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Birth
Goes, Netherlands -
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Bas van Fraassen
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Immigrated to Canada
Family immigrated to Canada after WW2 -
University of Alberta
Earned a bachelor's and master's degree from the University of Alberta. -
University of Pittsburgh
Earned a Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh while studying under Adolf Grunbaum. -
Book- An Introduction to the Philosophy of Time and Space
An Introduction to the Philosophy of Time and Space, Random House, New York 1970. -
Book- Formal Semantics and Logic
Formal Semantics and Logic, Macmillan, New York 1971. -
Book- Derivation and Counterexample: An Introduction to Philosophical Logic
Derivation and Counterexample: An Introduction to Philosophical Logic (with Karel Lambert), Dickenson Publishing Company, Inc. 1972. -
Constructive Empiricism
Constructive Empiricism: 1980, The Scientific Image, advocating agnosticism about the reality of unobservable entities.
The Scientific Image, Oxford University Press 1980. -
Lakatos Award
Received the Lakatos Award in 1986 for contributions to the philosophy of science. -
Book- Laws and Symmetry
Laws and Symmetry, Oxford University Press 1989 -
Book- Quantum Mechanics: An Empiricist View
Quantum Mechanics: An Empiricist View, Oxford University Press, 1991. -
Memberships
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; an overseas member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. -
Book- The Empirical Stance
The Empirical Stance, Yale University Press, 2002. -
Book- Scientific Representation: Paradoxes of Perspective
Scientific Representation: Paradoxes of Perspective, OUP, 2008. -
Hempel Award
Philosophy of Science Association's inaugural Hempel Award for lifetime achievement in philosophy of science -
