Mauricio Suárez is a Spanish anglophone philosopher who specialises in philosophy and history of the natural sciences. He earned a BSc in astrophysics from the

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(1991), and an MSc and a PhD in philosophy of science from the

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(1992 and 1997 respectively). His doctoral thesis was on "Models of the world, data-models and the practice of science: The semantics of quantum theory". He currently holds a professorship (Cátedra, with habilitation / acreditación in 2009) in Logic and Philosophy of Science at

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. His previous appointments include: *Junior lecturer in philosophy of physics,

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(1995–1996) *Teaching and research fellow,

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(1996–1997) *Postdoctoral research fellow,

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(1997–1998) *Permanent lecturer,

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(1997–2003) *Associate tenured professor,

(2002–2016) In addition he was junior research fellow at Wolfson College,

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(1995-6); a visiting scholar at the

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(2003), and at

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(2007, 2009, 2011); a visiting professorial fellow at the Institute of Philosophy,

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(2012), where he also held a Marie Curie Senior Research Fellowship (2013–2015); the first UNA-Europa visiting professor in philosophy at the

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in December 2018; and a research fellow at the Institute Vienna Circle in 2020 and 2022. He was one of the founders of the

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and served as its vice president from 2009 to 2011. He has published on models, representation, causal inference, propensities, and the philosophies of quantum mechanics, evolutionary biology, chemistry. 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 is the author of ''Filosofía de la Ciencia: Historia y Práctica'' (Tecnos, 2019, an advanced textbook in the philosophy of science for the Spanish speaking world), and ''Philosophy of Probability and Statistical Modelling'' (Cambridge University Press, 2020).

References

External links

Mauricio Suárez website
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London School of Economics , mottoeng = To understand the causes of things , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £240.8 million (2021) , budget = £391.1 mill ...

Mauricio Suárez personal website

The European Philosophy of Science Association (EPSA)

European Commission: Probabilities, Propensities and Conditionals: Implications for Logic and Empirical Science
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