-
Laudan was born roughly a year before the United States declared war on Japan, in Austin Texas. His early years in a world at war lead to a deep-thinking man with an act for being controversial. He goes on to write 10 books challenging the philosophy of science every step of the way.
-
This book is a collection of papers written by Laudan, written as a suitable middle ground between positivism and relativism. He makes bold statements about the nature of science and evidence. Laudan writes with no fear of ruffling scientific feathers.
Citation: Laudan, Larry. Beyond Positivism and Relativism: Theory, Method, and Evidence. Westview Press, 1996. -
A headstrong book containing about 276 pages. In his writing, Laudin attacks the status quo of the philosophy of science using historical examples to redefines scientific rationality and progress.
Citation: Laudan, Larry. Progress and Its Problems. Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1977. -
Another book Laudin wrote to stir the pot of science. 176 pages long detailing the problems with empiricists and the post-positivists, while resolving the agreements and disagreements amongst scientists.
Citation: Laudan, Larry. Science and Values: the Aims of Science and Their Role in Scientific Debate. University of California Press, 1984. -
Laudan's most recent book containing 228 pages. He writes about the United States justice systems laws. Laudan notes that while the laws claim to seek the truth about a crime, in many situations those laws fail to do so.
Citation: Laudan, Larry. The Law's Flaws: Rethinking Trial and Errors. College Publications, 2016.
Link text -
Laudan is now 78 years old, he has returned back to his hometown in Texas to work at the University of Texas at Austin in the law department.
