Governance History
Former Presidents
| Name | Affiliation | Term |
|---|---|---|
| Philipp Frank | 1948-1950 | |
| Henry Margenau | 1951-1957 | |
| C.J. Ducasse | 1958-1960 | |
| Ernest Nagel | 1961-1964 | |
| Adolf Grünbaum | 1965-1970 | |
| Wesley Salmon | 1971-1972 | |
| Israel Scheffler | 1973-1974 | |
| Arthur Burks | 1975-1976 | |
| Hilary Putnam | 1977/01/01 - 1978/12/31 | |
| Mary Hesse | 1979/01/01 - 1980/12/31 | |
| Ernan McMullin | 1981/01/01 - 1982/12/31 | |
| Robert Cohen | 1983/01/01 - 1984/12/31 | |
| David Hull | 1985/01/01 - 1986/12/31 | |
| Arthur Fine | 1987/01/01 - 1988/12/31 | |
| Thomas Kuhn | 1989/01/01 - 1990/12/31 | |
| Bas Van Fraassen | 1991/01/01 - 1992/12/31 | |
| Ronald Giere | 1993/01/01 - 1994/12/31 | |
| Abner Shimony | 1995/01/01 - 1996/12/31 | |
| Michael Friedman | Indiana University | 1997/01/01 - 1998/12/31 |
| Richard Jeffrey | Princeton University | 1999/01/01 - 2000/12/31 |
| John Earman | University of Pittsburgh | 2001/01/01 - 2002/12/31 |
| Elliot Sober | University of Wisconsin, Madison | 2003/01/01 - 2004/12/31 |
| Brian Skyrms | University of California, Irvine | 2005/01/01 - 2006/12/31 |
| Lawrence Sklar | University of Michigan | 2007/01/01 - 2008/12/31 |
| Nancy Cartwright | University of Durham University of California, San Diego | 2009/01/01 - 2010/12/31 |
| James Woodward | University of Pittsburgh | 2011/01/01 - 2012/12/31 |
| Helen Longino | Stanford University | 2013/01/01/ - 2014/12/31 |
| C. Kenneth Waters | University of Calgary | 2015/01/01 - 2016/12/31 |
| Sandra D. Mitchell | University of Pittsburgh | 2017/01/01 - 2018/12/31 |
| Alison Wylie | University of British Columbia | 2019/01/01 - 2020/12/31 |
Former Executive Secretaries
| Name | Affiliation | Term |
|---|---|---|
| Peter Asquith | Michigan State University | 1970 - 1996/06/30 |
| George Gale | University of Missouri, Kansas City | 1996/07/01 - 2007/12/31 |
| Gary Hardcastle | Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania | 2008/01/01 - 2013/02/09 |
| Jessica Pfeifer | University of Maryland, Baltimore County | 2013/02/10 - 2014/12/31 |
Former Philosophy of Science Editors-in-Chief
| Name | Term |
|---|---|
| William Malisoff | 1934-1947 |
| C. West Churchman | 1948-1958 |
| Richard Rudner | 1959-1975 |
| Kenneth Shaffner | 1976-1980 |
| Robert Butts | 1981-1990 |
| Merilee Salmon | 1991-1995 |
| Philip Kitcher | 1996-1999 |
| Noretta Koertge | 2000-2004 |
| Michael Dickson | 2004-2009 |
| Jeff Barrett | 2009-2017 |
Former Governing Board Members
| Name | Affiliation | Term |
|---|---|---|
| Hasok Chang | University of Cambridge | 2018/01/01 - 2021/12/31 |
| Alisa Bokulich | Boston University | 2018/01/01 - 2021/12/31 |
| Edouard Machery | University of Pittsburgh | 2017/01/01 - 2020/12/31 |
| Megan Delehanty | University of Calgary | 2017/01/01 - 2020/12/31 |
| Peter Godfrey Smith | University of Sydney | 2016/01/01 - 2019/12/31 |
| Laura Ruetsche | University of Michigan | 2016/01/01 - 2019/12/31 |
| Janet D. Stemwedel | San José State University | 2015/01/01 - 2018/12/31 |
| Michael Weisberg | University of Pennsylvania | 2015/01/01 - 2018/12/31 |
| Anjan Chakravartty | University of Notre Dame | 2014/01/01 - 2017/12/31 |
| Wendy S. Parker | Durham University | 2014/01/01 - 2017/12/31 |
| Rachel Ankeny | University of Adelaide | 2013/01/01 - 2016/12/31 |
| Alan Richardson | University of British Columbia | 2011/01/01 - 2016/12/31 |
| Michela Massimi | University of Edinburgh | 2012/01/01 - 2015/12/31 |
| Christian Wüthrich | University of California, San Diego & University of Geneva | 2012/01/01 - 2015/12/31 |
| Miriam Solomon | Temple University | 2011/01/01 - 2014/12/31 |
| John Dupré | University of Exeter | 2011/01/01 - 2014/12/31 |
| Stephan Hartmann | Tilburg University & LMU-Munich | 2010/01/01 - 2013/12/31 |
| Roberta Millstein | University of California, Davis | 2010/01/01 - 2013/12/31 |
| Robert Batterman | University of Pittsburgh | 2011/01/01 - 2012/12/31 |
| Nancy Nersessian | Georgia Institute of Technology | 2008/01/01 - 2011/12/31 |
| Andrea Woody | University of Washington | 2008/01/01 - 2011/12/31 |
| Heather Douglas | University of Tennessee, Knoxville | 2007/01/01 - 2010/12/31 |
| Sandra Mitchell | University of Pittsburgh | 2007/01/01 - 2010/12/31 |
| P. Kyle Stanford | University of California, Irvine | 2007/01/01 - 2010/12/31 |
| John D. Norton | University of Pittsburgh | 2007/01/01 - 2010/12/31 |
| Craig Callender | University of California, San Diego | 2006/01/01 - 2009/12/31 |
| Alan Hajek | Australian National University | 2006/01/01 - 2009/12/31 |
Former Nominating Committees
| Term | Names |
|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | Sabina Leonelli (Chair) Alan C. Love Kerry McKenzie |
| 2018-2019 | Heather Douglas (Chair) Melina Bonnie Fagan Jenann Ismael |
| 2016-2017 | Mathias Frisch (Chair) Holly Andersen Anya Plutynski |
| 2014-2015 | Alisa Bokulich (Chair) Hasok Chang Katherine Brading |
| 2012-2013 | P. Kyle Stanford (Chair) Hanne Andersen Kathleen Okruhlik |
| 2010-2011 | Margaret Morrison (Chair) C. Kenneth Waters Alison Wylie |
| 2008-2009 | James Joyce (Chair) Rachel Ankeny Roman Frigg |
| 2006-2007 | Miriam Solomon (Chair) Malcolm Forster Roberta Millstein |
Former Executive Directors
| Name | Term |
|---|---|
| Ryan Feigenbaum | 2021/01/01 - 2021/12/31 |
| Jessica Pfeifer | 2015/01/01 - 2020/12/31 |