Expertise

His research interests are in all three areas: philosophy of science, history of science and history of philosophy of science, and in their intersections (philosophy of history next). In particular, issues of unity and pluralism, the application of mathematics, precision and approximation, scientific planning, modeling, causality, visual and material culture and 19th & 20th-century history of physics and philosophy of science (Victorian physics and philosophy of science, especially Maxwell, and Logical Empiricism, especially Neurath).

Cat has published numerous articles on the history and philosophy of science and its history as a discipline.


Research Interests: physics; unity of science; history of philosophy of science; visual and material culture and cognition; application of mathematics

Past Affiliations

Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute for History of Science
1997 - 1998

Lecturer, Committee on Foundations of Science, University of Chicago (past)
1998 - 2001

Research Associate, Centre for Philosophy of the Natural and Social Sciences
1996 - 1997

Research Associate, Physics, Harvard University (past)
1995 - 1996

Professor, Cognitive Science Program, College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University Bloomington

Communities
Philosophy, History, Cognitive Science
Degrees
PhD, University of California, Davis, Philosophy, 1995
MA, Stanford University, Philosophy, 1991
Keywords
history and appreciation of art history of science and technology philosophy of science
Associations
American Philosophical Association
Philosophy of Science Association