Dr. Tanona specializes in the philosophy of science, and the history and philosophy of physics.
Scott Tanona
Education
Ph.D. Indiana University-Bloomington, 2002
M.A. Tufts University, 1996 (philosophy)
B.S. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1992(physics)
Representative publications
“Theory, coordination, and empirical meaning in modern physics”. In Synthesis and the Growth of Knowledge, edited by M. Dickson and M. Domski, Open Court (forthcoming).
“Uncertainty in Bohr's response to Heisenberg's microscope”. Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics 35 (2004): 483-507.
“The anticipation of necessity: Kant on Kepler's laws and universal gravitation”. Philosophy of Science 67 (2000): 421-443.
Courses
Fall 2007:
- Philosophy 110, Introduction to Formal Logic
- Philosophy 320, Symbolic Logic I
Contact
Office 305 Dickens Hall
Email stanona@ksu.edu
Phone 785-532-0446
Fax 785-532-3522