Bas van fraassen

Bas van Fraassen: 5 April 1941-

By leah.coleman.402

  • Bas van Fassen: Does God Mix with Science?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rThBDxMgNRk&t=8s

  • Birth

    Bas C. Van Fraassen was born in Goes, the Netherlands, on 5 April 1941.

  • Emigration

    Van Fraassen emigrated to Canada with his family the summer of 1956.

  • Bachelors Degree

    Van Fraassen is awarded a Bachelor of Arts with honors in Philosophy from the University of Alberta.

  • Masters Degree

    Van Fraassen is awarded a Master of Arts from University of Pittsburgh.

  • Doctorate

    van Fraassen is awarded a Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Pittsburgh. His dissertation was on the causal theory of time.

  • The Scientific Image

    Van Fraassen created the term “constructive empiricism” in his book The Scientific Image. He argued for agnosticism about the reality of unobservable entities.

  • Lakatos Award

    Van Fraassen received the Lakatos Award for his contributions to the philosophy of science.

  • Laws and Symmetry

    Van Fraassen wrote Laws and Symmetry. He laid the groundwork for explaining physical phenomena without assuming that such phenomena are caused by rules or laws which can be said to cause or govern their behavior.

  • The Kira Institute

    Van Fraassen helps create the Kira Institute. Their aim was to investigate the limits of scientific knowledge, and their fundamental question was "Starting from a scientific worldview, what else is true?".

  • Hempel Award

    Van Fraassen received the Philosophy of Science Association's inaugural Hempel Award for lifetime achievement in philosophy of science.