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Welcome to the World
On April 5, 1941 Fraassen was born. He is a Dutch- American Philosopher who today is just 77 years old. Born in the German-occupied Netherlands where his father, a steam fitter, was forced by the Nazis to work in a factory in Hamburg. After the war, the family reunited and emigrated to Edmonton, in western Canada. -
"Constructive Empiricism"
"Constructive empiricism stands against what scientific realism aims to do, and that is according to Fraassen, " science aims to give us, in its theories, a literally true story of what the world is like; and acceptance of a scientific theory involves the belief that it is true". " “Bas Van Frassen and Constructive Empiricism.” New Timeline - Timeline, time.graphics/line/49611. -
The Scientific Image
This was a book published by Fraassen in 1980. He defines the view by saying
"Science aims to give us theories which are empirically adequate; and acceptance of a theory involves as belief only that it is empirically adequate." Monton, Bradley, and Chad Mohler. “Constructive Empiricism.” Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Stanford University, 17 Jan. 2017, plato.stanford.edu/entries/constructive-empiricism/. -
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What about today
Fraassen is just 77 years old and is currently a professor. He has aught at Yale University, the University of Southern California, the University of Toronto and, from 1982 to 2008, at Princeton University, where he is now teaches. -
Influenced By
Bas Van Fraassen was influenced by Hans Reichenbach, Wilfrid Sellars, Jean-Paul Sartre, Adolf Grünbaum, and also Albert Camus. Throughout his years as a philosopher these people are all influential to his work -
Interviewing Bas Science vs. Theology
