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Kareem Khalifa is a Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of California, Los Angeles. He holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy from Emory University, obtained in 2006, and dual B.A. degrees in Mathematical Methods in the Social Sciences and Philosophy from Northwestern University, completed in 1998. His research interests are centered on the intersection of philosophy and social sciences, particularly focusing on epistemology, race, and moral values in scientific inquiry. Khalifa is currently engaged in book projects that examine how historical research on segregation influences the moral and political values underlying scientific inquiry, potentially compromising objectivity. Further, he investigates how empirical social science can reshape ontological debates regarding race. His work draws on examples from physics, biology, and neuroscience to discuss a range of topics within general philosophy of science, including understanding, explanation, modeling, inference, realism, and the social dimensions of scientific knowledge.
Department of Economics admits primarily for the PhD program.