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Friday, January 09, 2009
Full Professor Patrick Wilson

 

Professor Wilson at work in his office....

Professional Interests:  The concept of design, the issue of "fine tuning" in the universe, arguments for and against God's existence, the philosophy of evolutionary biology, logic and the philosophy of mathematics, the nature of scientific explanation, defenses of naturalism, issues in the philosophy of science generally.
Personal Interests: Bicycling, running, backpacking, weightlifting.
Teaching Interests: Philosophy of Science, Science and Religion, Logic, Western Culture.
Favorite Philosophical Quote: "It is the mark of an educated man to seek as much precision in things of a given genus as their nature allows" (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1094b25).