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Alan Chalmers was born in 1939 in Bristol, England. Photo credit: https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Chris_Lathom-Sharp&action=edit&redlink=1 -
In 1961, Chalmers received his bachelors in Physics from the University of Bristol
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In 1964, Chalmers went on to receive his master in Physics from the University of Manchester
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Chalmers was awarded his PhD, for his dissertation on electromagnetic theory and was awarded his PhD in 1971.
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Became a member of the Department of Philosophy from 1972-1986
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This work by Alan Chalmers, is intended for anyone getting into science or philosophy of science. It’s so to speak, a beginners guide for philosophy of science as Alan Chalmers says. This book gives different views of the history of science and the modern views of science. Alan tries to keep the language and terms so it is easier for anyone to understand or try to understand it. Chalmers, Alan. What Is This Thing Called Science? University of Queensland Press, 2013. -
From 1986 to 1999 Alan Chalmers was the head of the Department of Philosophy for the University of Sydney
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In this work, Alan, offers a critique of different methods in science. The work overall is just a a major critique on various different accounts and methods in science. I couldn’t find a way to read it without having to pay for it. Otherwise i would further elaborate. Chalmers,Alan.Science and Its Fabrication, U of Minnesota Press, 1990 -
In 2003 the Australian government awarded Alan Chalmers with a Centenary Medal, for Services to the Humanities in the area of History and Philosophy of Science in 2003 -
This work by Alan Chalmers, is a collection of the history and related theories surrounding atomism. It provides critical reflections of the various theories. This work elaborates and examines critical theories about old and modern versions of atomism. It goes through the methods of experiments and offers critiques. Chalmers,Alan. The Scientist's Atom and the Philosopher's Stone: How Science Succeeded and Philosophy Failed to Gain Knowledge of Atoms. Springer Science & Business Media, 2009 -
Alan was elected to role of Scholar, in the Department of Philosophy at Flinders University. From 1999 to 2010. -
This work goes over the history and origins of hydrostatic systems. Provides insight to how the scientific revolution changed for hydrostatic science and the subtle ways it changed. The content covers newton and how he proved proved his version of hydrostatics. It shows the changes through out scientific discoveries help lead to revolutions in subtle ways. Chalmers,Alan. One Hundred Years of Pressure, Springer Cham (2017)