Current Semester
Spring 2013 Courses:
LS 301: Integrative Seminar
PHL 345: Philosophy of Science
PHL 362: History of Philosophy: Modern
Advising: Philosophy
Office Hours: Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays 10-10:50am (Spring 2013 semester)
Office: Wilson 2-148
Website: www.prasantabandyopadhyay.com
Email: psb@montana.edu
Phone: (406) 994-5212
Curriculum Vitae: Click Here
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Research Interests
Philosophy of Science
Epistemology
Indian Philosophy
Education
PhD, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, 1995
M.A., Philosophy, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, 1990
M.Phil., Philosophy, Jadavpur University, Calcutta, India, 1987
Awards, Honors, and Affiliations
Awards
MSU Astrobiology Center NASA Grant, (2007-2012)
MSU Research Support from the Provost’s Office (2007)
MSU Support from the Dean’s Office (2007-08)
MSU Research & Creativity (2007-08)
MSU Scholarships & Creativity (2006-07)
MSU Research & Creativity (2006-07)
MSU Career Enhancement Award (2003, 2004, 2005 (twice), 2007)
MSU Scholarship & Creativity Grant for the Advancement of the Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences, (2004-2005)
MSU Scholarship & Creativity Grant for the Advancement of the Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences, (2003-2004)
MSU College of Letters & Science Research and Creativity Grant (2003-2004)
Affiliations
American Philosophical Association
Philosophy of Science Association
NASA Astrobiology Research Institute
International Society for Bayesian Analysis
Society for the Exact Philosophy
Select Publications
Books
Prasanta Bandyopadhyay, Philosophy. Philosophy of Statistics. Co-edited with M. R. Forster. Elsevier, 2011. A collection of 48 essays on the philosophical issues related to theoretical and applied aspects of statistics.
Referred Publication (Forthcoming/Accepted)
“The Logic of Simpson’s Paradox”. Synthese (With Nelson, Greenwood, Brittan, and Berwald.)
“Two Dogmas of Strong Objective Bayesianism.” In International Studies in the Philosophy of Science, 2010, March. (With Gordon Brittan)
Referred Publications
“Why Bayesianism: A Primer on a Probabilistic Philosophy of Science.” In Bayesian Statistics and its Applications. (eds.) D. Dey and S.K. Upadhyay, Amaya Publishing Company, New Delhi, pp.42-62, 2007
"Acceptance, Severity and Evidence." With Gordon Brittan, Synthese, 2006, pp.1-36.
“Types of Coherence and Coherence among Types.” In Computational Models of Scientific Reasoning and Applications (CMSRA-IV), (eds.) L. Moniz Pereira and Gregory Wheeler. Lisbon, 2005, pp.1-15.
“Theory and Evidence: Comments on Maurer” In The Nature of Scientific Evidence. (eds.) M.L. Taper and S. Lele. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2004; pp. 32-39
Referred Long Abstracts (Web-Published)
"Astrobiology as an Emerging Science: What does it Tell Philosophers" Ab-SciCon-2010 (http:///www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/abscicon2010/pdf/5296pdf.
"Why Bayesianism: A Primer on a Probabilistic Philosophy of Science" Atlas: International Workshop/Conference on Bayesian Statistics & its Applications 2004. (http:///atlas-Conference.com/c/a/p/j
