2012). He has published on models, representation, causal inference, propensities, and the philosophy of quantum mechanics. He edited Fictions in Science (Routledge, 2009), Probabilities, Causes and Propensities in Physics (Springer, 2011), and coedited EPSA07: Launch of the European Philosophy of Science Association, vol. I and II (Springer, 2010). He was one of the founders of the European Philosophy of Science Association and served as its Vicepresident from 2009 to 2011.

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