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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 Rae Langton FBA

Ethical aspects of speech act theory and social epistemology; metaphysics of properties; history of philosophy, especially Kant; free speech, hate speech and media ethics; feminist perspectives on pornography and objectification

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Professor Christian List FBA

Philosophical foundations of the social sciences; political philosophy; theories of individual and collective decision-making

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Professor Robert Brandom FBA

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