Zvi Biener

Dr. Biener is an Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Cincinnati and an affiliate of the History department, the Judaic Studies department, and the Center for Public Engagement with Science. 

He is Editor-in-Chief of the PhilSci-Archive and the Vice-President and President-Elect of the International Society for the History of Philosophy of Science (HOPOS). 

Dr. Biener's work is in historical philosophy of science. Other work includes philosophy of data, AI, and empirical research into loneliness. 

See personal website here.
 

Ph.D.: University of Pittsburgh 2008 (History and Philosophy of Science)

M.A.: University of Pittsburgh 2005 (Philosophy)

B.A.: Rutgers University 1995 (Physics)

B.A.: Rutgers University 1995 (Philosophy)

2007 -2008 Lecturer, Western Michigan University,

2008 -2011 Assistant Professor, Western Michigan University,

2017 -To Present Affiliate Faculty of Judiac Studies, University of Cincinnati,

2017 -To Present Affiliate Faculty of History, University of Cincinnati,

2017 -To Present Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Cincinnati,

2021 -2023 Vice President, International Society for the History of Philosophy of Science,

2023 -2025 President, International Society for the History and Philosophy of Science,

See CV on personal website.

Peer Reviewed Publications

Dunlap L, Corris A, Jacquart M, Biener Z, Potochnik A (2021. ) Divergence of Values and Goals in Participatory Research.Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, , 14 (88 ) ,284 -312More Information

Zvi Biener (2020. ) Definitions more Geometrarum and Newton's Evolving Views on Space.Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, , 72 (2 ) ,179 -191More Information

Zvi Biener (2017. ) De Gravitatione Reconsidered: The Changing Significance of Experimental Evidence for Newton’s Metaphysics of Space.The Journal of the History of Philosophy, , 55 (4 ) ,583 -608More Information

Zvi Biener and Eric Schliesser (2017. ) The Certainty, Modality, and Grounding of Newton’s Laws.Monist, , 100 (3 ) ,311 -325More Information

Vicente Raja Galian, Zvi Biener, and Tony Chemero (2017. ) From Kepler to Gibson.Ecological Psychology, , 29 (2 ) ,146 -160More Information

Zvi Biener (2016. ) Newton and the Ideal of Exegetical Success.Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, Part A, , 60 ,82 -87More Information

Zvi Biener (2016. ) Hobbes on the Order of Sciences: A Programmatic Defense of the Mathematization Thesis.The Southern Journal of Philosophy, , 54 (3 ) ,312 -332More Information

Zvi Biener (2004. ) Galileo’s First New Science: The Science of Matter.Perspectives on Science, , 12 (3 ) ,262 -287More Information

Zvi Biener and Chris Smeenk (2004. ) Pendulums, Pedagogy, and Matter: Lessons from the editing of Newton’s Principia.Science & Education, , 13 (4-5 ) ,309 -320More Information

Published Books

Zvi Biener (editor) (2020. ) Newtonianism section of Encyclopedia of Early Modern Philosophy and the Sciences, edited by Dana Jalobeanu and Charles T. Wolfe .Springer

Marcus Adams, Zvi Biener, Uljana Feest. U., and Jacqueline Sullivan (editors) (2017. ) Oppur Si Muove: Doing History and Philosophy of Science with Peter Machamer .Springer

Zvi Biener and Eric Schliesser (editors) (2014. ) Newton and Empiricism .Oxford , Oxford University Press

Book Chapter

Zvi Biener and Mary Domski (2023 ) Working Hypothesis, Mathematical Representation, and the Logic of Theory Mediation in Newton's Principia Theory, Evidence, Data: the Philosophical Legacy of George E. Smith .Springer

Brian Hepburn and Zvi Biener (2022 ) Mechanics in Newton’s Wake The Cambridge History of Philosophy of the Scientific Revolution .(pp. 293 -312).Cambridge University Press

Zvi Biener (2022 ) Newtonianism: An Introduction Encyclopedia of Early Modern Philosophy and the Sciences .Springer

Zvi Biener (2018 ) Newton’s Regulae Philosophandi The Oxford Handbook of Isaac Newton .Oxford University Press

Adams, M., Biener, Z., Feest, U., and Sullivan J (2017 ) Introduction Oppur si Mouve: Doing History and Philosophy of Science with Peter Machamer .

Zvi Biener and Eric Schliesser (2014 ) Introduction Newton and Empiricism .(pp. 1 -15).Oxford, Oxford University Press

Zvi Biener and Chris Smeenk (2012 ) Cotes’s Queries: Newton’s Empiricism and Conceptions of Matter Interpreting Newton .(pp. 103 -137).Cambridge, Cambridge University Press

Zvi Biener and Chris Smeenk (2005 ) Pendulums, Pedagogy, and Matter: Lessons from the editing of Newton’s Principia The Pendulum: Scientific, Historical, Philosophical and Educational Perspectives .(pp. 127 -138).

Paper Presentations

(2021. ) Fitter, Stronger, More General: The Multiple Aspirations of Newtonian Induction .Baltimore.

(2020. ) The Multiple Aspirations of Newtonian Induction .Cancelled due to COVID.

(2019. ) AI, Skill, and Human Identity (1st Prize Winner) .University of Cincinnati.

(2018. ) Newton, Huygnes, and the Non-Problematic Status of Induction in the Principia (Poster Session) .Seattle, WA.

(2018. ) Post-Newtonian Mechanical Philosophy .Iowa State University.

(2018. ) A Deflationary Account of Newton’s Rule 3 .Groningen, Netherlands.

(2018. ) A Deflationary Account of Newton’s Rule 3 - It’s A Rebuke of Huygens and a Defense of Simple Induction .Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

(2018. ) A Deflationary Account of Newton’s Rule 3 - It’s A Rebuke of Huygens and a Defense of Simple Induction .St. Louis.

(2018. ) The Changing Range of Geometrical Definition in Newton’s Metaphysics of Space .University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM.

(2018. ) When Physics Met Astronomy .Cincinnati Observatory.

(2018. ) Newton, Huygnes, and the Non-Problematic Status of Induction in the Principia .Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany.

(2017. ) De Gravitatione Reconsidered - The Changing Role of Geometrical Definitions in Newton’s Metaphysics of Space .Fordham University, NYC.

(2017. ) Newton on Geometrical Definitions .University of Edinburgh, Scotland.

(2017. ) Newton on Geometrical Definitions .University of Chicago.

(2017. ) Newton on Geometrical Definitions .UC Irvine.

(2016. ) Erasing Hooke from the History of Mechanics .University of Wisconsin-Madison.

(2016. ) Invited workshop participant .

(2016. ) Seeing with the Eyes and ‘Seeing’ with Math .University of Wisconsin-Madison.

(2015. ) Organizing the Disciplines .University of Cincinnati.

(2015. ) Was Newton’s Commitment to Absolute Space Relevant for Physics? .

(2014. ) Galileo on the Limits of Human Understanding .

(2014. ) Newton and Galileo (and Hooke) .Chicago.

(2014. ) Newton on the Physiology of Perception .Western Michigan University.

(2014. ) Substance & Property, System & Relation - Metaphysical Orthodoxy in Newton’s Rational Mechanics .Ghent, Belgium.

(2014. ) The Galilean Tradition and Newtonian Mechanics .Center for Philosophy & History of Science, Boston University.

(2014. ) The Global, Local and Universal - Tensions of Scale in Newtonian Natural Philosophy (1687-1720) .Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.

(2013. ) When is Something a Thing? A Puzzle about Newton, Substance, and Space .

(2012. ) ‘We Cannot Say All of Nature is Not Alive’ - A Physiological Context for Newton’s Search for Causes .University of Cincinnati.

(2011. ) Galileo’s Scientific Engagement with Matter Theory (but Not the Matter Theory You Think) .Virginia Tech, Blacksburg.

(2010. ) Hobbes on Geometry and the Structure of the Sciences .Princeton University.

(2009. ) Behind the Geometrical Method .Romania.

(2009. ) Cartesian Heterogenous Foundationalism .University of Oxford.

(2009. ) Mapping the History and Philosophy of Science .Indiana University,.

(2009. ) Newton’s Empiricism and the Changing Metaphysics of Void .Western Michigan University.

(2009. ) The Classification of Sciences and Foundationalism .Brazil.

(2009. ) Two Dogmas About Newton and Space .University of Notre Dame.

(2008. ) Mixed-Mathematics as a Guide to Cartesian Foundationalism .Vancouver, Canada.

(2008. ) ‘Other sorts of bodies and another sort of vacuum’ - Isaac Newton’s Missing Theory of the Void and the Scope of Experimental Philosophy .Malancrav, Romania.

(2007. ) The Limits of Evidential Reasoning in Newton's Argument for Universal Gravitation (with Chris Smeenk) .University of Leiden.

(2005. ) How to Start a Revolution by Attending a University - The Importance of the Early-Modern Educational System for the Scientific Revolution .Pittsburgh.

(2004. ) Commentary on Howard Stein’s `Newton, Philosophy of Inquiry and Metaphysics of Nature’ (with Chris Smeenk) .Chicago.

(2003. ) Galileo and the Problem of Establishing the Middle as Mixed .Madison, WI.

(2003. ) Galileo’s Science of Matter .Greece.

(2002. ) Does Gravity Feign? (with Chris Smeenk) .Toronto, Canada.

(2002. ) Mathematics and Philosophy in the Newton-Cotes Correspondence (with Chris Smeenk) .Canada.

See CV on personal website.

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