Department of Philosophy Phone: (613) 533-6000, ext. 77042
Queen's University Fax: (613) 533-6545
Kingston, Ontario email: sismondo@post.queensu.ca
Canada
K7L 3N6
Current
Position
Associate Professor
of Philosophy, Queen's University
with Joint Appointment
in Sociology
Ph.D (1993),
M.A. (1990), Science and Technology Studies, Cornell University
M.A. (1988),
B.A. (1986), Philosophy, University of Toronto
Books and
Edited Works
Intersections
of Pharmaceutical Marketing and Pharmaceutical Research (Editor)
Issue of Social
Studies of Science 34, 2 (2004)
An
Introduction to Science and Technology Studies
Blackwell, 2004
The Art of Science (Boris Castel and Sergio Sismondo).
Broadview Press,
2003
Practices
of Modeling and Simulation
(Sergio Sismondo and Snait Gissis, Editors).
Issue of Science in
Context 12, 2 (Summer 1999).
Science
without Myth: On Constructions, Reality and Social Knowledge
Albany, NY: SUNY Press, 1996.
Articles
"What is It (Science) All About?"
Under submission
Boundary Work and the
Science Wars
Forthcoming, Episteme
Pharmacare may trigger a nasty drug-reaction
The Toronto Globe and Mail (online) September 8, 2004.
"Pharmaceutical
Maneuvers" (Editor's introduction, see above)
Social Studies of
Science 34, 2 (2004): 149-160.
"Maps and Mapping Practices: A Deflationary
Approach"
In Hans-Jorg Rheinberger and Jean-Paul Gaudilliere
(eds.) Mapping Cultures of Twentieth Century Genetics. London: Routledge, 2004, 203-209.
"Sharing
Embedded Knowledge: Translation, Socialization, or Coordination?"
Queen's
Centre for Knowledge-Based Enterprises Framework Papers, 2002.
"Deflationary Metaphysics and the Natures of
Maps" (Sergio Sismondo and Nick Chrisman)
Philosophy
of Science 68 (Proceedings, 2001):
S38-S49.
"Island Biogeography
and the Multiple Domains of Models."
Biology and
Philosophy 15 (2000): 239-258.
"Models, Simulations, and their Objects."
Science in Context 12 (1999): 247-60.
"Popular
Science, Scepticism, and Authority."
The Queen's
Quarterly 106 (1999): 103-111.
"The
Mapping Metaphor in Philosophy of Science"
Cogito 12 (1998): 41-50.
"Modelling
Strategies: Creating Autonomy for Biology's Theory of Games"
History and
Philosophy of the Life Sciences 19
(1997): 147-61.
Postmodern Culture 8, No.1 (1997).
"Deflationary
Metaphysics and the Construction of Laboratory Mice"
Metaphilosophy 28 (1997): 219-32.
"The
Scientific Domains of Feminist Standpoints."
Perspectives on
Science 3 (1995): 49-65.
"Some
Social Constructions."
Social Studies of
Science 23 (1993): 515-53.
"Response to Knorr
Cetina."
Social Studies of
Science 23 (1993): 563-69.
"Response to
Taylor"
Social Studies of
Science 25 (1995): 259-62.
"The Structure Thirty Years Later: Refashioning a Constructivist
Metaphysical Program."
In
David Hull, Micky Forbes, and Kathleen Okruhlik (eds.), PSA 1992. East Lansing, MI: Philosophy of Science
Association, 1992, 300-312.
Current
Major Projects
Metaphysics
of Scientific Practice
I apply
deflationary strategies to questions of realism: given what we know about scientific
practice, what are the objects of scientific inquiry? I explore how scientists
work between theoretical, experimental, simulated, and natural worlds, and the
philosophical terms in which to view these worlds.
Pharmaceutical
Knowledge
The pharmaceutical
industry has successfully integrated itself into both medical research and
medical practice. Key questions arise about the extent of its control in both
arenas. To address such questions, I plan to look at points at which research,
education, and marketing come into contact.
A
Sociology of Philosophy
Patterns and
practices of philosophical writing reveal intense stratification in North
American philosophy. Research is underway for an article exploring this
stratification and its philosophical consequences. A symposium around this
issue was organized for the Canadian Philosoophical Association's 2003 meeting.