Bas van Fraassen 5 April 1941-Present

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  • Born 5 April 1941

    van Fraassen was born in the Netherlands under German occupancy on April 5th 1941.

  • Immigration 1956

    The family is reunited after the war and moves to Edmonton in western Canada

  • Bachelors earned

    van Fraassen earned is bachelors at the University of Alberta in 1963.

  • Masters degree Earned

    van Fraassen earned his master at the University of Pittsburg.

  • Ph.D earned

    van Fraassen earned his Ph.D under Adolf Grünbaum at the University of Pittsburg.

  • College Professor

    Taught at Yale University, The University of Southern California and the university of Toronto. Yale was from 1966 until 1969

  • Professor

    Taught at Yale University, The University of Southern California and the university of Toronto. University of Toronto was from 1973 until 1981 overlapping with California.
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  • Professor

    Taught at Yale University, The University of Southern California and the university of Toronto. The university of Southern California was from 1976- 1981

  • The Scientific Image

    coined the term "constructive empiricism" in his published book "The Scientific Image"

  • 1982-2008 Professor

    Taught at Princeton university

  • Lakatos Award

    received award for contributions in science

  • Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences

    Joined the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences

  • 2008-Current Professor

    van Fraassen now teaches at San Francisco State. The subjects he teaches are philosophy of science, philosophical logic, and the role of modeling in scientific practice

  • Hempel Award

    van Fraassen recieved the Philosophy of Science Association's inaugural Hempel Award for lifetime achievement in philosophy of science