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Regular Faculty

DE Coordinator

Philosophy Faculty Members

Doreen Fraser
Assistant Professor

Department of Philosophy
University of Waterloo
Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1
Canada

phone: (519) 888-4567 x32780
fax: (519) 746-3097
email: dlfraser@uwaterloo.ca
office: HH 330
homepage: tba

Areas of Interest
Philosophy of Physics, Philosophy of Science, and History of Science (esp. 17th Century)

Education
Dr. Fraser received her Ph.D. in History and Philosophy of Science from the University of Pittsburgh in 2006. She also has a B.Phil. in Philosophy from the University of Oxford.

Publications
Her publications on philosophical issues arising from quantum field theory and on Newton have appeared in Erkenntnis, Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, and Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics. She also has a longstanding interest in the question of why it is possible to apply mathematics in physics.