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Dr. Pitt was interviewed via Skype by Laureano Ralon on March 26th, 2011 as part of the Figure/Ground Communication scholarly interview series: http://www.figureground.ca/interviews/

Dr. Joseph Pitt earned his Ph.D. at University of Western Ontario. He has major research interests in history and philosophy of science and technology, with an emphasis on the impact of technologies on scientific change. His historical interests include Galileo, Hume, and American pragmatism. He is author of several books and numerous articles in the history and philosophy of science and technology. He is Founding Editor of the journal Perspectives on Science: Historical, Philosophical, Social, published by MIT Press, and currently Editor-in-Chief of Techné: Research in Philosophy and Technology. Winner of the Alumni Teaching Award and a member of Virginia Tech’s Academy of Teaching Excellence, he teaches regularly at introductory, advanced undergraduate, and graduate levels in philosophy of science and technology and epistemology.

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