Empiricists, Scientists, and Charlatans: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Science

Jeffrey K. McDonough is a Professor of Philosophy at Harvard University. His research focuses on the intersection of philosophy, science, and religion in the early modern era. He has written numerous articles on philosophy in the early modern period. His edited volume on the history of the concept of teleology, Teleology: A History was published by Oxford University Press in 2021. His exploration of the philosophical implications of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz's work in optics, static, and mechanics, Leibniz's Miracle Creed: The Principle of Optimality in Leibniz's Physics and Philosophy, as well as his textbook on the philosophy of religion, Saints, Heretics and Atheists: A Historical Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion were both published by Oxford University Press in 2022. In 2010, he was the recipient of a Humboldt Research Fellowship for Experienced Researchers. In 2015, he was the recipient of the Alvin Plantinga Fellowship at the Notre Dame Center for Philosophy of Religion. In 2022-2023, he was a visitor at the Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists at the University of Paderborn as a Mercator Fellow.