About me

I am a researcher in the history and philosophy of the life sciences at the Department of Philosophy of the University of Geneva. My primary interests are scientific epistemology and the methodology of integrated history and philosophy of science.

In the fall of 2026, I will join the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Pittsburgh as an associate professor.

I have an M.D. from the University of Bern, a Ph.D. in History and Philosophy of Science from the University of Cambridge, and the German Habilitation in Philosophy from the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich.

Previously, I worked for six years as a researcher and teacher at the University of Bern’s Department of Philosophy. On a postdoctoral grant from the Swiss National Science Foundation, I then continued my research at the University of Pittsburgh’s Center for Philosophy of Science, at the University of Cambridge’s Department of History and Philosophy of Science, and at the University of Geneva’s Department of Philosophy. In the winter semester 2019–2020, I served as professor of the history of science (W3, Lehrstuhlvertretung) at the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich.

You can contact me at raphael.scholl-at-gmail.com.