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Was born April 5th 1941 in Goes, Netherlands.
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Fraassen and his family move to Canada in 1956.
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Frassen earns his degree in philosophy from the University of Alberta. Refrences:
Princeton University . “Bastiaan Cornelius Van Fraassen | Dean of the Faculty.” Princeton University, The Trustees of Princeton University, June 2008, https://dof.princeton.edu/about/clerk-faculty/emeritus/bastiaan-cornelius-van-fraassen. -
Fraassen goes on to the University of Pittsburgh to earn his master of arts degree in 1964. Refrences:
Princeton University . “Bastiaan Cornelius Van Fraassen | Dean of the Faculty.” Princeton University, The Trustees of Princeton University, June 2008, https://dof.princeton.edu/about/clerk-faculty/emeritus/bastiaan-cornelius-van-fraassen. -
in 1966 Fraassen earns his PH.D. from the University of Pittsburgh. Refrences:
Princeton University . “Bastiaan Cornelius Van Fraassen | Dean of the Faculty.” Princeton University, The Trustees of Princeton University, June 2008, https://dof.princeton.edu/about/clerk-faculty/emeritus/bastiaan-cornelius-van-fraassen. -
Fraassen was offered a teaching job at Princeton but passed it up in favor of Yale. The irony was that he would later return to teach at Princeton.
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One of the first of many pieces of literature to come from Fraassen.
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Another book from Fraassen.
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Fraassen taught at the University Toronto.
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Fraassen taught at the University of Southern California.
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This term comes from his book The Scientific Image which had a profound effect on the field of philosophy of science and is what he is most well known for. Refrences:
Monton, Bradley, and Chad Mohler. “Constructive Empiricism.” Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Stanford University, 17 Jan. 2017, https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/constructive-empiricism/. -
"Bas argues for a bold position in the philosophy of science that he calls “constructive empiricism.” According to constructive empiricism, “science aims to give us theories which are empirically adequate; and acceptance of a theory involves as belief only that it is empirically adequate,” where a theory is empircally adequate, roughly speaking, “if what it says about the observable things and events in this world, is true—exactly if it ‘saves the phenomena." (Princeton University 2008)
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Fraassen returns to where he initially was offered a job teaching at Princeton. Refrences:
Princeton University . “Bastiaan Cornelius Van Fraassen | Dean of the Faculty.” Princeton University, The Trustees of Princeton University, June 2008, https://dof.princeton.edu/about/clerk-faculty/emeritus/bastiaan-cornelius-van-fraassen. -
Another book put out by Fraassen that had a profound effect and that he is well known for.
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Fraassen receives this award at Princeton for his work. Refrences:
Princeton University . “Bastiaan Cornelius Van Fraassen | Dean of the Faculty.” Princeton University, The Trustees of Princeton University, June 2008, https://dof.princeton.edu/about/clerk-faculty/emeritus/bastiaan-cornelius-van-fraassen. -
Fraassen was elected in 1997
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One of Fraassens more recent works digging into the world of philosophy of science and logic while tying in religion in to the mix and how they all play together.
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One of Fraassens more recent works focusing on how scientist interpret and represent data.
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Fraassen gets the Philosophy of Science Association's Hempel Award, which is named after the well known science philosopher Carl Gustav Hempel.
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The limits and scopes as described by Bas Van Fraassen. https://youtu.be/brAOVfAoimQ
