Robert C. Richardson

Charles Phelps Taft Professor of Philosophy
Charles Phelps Taft Research Center - Affiliate Faculty
Philosophy - Tenure-Track Faculty
260 McMicken Hall
513-556-6327
robert.richardson@uc.edu

Download This Information

Education

Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1976.

Professional Summary

Dr. Robert C. Richardson is the Charles Phelps Taft Professor of Philosophy in the McMicken College of Arts & Sciences at the University of Cincinnati. He is a fellow of the AAAS, and a fellow in the Graduate School at the University of Cincinnati. He earned hs B.A. magna cum laude from the University of Colorado (1971) and his M.A. and Ph.D. with homors from the University of Chicago (1977). He has held numerous visiting appointments including, most recently, as Gervinus Fellow at the Universität Osnabrück (2008-2009), as a Mercator professor of Cognititve Science, Universität OsnabrUuck (2005), and Visiting Research Professor in the Department of Molecular Cell Physiology, Free university of Amsterdam (1993-94). Professor Richardson is the author of Discovering Complexity: Decomposition and Localization as Strategies in Scientific Research (Princeton 1993) considered a seminal work in the area of philosophy of science and biology, and of Evolutionary Psychology as Maladapted Psychology (MIT 2007). He is the author of over eighty academic articles in the areas of philosophy of science, cognitive science, philosophy of ecology, history of biology (19th century), philosophy of the mind, and the history of psychology. Professor Richardson has received awards and grant support from the National Science Foundation, National Research Council, National Endowment for the Humanitites, and the Hanse Institute for Advanced Study in Delmenhorst, Germany and serves on numerous editorial boards for academic journals and presses. In the near three decades of service to the University of Cincinnati, Professor Richardson has served two terms as Head of the Department of Philosophy, several terms as Director of Graduate Studies, and as a member of the Charles Phelps Taft Faculty Executive Board as well as Taft standing committees.

Research Interests

Richardson's primary research interests include issues in philosophy of science, cognitive science, and the history of modern philosophy. Within philosophy of science, Richardson works on philosophy of biology (particularly issues related to evolutionary theory and development) and on theories of scientific change. Within cognitive science, Richardson focuses on accounts of human judgment, as well as on broader issues concerning philosophy and psychology.

Powered by eProfessional