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Birth and death date
Born on October 16, 1941, in Austin, Texas.
Died on August 23, 2022 -
Bachelors in Physics
He received his BA in physics from the University of Kansas. -
Lecturer
At the university college in London, from 1965-1969 he was a lecturer. -
Princeton
Gaining his masters and PhD from Princeton in Philosophy he studied with Kuhn and continued with the constant changing of knowledge and ideas -
President of the Philosophy of Science Association
He became the president in the late 1970's -
Promotion
He continued his work as a lecturer to the University of Pittsburg he later got promoted to a professor, continued in being a chairman for about 4 years. -
1st publication
He created his "Progress and it's Problems: Towards a theory of Scientific Growth", it is a break down of how the world is advancing and how we gain empirical evidence and how we try and solve different anomalies. -
Continuing on being a professor
He was a professor at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and state University from 1981-1987 he then moved to be a professor in Philosophy at the University of Hawaii and ended up retiring there in 1997 -
Famous arguments
With his writing on " A Confutation of Convergent Realism" he ends up becoming famous fir arguing the history of science and how he utilized detailed evidence from the history of science and the major contributions to how philosophy is practiced. -
Publishing a new
He published "Science & the Relativism: Some Key controversies in the Philosophy of Science " it included Science, the Philosophy of Science, History, and Relativity. Going in depth with the interests and the social determinants of belief, Holism, and things like Standards of Success. -
References
Nickles, Thomas. “Historicist Theories of Scientific Rationality (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy).” Stanford.edu, 2017, plato.stanford.edu/entries/rationality-historicist/. Laudan, Larry. Science and Relativism: Some Key Controversies in the Philosophy of Science. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL, University of Chicago Press, 1990, press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/S/bo3774438.html. Accessed 8 Apr. 2023. -
References
Laudan, Larry, and Internet Archive. Science and Relativism : Some Key Controversies in the Philosophy of Science. Internet Archive, Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1990, archive.org/details/sciencerelativis0000laud/page/n6/mode/1up. Accessed 8 Apr. 2023. -
Larry Laudan
He was someone who strongly criticized the traditions of realism, relativism, and positivism. He gives the goal of science and promotes that methodological rules evolve with Science itself. Even though he retired in 1997 he still continued to give lectures at the University of Texas in Austin where he was from. Here are some videos of his lectures and what he brought to the table when it came to science.
https://youtu.be/0b7d9Edu1OY
https://youtu.be/R7ShefBoe3Y -
References
Larry Laudan - Philosophy of Science - Official Site. (n.d.). Larry Laudan. https://larrylaudan.com/
American Philosopher. “Larry Laudan | American Philosopher | Britannica.” Www.britannica.com, www.britannica.com/biography/Larry-Laudan. Accessed 8 Apr. 2023.
Weinberg, Justin. “Larry Laudan (1941-2022).” Daily Nous, 31 Aug. 2022, dailynous.com/2022/08/31/larry-laudan-1941-2022/. Accessed 8 Apr. 2023.