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Professor Bas Van Fraassen FBA

Logic and philosophy of science, with concentration on foundations of physics, within an empiricist approach
Fellow type
International Fellow
Year elected
2008
Subjects
Philosophy
Sections
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

2008 -

Unknown Unknown Distinguished University Professor, San Francisco State University

2008 -

Princeton

1982 - 2008

University of Southern California, Los Angeles

1976 - 1981

University of Toronto

1969 - 1982

Yale University Yale University

1966 - 1969

Publications

Scientific Representation: Paradoxes of Perspective 2008

The Scientific Image 1980

The Peculiar Effects of Love and Desire 1988

The Empirical Stance 2002

Other Fellows of the British Academy

Professor Sir Richard Sorabji FBA

Philosophy of Mind, Ethics, Philosophy of Physics, Metaphysics, History of Greek and Roman Philosophy (all branches) to 600CE, History of Islamic, Philosophy, Indian Philosophy, Philosophy of Church Fathers to 600CE

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Professor Cecilia Trifogli FBA

The Medieval Latin reception of Aristotle's philosophy in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, especially natural philosophy, rational psychology, and metaphysics; critical editions of Medieval Latin philosophical texts

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Professor Matthew Kramer FBA

Political, moral, and legal philosophy: deontological ethics; justice; moral realism as a moral doctrine; legal positivism and legal objectivity; rights and freedom

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