Salmon

Wesley Charles Salmon

By jbundgard

  • Place and date of birth.

    Place and date of birth.
    Wesley C. Salmon was an American philosopher who was born in Detriot Michigan.

  • Education

    Education
    After completing primary and secondary school in Detroit, and studying at Wayne University (now Wayne State University) from 1943–44, in 1944 Salmon moved to the University of Chicago.

  • Doctorate Achievement

    Salmon earned his doctorate at the University of California, Los Angeles under Hans Reichenbach.

  • Quote

    "Modus tollens without corroboration is empty; modus tollens with corroboration is induction” (Welsey Charles Salmon 1925-2001)

  • Books

    Books
    Salmon wrote several books on Space, Time and Motion which include: Zeno’s Paradoxes (1970), Space, Time and Motion: A Philosophical Introduction (1975), The Philosophical Significance of the One-Way Speed of Light.” (1977)

  • Space, Time and Motion: A Philosophical Introduction

    Space, Time and Motion: A Philosophical Introduction
    Salmons book on Space, Time and Motion was written for the non-specialist reader. While succeeding in being both scientifically sound and intuitive, the book was written to be a beginners guide into the topic. Only an elementary background in geometry and mathematics were required.

  • Death

    Death
    On Sunday, April 22, 2001, Wesley C. Salmon, University Professor Emeritus of philosophy, and professor emeritus of the history and philosophy of science at the University, was killed instantly in an automobile accident.

  • Cited References.

    Galavotti, Maria Carla. “Wesley Salmon.” Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Stanford University, 13 July 2018, plato.stanford.edu/entries/wesley-salmon/#BiogNote. Grünbaum, Adolf. “University Times.” Obituary: Wesley C. Salmon, Andrew Mellon Professor of Philosophy of Science at Pitt., 3 May 2001, www.utimes.pitt.edu/archives/?p=1775.