Alberto Cordero

Faculty

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Alberto Cordero

Professor
Philosophy Department
Ph.D. University of Maryland (College Park)

Office: Powdermaker Hall 350-L​
Phone: 718-997-5270
alberto.cordero@qc.cuny.edu

Area of expertise: Philosophy of the natural sciences; philosophical history of the natural science; scientific realism; quantum mechanics.

Professor of Philosophy at Queens College and the Doctoral Faculty at the CUNY Graduate Center.

Degrees

  • Ph.D.: University of Maryland (College Park) (Ph.D., Philosophy)
  • M.Phil.: University of Cambridge (Trinity College), Master of Philosophy (History & Philosophy of Science)
  • M.Sc.: University of Oxford (Worcester College), Master of Science (Nuclear Physics)
  • Lic. & BSc: Universidad Nacional de Ingenieria, Lima (Physics and Mathematics)

Honors

  • Doctor Honoris Causa, Universidad Nacional del Altiplano, Puno, Peru. August 2016
  • Order Simón Bolivar of Colegio Emblemático de San Carlos, Puno (oldest high school in continuous function in the Peruvian Highlands, founded 1826). Puno, Peru, August 2016.
  • Doctor Honoris Causa, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru (oldest university in continuous function in the Americas (since 1548).
  • Doctor Honoris Causa, for services to philosophy, science and education. Universidad Ricardo Palma, Lima, Peru, 2000.
  • Honorary Professor, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru.
  • Elected to visiting fellowships at All Souls College, Oxford; Corpus Christi College, Cambridge; Centre of Natural and Social Philosophy, London School of Economics; Wolfson College, Cambridge; The International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste; Harvard University (Dept. of Philosophy); Goethe & Internationes; Germany.
  • Keynote speaker at major international meetings, in particular: The IV Ibero-American Congress for the Philosophy of Science (Salamanca 2017); The XXIV World Congress of Philosophy (Athens 2014); International Congress on Science and Education (Como, Italy, 1999); The International Congress of Ontology (Spain, multiple invitations since 1996); The XX World Congress of Philosophy (Boston, 1998); Numerary Member of Academie Internationale de Philosophie des Sciences, Brussels. John Simon Guggenheim Fellow (Philosophy, 1993-1994)

Professional service

  • Chairman, Columbia University Seminar for the History & Philosophy of Science. 1990-1992.