Alan Chalmers Timeline

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  • Alan Chalmer's Birth

    Alan Chalmers was born

  • 1976 – What Is This Thing Called Science?

    Chalmers published this foundational text, critiquing traditional understandings of the scientific method and offering insights into the philosophy of science.
    Citation: Chalmers, A. F. What Is This Thing Called Science? 1st ed., Hackett, 1976.

  • 1982 – Science and Its Fabrication

    Chalmers examines how scientific facts are socially constructed, challenging the objectivity of science.
    Citation: Chalmers, A. F. Science and Its Fabrication. Open University Press, 1982.

  • 1999 – What Is This Thing Called Science? (3rd ed.)

    This edition adds new discussions on developments in scientific realism and anti-realism.
    Citation: Chalmers, A. F. What Is This Thing Called Science? 3rd ed., Open University Press, 1999.

  • 2009 – The Scientist’s Atom and the Philosopher’s Stone

    Chalmers discusses the history of atomic theory, bridging empirical science and philosophy.
    Citation: Chalmers, A. F. The Scientist’s Atom and the Philosopher’s Stone. Springer, 2009.