Department


Population Health Sciences

Kevin Brosnan, Ph.D. 
Assistant Professor

Focus: Philosophy of Science/Medicine

Contact Information
(518) 694-7296
Kevin.Brosnan@acphs.edu


Speaker Request
Kevin Brosnan, Ph.D

EDUCATION

  • Ph.D., Philosophy, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • M.A., Philosophy, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • B.A., Philosophy, University of Wisconsin-Madison

COURSES TAUGHT AT ACPHS

  • Bioethics ETH 310
  • Ethics in Research ETH 610G

ACADEMIC/RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Philosophy of Medicine
  • Philosophy of Epidemiology
  • Bioethics
  • Epistemology and Metaethics

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

  • Brosnan, Kevin. 2011. "Do the evolutionary origins of our moral beliefs undermine moral knowledge?" Biology and Philosophy 26 (1): 51-64.
  • Brosnan, Kevin. 2009. "Quasi-Independence, Fitness, and Advantageousness," Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C 40 (3): 228-234.
  • “Justice and Education,” Theory and Research in Education, 2003, 1: 2

EXTRAMURAL GRANTS

Investigator: Kevin Brosnan (PI)
Project: Public Health Science in a Time of Uncertainty: Public Health and the
Politicization of Science
Grantor: Virginia Commonwealth University  
Amount: $25,000 
Term: September 2022 - September 2023