Region Western Philosophy | Role Philosopher Name Alison Wylie | |
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Main interests Areas of interest Philosophy of science, Philosophy of social science, Philosophy of archaeology, Feminist philosophy Books Thinking from things, Evidential Reasoning in Archaeology | ||
Philosophical era 20th-century philosophy | ||
Alison Wylie: "Epistemic Diversity: The Advantages of Collaborative Practice", EPSA13, Helsinki
Alison Wylie (born 1954) is a British-born feminist philosopher who teaches for two semesters at the University of Washington, Seattle, and for one at Durham University in the UK.
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- Alison Wylie Epistemic Diversity The Advantages of Collaborative Practice EPSA13 Helsinki
- Alison wylie a plurality of pluralisms collaborative practice in archaeology
- Early life and education
- Career
- References
Wylie specializes in epistemological questions in archaeology, research ethics in archaeology, and feminist research in the social sciences. She was the editor of Hypatia, the feminist philosophy journal, from 2008 to 2013, and as of May 2017 sits on its board of associate editors.
Alison wylie a plurality of pluralisms collaborative practice in archaeology
Early life and education
Wylie was born in Swindon, England. She moved with her family to Canada, and obtained her undergraduate degree from Mount Allison University in 1976. In 1979 she earned an MA degrees in anthropology, and in 1982 a PhD in philosophy, both from Binghamton University. Her dissertation was on Positivism and the New Archeology.
Career
Before teaching at the University of Washington, Wylie taught at the University of Western Ontario (1985–1998), Washington University in St. Louis (1998–2003), and Columbia University (2003–2005).
Wylie received a Presidential Recognition Award from the [Society of American Archivists] in 1995 for her work as a co-chair on the Ethics in Archaeology Committee which developed the current Principles of Archaeological Ethics in use by the SAA. Wylie was the senior editor of Hypatia, A Journal of Feminist Philosophy (2008–2013), and President of the American Philosophical Association Pacific Division (2011–2012).
In 2013 SWIP (Society for Women in Philosophy) named her Distinguished Woman Philosopher of the year. In 2016 The Philosophy of Science Association elected her to serve a two-year term (January 1, 2019 through December 31, 2020) as President of the Association.