ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Department of Philosophy
St. John Hall, Room B30-11
Queens Campus
St. John’s University
8000 Utopia Parkway
Queens, NY 11439
Phone: (718) 990-5292
Fax: (718) 990-1907
batitskv@stjohns.edu
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
- Ph.D., Philosophy, University of Pennsylvania, 1996
- M.A., Philosophy, University of Pennsylvania, 1993
- B.A., summa cum laude, Philosophy, California State University
at Los Angeles, 1989
AREAS OF INTEREST
- Philosophy of science
- Philosophy of mathematics
- Philosophy of mind
- Philosophy of computation
PROFILE
Vadim Batitsky has been a member of the Philosophy Department since
1996. His research interests focus on the metaphysical and
epistemological problems at the intersection of philosophy of
science, philosophy of mathematics, and philosophy of mind. He is
especially interested in trying to understand and sort out the ways
in which highly abstract and idealized mathematical models can be
useful in predicting and explaining the behavior of empirical
systems. In pursuing this goal, Dr. Batitsky always tries to make
the relevant philosophical questions more precise by modeling them
in suitable mathematical frameworks, such as measurement theory,
dynamical systems theory, automata theory, and computational
complexity theory.