Mario Bunge
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Mario Bunge was an Argentine philosopher and physicist renowned for his rigorous defense of scientific realism and systematic, naturalistic philosophy across metaphysics, epistemology, and ethics.
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| Mario Bunge canonical | 3 |
| Mario Augusto Bunge | 1 |
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academic
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author ⓘ human ⓘ philosopher ⓘ physicist ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| academicDegree | PhD in physico-mathematical sciences ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Diamond Konex Award
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Konex Award
Ludwig von Bertalanffy Award in Complexity Thinking ⓘ Prince of Asturias Award for Communication and Humanities ⓘ |
| birthName |
Mario Bunge
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Mario Augusto Bunge
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| citizenship |
Argentina
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Canada ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Argentina ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | Canada ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1919-09-21 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2020-02-24 ⓘ |
| doctoralAdvisor | Guido Beck ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Universidad Nacional de La Plata
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National University of La Plata
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| employer | McGill University ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
epistemology
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ethics ⓘ logic ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ ontology ⓘ philosophy ⓘ philosophy of mind ⓘ philosophy of physics ⓘ philosophy of science ⓘ physics ⓘ social philosophy ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| influenced |
Latin American philosophy
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philosophy of science in the 20th century ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Albert Einstein
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Bertrand Russell ⓘ Ernst Mach ⓘ Karl Popper ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
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Spanish ⓘ |
| laterNationality | Canadian ⓘ |
| movement |
emergentism
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exact philosophy ⓘ materialism ⓘ naturalism ⓘ rationalism ⓘ scientific realism ⓘ scientism ⓘ systematic philosophy ⓘ |
| nationality |
Argentina
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Argentine
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| notableIdea |
emergent materialism
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exact philosophy based on science ⓘ scientific realism in all domains ⓘ systemism as alternative to individualism and holism ⓘ systemist ontology ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Causality: The Place of the Causal Principle in Modern Science
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Dictionary of Philosophy ⓘ Foundations of Physics ⓘ Philosophy of Physics ⓘ Scientific Research ⓘ mind–body problem ⓘ
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The Mind–Body Problem
Treatise on Basic Philosophy ⓘ |
| philosophicalStance |
critique of positivism
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critique of postmodernism ⓘ defense of naturalistic ethics ⓘ defense of scientific realism ⓘ defense of secular humanism ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Buenos Aires ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Montreal ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Frothingham Professor of Logic and Metaphysics at McGill University ⓘ |
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Mario Augusto Bunge