Kenneth F. Schaffner

Kenneth Francis Schaffner (born October 30, 1939) is an emeritus Distinguished University Professor, University Professor of Philosophy and Psychology, and Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh. He specializes in the history of science and the philosophy of science. His formal education includes a BS in Physics and Philosophy from Brooklyn College (1961), a PhD in Philosophy from Columbia University (1967), and an MD from the University of Pittsburgh (1986). Schaffner is a philosopher and medical doctor who has published extensively on ethical and conceptual issues. He has taught at Brooklyn College, the University of Chicago, the University of Maryland, and George Washington University. His recent work focuses on ethical and philosophical issues in human behavior. He was editor-in-chief of the academic journal *Philosophy of Science* from 1975 to 1980. Schaffner was a Guggenheim Fellow and has received numerous academic honors, including fellowships from the American Association for the Advancement of Science, The Hastings Center, and the Association for the Advancement of Philosophy and Psychiatry. He has published several books, including "Nineteenth-Century Aether Theories", "Discovery and Explanation in Biology and Medicine", and "Behaving: What's Genetic, What's Not, and Why Should We Care?"