Associate Professor

School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry

University of Queensland

Current research interests:

Philosophy of science: modeling; simulation; scientific possibilities; non-epistemic values; non-causal explanation

Philosophy of climate science: climate models; uncertainty; model evaluation; foundational concepts

History of twentieth-century philosophy: analytic philosophy; speculative philosophy; twentieth-century women philosophers; philosophy of science

Some recent work:

Katzav, J. (2025) “Speculative Philosophy of Science vs. Logical Positivism: Preliminary Round.” In S. Verhaegh (Ed.), American Philosophy and the Intellectual Migration: Pragmatism, Logical Empiricism, Phenomenology, Critical Theory. De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111335209-005 

Katzav, J. (2024). Revisiting Grace de Laguna’s critiques of analytic philosophy and of pragmatism. Asian Journal of Philosophy 3 (1): 14. https://doi.org/10.1007/s44204-024-00147-w 

Katzav, J. (2023) Epistemic possibilities in climate science: lessons from some recent research in the context of discovery, European Journal for Philosophy of Science, 13, 57. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13194-023-00560-7

Recent Blog Posts

Syllabus Showcase: Philosophy of Science (Without Mentioning Logical Positivism, Popper, or Kuhn) (APA Syllabus Showcase)

American Women Philosophers in the Speculative Tradition: Beyond Analytic and Continental Philosophy (APA Blog)

Radio Interview:

Analytic Philosophy: the leading brand (ABC RN)