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Holly Vandewall

Professor of the Practice

Philosophy

Official BC profile · Curriculum vitae

Biography

Holly VandeWall is the Ascione Faculty Fellow and a Professor the Practice of Philosophy at Boston College. She received her Ph.D. in the History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Notre Dame and also holds a Masters degree in Science and Ethics from the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, Ca. Dr. VandeWall’s research includes work on the provision of scientific advice for environmental policy, environmental ethics, and the use of history and philosophy of science in the improvement of scientific literacy. Recent course offerings include Faith, Ethics and the Sciences in the 21st Century and Vegetative Soul: A Philosophy of Plant Life. She is co-author of the textbook History and Philosophy of Science: A Reader and a General Editor of the upcoming three-volume series The History and Philosophy of Western Science: From Antiquity to the Present, both with Bloomsbury Press.

Official evaluation summary

4.74 / 5

Based on 528 aggregate responses from BC Avalanche/Blue evaluations.

Courses taught

Ratings are this instructor’s response-weighted averages from Boston College’s official course evaluations, on a scale of 1 to 5.

Data freshness

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