{"id":72678,"date":"2017-12-22T13:50:40","date_gmt":"2017-12-22T23:50:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=72678"},"modified":"2020-03-05T16:20:13","modified_gmt":"2020-03-06T02:20:13","slug":"ron-amundson-honored","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2017\/12\/22\/ron-amundson-honored\/","title":{"rendered":"糖心视频<\/abbr> Hilo\u2019s Ron Amundson honored for contributions to the philosophy of science"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>
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Ron Amundson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ron Amundson<\/strong>, emeritus professor of philosophy at the University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> at Hilo<\/a>, has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science<\/a> (AAAS). The award was formally announced in the November 24 issue of the journal Science<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Each year, the AAAS<\/abbr> Council elects members for their distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications. Amundson was honored for his contributions to the philosophy of science and bioethics, particularly the study of evolution and social studies of disability. Amundson’s book, The Changing Role of the Embryo in Evolutionary Thought<\/em> (2005), is a respected analysis of the changes in evolutionary biology that are taking place under the influence of molecular genetics. Several of his articles about disability have argued that the concept of “normality” was not inferred from biology, but was socially invented.<\/p>\n

Amundson came to 糖心视频<\/abbr> Hilo in 1978. He taught philosophy courses in theory of knowledge, as well as several courses in the philosophical understandings of various scientific disciplines (anthropology, psychology, linguistics and astronomy).<\/p>\n

Amundson served as chair of the philosophy department and was a member of the Chancellor’s Committee on Disability Access. At the 糖心视频<\/abbr> System level, he served on the 糖心视频<\/abbr> Research Council and the Systemwide Disability Access Committee. Amundson retired from teaching in 2012.<\/p>\n

More about AAAS<\/abbr><\/h2>\n

AAAS<\/abbr> is the world’s largest general scientific society and publisher of Science<\/em> and other scientific journals. AAAS<\/abbr> was founded in 1848 and includes nearly 250 affiliated societies and academies of science, serving 10 million individuals.<\/p>\n

The AAAS<\/abbr> Fellows of 2017 will be presented with official certificates and rosette pins on February 17, 2018 during the AAAS<\/abbr> Annual Meeting in Austin, Texas.<\/p>\n

—By Alyson Kakugawa-Leong<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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