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Professor Bas Van Fraassen FBA

Logic and philosophy of science, with concentration on foundations of physics, within an empiricist approach

Elected 2008

Fellow type: Corresponding Fellow
Year elected: 2008
Subjects: Philosophy
Website: http://www.princeton.edu/~fraassen/

Current post

Distinguished University Professor, San Francisco State University

Past appointments

Unknown Unknown Distinguished University Professor, San Francisco State University

Jan 2008 -

Unknown Unknown Distinguished University Professor, San Francisco State University

Jan 2008 -

Princeton

Jan 1982 - Jan 2008

University of Southern California, Los Angeles

Jan 1976 - Jan 1981

University of Toronto

Jan 1969 - Jan 1982

Yale University Yale University

Jan 1966 - Jan 1969

Publications

Scientific Representation: Paradoxes of Perspective 2008

The Scientific Image 1980

The Peculiar Effects of Love and Desire 1988

The Empirical Stance 2002

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