This year, Assistant Professor Dr. Vadim Keyser joined the College of Arts and Humanities, bringing an area of study that is new to the Department of Philosophy: the philosophy of science.

“My scholarship aim is to engage diverse fields,” Keyser said. “When we ask a simple question like, how do we ‘make sense’ of unreliable information in modern technology, we are asking a question that requires both a methodological-descriptive component and also a normative component. We need to engage both the humanities and STEM fields to answer such questions.”

Keyser’s research interests involve models for reliable measurement in biology, ecology, biophysics and the social sciences, as well as how to systematically make sense of producing new phenomena in science and technology.

“Not only do we discuss traditional measurement theory in the context of the physical sciences, but we also discuss complex/emerging systems in the biological and social sciences,” said Keyser. “Students are exposed to a full spectrum of empirical applications, but they also generate new applications when they make projects and presentations.”

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