The HOPOS editorial board is delighted to announce the appointment of Matthew J. Brown, Jo Ann & Donald N. Boydston Chair of American Philosophy and Director of the Center for Dewey Studies at Southern Illinois University (Carbondale), as the incoming Editor in Chief of HOPOS: The Journal of the International Society for the History of Philosophy of Science. Brown's appointment as Editor in Chief begins January 2025. A warm welcome to our new editor!
Matthew J. Brown specializes in Pragmatism and American Philosophy (esp. John Dewey), 19th and 20th Century Philosophy, Philosophy of Science, Cognitive Science, and Comics Studies. He is the author of Science and Moral Imagination: A New Ideal for Values in Science (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2020), which explores the role of values in science and the scientific basis of values from a broadly pragmatist perspective. Brown is a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science's Committee on Scientific Freedom and Responsibility and has served as an Associate Editor for HOPOS.