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I am a philosopher of science in the Department of Philosophy at University of Rochester. I also work in metaphysics and philosophy of mind.
research
My current projects concern the relationship between different levels of explanation in the sciences, the use of causal models to analyse token causation, the temporal asymmetry of causation, and the exclusion problem in philosophy of mind. →
teaching
In Fall 2013 I am teaching introductory (Science and Reason) and advanced (Philosophy of Science) classes in philosophy of science. I encourage interested students to take these classes together. →
online
I edit the category Explanation in the PhilPapers project, and am a contributor to the philosophy of science weblog It's Only a Theory and the metaphysics weblog Matters of Substance.
previously
Before moving to Rochester in Fall 2007 I wrote a PhD under the direction of Huw Price at the Centre for Time, Department of Philosophy, University of Sydney.
contact
office: 520 Lattimore Hall
hours: Tuesdays 11am–12pm, or by appointment.
email: bradley.weslake@rochester.edu
ph: 585-276-3821
fx: 585-273-2964
Upcoming
- Workshop on Brad Skow, Objective Becoming, MIT, 19 June.
- “Explanation and The Explanatory Gap”, Explanation in Metaphysics, Neuchâtel, 22-23 jun.
- tba, Marist College, 11 oct.
- tba, Causation: New Prospects, Collège de France, Paris, 5-6 dec.