Alison Wylie

Alison Wylie
Born1954 (age 69–70)
Swindon, England
Era20th-century philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolAnalytic philosophy
ThesisPositivism and the New Archeology (1982)
Doctoral advisorRom Harré
Main interests

Alison Wylie FRSC FAHA (born 1954) is a Canadian philosopher of archaeology. She is a professor of philosophy at the University of British Columbia[1] and holds a Canada Research Chair in Philosophy of the Social and Historical Sciences.[2]

Wylie specializes in philosophy of science, research ethics, and feminism in the social sciences, particularly archaeology and anthropology.

  1. ^ "Alison Wylie". Department of Philosophy, University of British Columbia. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  2. ^ Government of Canada, Industry Canada (29 November 2012). "Canada Research Chairs". www.chairs-chaires.gc.ca. Retrieved 23 March 2019.