Paul Thompson: Field Philosopher

Nobel Conference lecturer Paul Thompson received a shout out in today’s New York Times, for his work as a “field philosopher.” In“The Stone” (an occasional opinion column written by philosophers), Robert Frodeman highlights the work of philosophers who, “rather than seeking to identify general philosophic principles …, begin with the problems of non-philosophers, drawing out specific, underappreciated, philosophic dimensions of societal problems.”

Thompson is cited as a philosopher who has “worked with and challenged the food industry on the application of recombinant DNA techniques to agricultural crops and food animals.”