Salmon

Wesley Charles Salmon (1925 - 2001)

By Linda_Ford

  • Birth

  • Wayne University

    Salmon began his studies.

  • Master's Degree from the University of Chicago

    He had originally planned to become a minister but switched to philosophy.

  • Earned PhD in Philosophy at UCLA

    He encountered Hans Reichenbach.
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    Brown University

    Faculty member.

  • Change in perspective

    While working at Brown University, Salmon decided to switch views to the different scientific disciplines.

  • The Foundations of Scientific Inference

    Salmon addressed absolute and relevance confirmation.
  • Second Marriage

    Second Marriage

    Married fellow philosopher of science, Merrilee Ashby.

  • Space, Time, and Motion: A Philosophical Introduction

    Focused on probability and induction with a basic approach to things like geometry and mathematics.

  • University of Pittsburgh

    Professor and chairperson in the Department of Philosophy

  • What? Where? When? Why?

    Published autobiography.
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    Appointed University Professor at University of Pittsburgh

    Succeeded Carl Hempel as University Professor at the Philosophy department.
  • Scientific Explanation and the Causal Structure of the World

    Scientific Explanation and the Causal Structure of the World

    Series of articles, including the introduction of the statistical-relevance model.
  • Four Decades of Scientific Explanation

    Four Decades of Scientific Explanation

    Expressed further counter-examples to Hempel's theories; focused on explaining low probability events.
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    President of the Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science division of the International Union of History and Philosophy of Science

  • Authored Causality and Explanation

  • Death

    Salmon passed away in a car accident.