Kenneth F. Schaffner

Kenneth Francis Schaffner (born October 30, 1939) is an emeritus Distinguished University Professor, University Professor of Philosophy and Psychology, and Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh. He specializes in the history and philosophy of science.
Education.
His formal education consists of:
Career.
Schaffner is a philosopher and medical doctor who specializes in the history and philosophy of science. He has published extensively on ethical and conceptual issues, and has written several books in those fields. He is a Distinguished University Professor at the University of Pittsburgh, but has also taught since 1962 at Brooklyn College, the University of Chicago, the University of Maryland, and George Washington University, where he is a professor emeritus and was formerly University Professor of Medical Humanities and Professor of Philosophy. His recent work has been on ethical and philosophical issues in human behavior. He was editor-in-chief of the academic journal "Philosophy of Science" from 1975 to 1980.
Honors.
Schaffner was a Guggenheim Fellow and has received many academic honors, including:
Selected publications.
Schaffner had been writing books for over forty years, and papers for over fifty. His books and some of his recent papers are listed below: