Bas van Fraassen
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Bas van Fraassen is a Dutch-American philosopher of science best known for developing constructive empiricism, a major anti-realist position in the philosophy of science.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bas van Fraassen canonical | 4 |
| Bas C. van Fraassen | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Dutch-American
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logician ⓘ metaphysician ⓘ person ⓘ philosopher ⓘ philosopher of science ⓘ |
| academicDegree | PhD in philosophy ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Guggenheim Fellowship
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Lakatos Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Netherlands
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United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1941-04-05 ⓘ |
| developed | constructive empiricism ⓘ |
| doctoralAdvisor | Adolf Grünbaum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Calvin College
NERFINISHED
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University of Pittsburgh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
Princeton University
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Princeton University Department of Philosophy NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Southern California NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Toronto NERFINISHED ⓘ Yale University ⓘ |
| familyName | van Fraassen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
epistemology
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logic ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ philosophy of science ⓘ |
| givenName | Bastiaan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language |
Dutch
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English ⓘ |
| mainInterest |
interpretation of quantum mechanics
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laws of nature ⓘ modal logic ⓘ probability and statistics in science ⓘ scientific representation ⓘ |
| name | Bastiaan Cornelis van Fraassen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableIdea | constructive empiricism ⓘ |
| notableWork |
An Introduction to the Philosophy of Time and Space
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Laws and Symmetry NERFINISHED ⓘ Quantum Mechanics: An Empiricist View NERFINISHED ⓘ Scientific Representation: Paradoxes of Perspective NERFINISHED ⓘ The Scientific Image NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposes | scientific realism ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool |
empiricism
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scientific anti-realism ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Goes, Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | McCosh Professor of Philosophy at Princeton University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousBackground | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| viewOnScientificTheories | acceptance of a theory involves belief only in its empirical adequacy ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
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subject surface form:
Hans Reichenbach
this entity surface form:
Bas C. van Fraassen