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Bas van Fraassen
Born in German occupied Netherlands
Later moved to Canada -
Education
Van Fraassen is the alma matter of both the University of Alberta and University of Pittsburgh where he earned his Masters(1964) and PH.D(1966) from the respective colleges. -
Wrote "An Introduction to the Philosophy of Time and Space
Bas' first book covered his time teaching at Yale University from 1966 to 1968. In this book he covers past scientists' theories covering science, time and the relation between the two all the way to a historical count of philosophy and his own personal view.(Fraassen) -
Wrote "The Scientific Image"
One of Van Fraassen's books was "The Scientific Image" which covers the idea of constructive empiricism. Constructive Empiricism is an updated version of empiricism and is a view that only believes in science that can be proven through facts and evidence not unproveable theories that could by default be "correct" with no proof to contradict. -
Career
He taught at Yale University, the University of Southern California, University of Toronto, Princeton University and San Francisco State University. At all locations van Fraassen specialized in the Philosophy of Science and Philosophical Logic -
Cite "Monton"
Monton, B., & Mohler, C. (2021, April 13). Constructive Empiricism. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Retrieved March 11, 2023, from https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/constructive-empiricism/#:~:text=Constructive%20empiricism%20is%20a%20view,van%20Fraassen%201980%2C%208) -
Cite "van Fraassen"
Van Fraassen, B. C. (1970). An Introduction to the Philosophy of Time and Space. Random House.