page_title: Center for Philosophy of Science
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Center for Philosophy of Science / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Center for Philosophy of Science on the 8th floor of the Cathedral of Learning on the campus of the University of Pittsburgh
context_page_description: The Center for Philosophy of Science is an academic center located at the University of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, dedicated to research in the philosophy of science. The Center was founded by Adolf Grünbaum in 1960. The current Director of the Center is Edouard Machery.
context_section_description: Throughout its history, the Center has been associated with a number of notable individuals from philosophy of science, including nearly 300 visiting professors from more than 30 countries. The Center's inaugural Annual Lecture Series included lectures from the noted philosophers Paul K. Feyerabend, Adolf Grünbaum, Carl Gustav Hempel, Ernest Nagel, Michael Scriven, and Wilfrid Sellars. Later Annual Lecture Series participants include Herbert Feigl, Norwood Russell Hanson, Philip Morrison, Hilary Putnam, and George Wald.  Nobel Prize–winning economist Alvin E. Roth once served as a fellow in the center.
caption: Home of the University of Pittsburgh's Center for Philosophy of Science when it was located on the eighth floor of the Cathedral of Learning (now located on 11)
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