Thomas Nickles

Thomas Nickles, Professor and former chair of the philosophy department, earned B.A. and B.S. degrees in philosophy and mathematics at the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, in his home state. He continued his studies of philosophy and the sciences (Ph.D. 1969) in Princeton University's Program in History and Philosophy of Science, directed by Thomas Kuhn. Before coming to Nevada, he taught at the University of Illinois and the University of Chicago. His interests are wide, but his publications fall mostly in the area of philosophy of science, to which he generally takes a historical approach. He organized the First Leonard Conference, on the topic of scientific discovery, at UNR in 1978, from which two volumes of papers emerged. He is currently editing a volume on Thomas Kuhn and serving as the Joseph N. Crowley Distinguished Professor of the Humanities 2005-2007.

Thomas Nickles
Thomas Nickles, Professor and former chair of the philosophy department, earned B.A. and B.S. degrees in philosophy and mathematics at the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, in his home state. He continued his studies of philosophy and the sciences (Ph.D. 1969) in Princeton University's Program in History and Philosophy of Science, directed by Thomas Kuhn. Before coming to Nevada, he taught at the University of Illinois and the University of Chicago. His interests are wide, but his publications fall mostly in the area of philosophy of science, to which he generally takes a historical approach. He organized the First Leonard Conference, on the topic of scientific discovery, at UNR in 1978, from which two volumes of papers emerged. He is currently editing a volume on Thomas Kuhn and serving as the Joseph N. Crowley Distinguished Professor of the Humanities 2005-2007.
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