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Alan Chalmers Life
Alan Chalmers is a british-australian philosopher born in Bristol, England in 1939. He is currently still living and an associate professor at the University of Sydney -
Bachelors degree
Alan Chalmers earned his Bachelors of Science in Physics in 1961 from the University of Bristol -
Masters Degree
Then earned his Masters of Science in Physics in 1964 at the University of Manchester. -
PhD
Lastly earned his PhD from the University of London in 1971 for his electromagnetic theory. -
What is this thing called science?
This is a book about the philosophy of science that addresses shortcomings of naive empiricism and uses very little technical terms. Chalmers, A. F. What is this thing called science? / Alan Chalmers University of Queensland Press St. Lucia, Queensland 2013 -
Science and Its Fabrication
This book is directed towards sociologists and neo-Marxists whose views of science believe it should be ideological and subjective. It defends the objectivity of science and to accept it for what it is. Chalmers, Alan F. Science and Its Fabrication. Open University Press, 1994. -
Contributions to Philosophy of Science
He has a particular area that interests him. He theorizes about the precise ways in which evidence provides confirmation for physical theories. He uses the atomic theory from the 19th century to compare to present day and how the physicists of the past lacked the theoretical and experimental resources to detect and learn about atoms. Alan Chalmers has been recognized by the Australian Government for 'Services to the Humanities in the area of History and Philosophy of Science. -
The Scientist's Atom and the Philosophers Stone
This book aims to draw the line between science and philosophy. Not just draw the line but also show that science and philosophy can co-exist and even reach the same end-goal. It does this by showing a history of the atom and the theories behind the atom and going all the way to when science proved the existence of these atoms.