John McEvoy

Professor | History and Philosophy of Science, Marx
Charles Phelps Taft Research Center - Affiliate Faculty
Philosophy - Tenure-Track Faculty
259C McMicken Hall
513-556-6337
john.mcevoy@uc.edu

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John McEvoy works in science studies and political philosophy. He has published extensively on the history and philosophy of science, focusing mainly on the Chemical Revolution, which occurred in the eighteenth century and is generally regarded as the origins of modern chemistry, and twentieth-century interpretations of this important event. He is currently working on more general issues pertaining to the historiography of science and is keen to show how the discipline of the history of science is shaped by wider philosophical and cultural influences. McEvoy also teaches political philosophy, focusing on the classical texts of Marx and Engels and the twentieth-century writings of the Frankfurt School, Foucault, and Althusser. He also teaches courses on the philosophy of technology and the historical and philosophical relations between magic, science, and the occult. He is currently consulting on the Media Working Group's BioScience Documentary Project.

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