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Wesley C. Salmon

By KholeH16

  • Birth date and place

    Wesley C. Salmon was born cn in Detroit yo Wallis, a mechanical and electrical engineer, and Ruth Springer a school teacher.

  • School

    Wesley moved to University of Chicago . He entered the University with the intention to become a minister.

  • Degree

    Salmon obtained his Ph.D and held teaching positions at Washington State College; ULCA; Northwestern University, and Brown University.
  • Relationship

    Relationship

    Wesley married Merrilee Ashby, her self a philosopher of science.

  • Living Situation

    Salmon and his wife left Indiana and took positions at the University of Arizona, to stay there until 1981.

  • Lecture

    Wesley delivered a lecture course on "Forty years of scientific explanation".

  • Death of Wesley Salmon

    Salmon died in a car accident on his way home from a family visit in Indiana.