Alison Wylie

Alison Wylie
Born 1954 (age 63–64)[1]
Swindon, United Kingdom[1]
Era 20th-century philosophy
Region Western philosophy
School Analytic philosophy
Main interests
 Philosophy of science, Philosophy of social science, Philosophy of archaeology, Feminist philosophy

Alison Wylie (born 1954) is a British-Canadian philosopher and archaeologist. She is a professor at the University of British Columbia.[2]

Wylie specializes in epistemology, research ethics, and feminism in the social sciences, particularly archaeology and anthropology.

Early life and education

Born in Swindon, England, Wylie moved to Canada with her family and obtained her undergraduate degree from Mount Allison University in 1976. She then studied at Binghamton University, where she obtained an MA degree in anthropology (1979), and a PhD in philosophy (1982). Her doctoral dissertation was titled Positivism and the New Archeology.[1]

Academic career

Wylie has been on the faculty of the University of Western Ontario (1985–1998), Washington University in St. Louis (1998–2003), Columbia University (2003–2005), and the University of Washington (2005–2017). She has also held visiting positions at the Australian National University, Reading University, Stanford University, the École des hautes études en sciences sociales in Paris, UC Berkeley, New York University, the University of Denver, and Durham University.[3] She is currently a professor in the philosophy department of the University of British Columbia.[4]

Wylie co-chaired the Society for American Archaeology's (SAA) committee on ethics in archaeology, which drafted current Principles of Archaeological Ethics in use by the SAA.[5] She was the senior editor of Hypatia, A Journal of Feminist Philosophy between 2008 and 2013),[6][7] and the president of the American Philosophical Association Pacific Division between 2011 and 2012.[8]

Wylie received a Presidential Recognition Award from the SAA in 1995;[9] was named Distinguished Woman Philosopher of the year by the Society for Women in Philosophy in 2013;[10] and was elected to serve as the president of the Philosophy of Science Association from 2019 to 2020.[11]

Selected works

  • (2016). Evidential Reasoning in Archaeology, co-authored with Robert Chapman, Bloomsbury Academic Publishing, London: Bloomsbury.
  • (2015). Material Evidence, Learning from Archaeological Practice, co-edited with Robert Chapman, London: Routledge.
  • (2007). Value-Free Science? Ideals and Illusions, co-edited with Harold Kincaid and John Dupré, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • (2002). Thinking From Things: Essays in the Philosophy of Archaeology, Berkeley CA: University of California Press.
  • (1995). Ethics in American Archaeology: Challenges for the 1990s, co-edited with Mark J. Lynott, Washington D.C.: Society for American Archaeology Special Report Series.
  • (1995). Breaking Anonymity: The Chilly Climate for Women Faculty, co-edited with members of the Chilly Collective, Waterloo, Ontario: Wilfrid Laurier University Press.
  • (1994). Equity Issues for Women in Archaeology, co-edited with Margaret C. Nelson and Sarah M. Nelson, Washington, D.C.: Archeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association, Number 5.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Alison Wylie, PhD, University of Washington.
  2. ↑ "Alison Wylie". Department of Philosophy, University of British Columbia. Retrieved 2017-11-09.
  3. ↑ "Alison Wylie". Department of Philosophy, University of Washington. Retrieved 2017-11-09.
  4. ↑ "Alison Wylie". Department of Philosophy, University of British Columbia. Retrieved 2017-11-09.
  5. ↑ Archaeology, Society for American. "Principles of Archaeological Ethics". Saa.org. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  6. ↑ "{title}". Archived from the original on 2014-04-12. Retrieved 2014-05-08.
  7. ↑ "{title}". Archived from the original on 2016-11-18. Retrieved 2017-05-14.
  8. ↑ "Divisional Committees: 2011-12 - The American Philosophical Association". Apaonline.org. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  9. ↑ Archaeology, Society for American. "Presidential Recognition Award". Saa.org. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  10. ↑ "Alison Wylie - Publications, Presentations, & Current Projects - Equity Issues". Faculty.washington.edu. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  11. ↑ Pfeifer, Jessica. "2016 PSA Election Results". Philsci.org. Retrieved 9 November 2017.


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