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Bastiaan Cornelis Van Fraassen
Was born April 5th 1941 in Goes, Netherlands. -
Moving across the Atlantic
Fraassen and his family move to Canada in 1956. -
Bachelor of Arts
Frassen earns his degree in philosophy from the University of Alberta. Refrences:
Princeton University . “Bastiaan Cornelius Van Fraassen | Dean of the Faculty.” Princeton University, The Trustees of Princeton University, June 2008, https://dof.princeton.edu/about/clerk-faculty/emeritus/bastiaan-cornelius-van-fraassen. -
Master of Arts
Fraassen goes on to the University of Pittsburgh to earn his master of arts degree in 1964. Refrences:
Princeton University . “Bastiaan Cornelius Van Fraassen | Dean of the Faculty.” Princeton University, The Trustees of Princeton University, June 2008, https://dof.princeton.edu/about/clerk-faculty/emeritus/bastiaan-cornelius-van-fraassen. -
Dr. Fraassen
in 1966 Fraassen earns his PH.D. from the University of Pittsburgh. Refrences:
Princeton University . “Bastiaan Cornelius Van Fraassen | Dean of the Faculty.” Princeton University, The Trustees of Princeton University, June 2008, https://dof.princeton.edu/about/clerk-faculty/emeritus/bastiaan-cornelius-van-fraassen. -
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Teaching
Fraassen was offered a teaching job at Princeton but passed it up in favor of Yale. The irony was that he would later return to teach at Princeton. -
An Introduction to the Philosophy of Time and Space
One of the first of many pieces of literature to come from Fraassen. -
Formal Semantics And Logic
Another book from Fraassen. -
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Teaching
Fraassen taught at the University Toronto. -
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Teaching
Fraassen taught at the University of Southern California. -
Constructive Empiricism
This term comes from his book The Scientific Image which had a profound effect on the field of philosophy of science and is what he is most well known for. Refrences:
Monton, Bradley, and Chad Mohler. “Constructive Empiricism.” Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Stanford University, 17 Jan. 2017, https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/constructive-empiricism/. -
The Scientific Image
"Bas argues for a bold position in the philosophy of science that he calls “constructive empiricism.” According to constructive empiricism, “science aims to give us theories which are empirically adequate; and acceptance of a theory involves as belief only that it is empirically adequate,” where a theory is empircally adequate, roughly speaking, “if what it says about the observable things and events in this world, is true—exactly if it ‘saves the phenomena." (Princeton University 2008) -
Coming Full Circle
Fraassen returns to where he initially was offered a job teaching at Princeton. Refrences:
Princeton University . “Bastiaan Cornelius Van Fraassen | Dean of the Faculty.” Princeton University, The Trustees of Princeton University, June 2008, https://dof.princeton.edu/about/clerk-faculty/emeritus/bastiaan-cornelius-van-fraassen. -
Laws and Symmetry
Another book put out by Fraassen that had a profound effect and that he is well known for. -
Howard T. Behrman Award
Fraassen receives this award at Princeton for his work. Refrences:
Princeton University . “Bastiaan Cornelius Van Fraassen | Dean of the Faculty.” Princeton University, The Trustees of Princeton University, June 2008, https://dof.princeton.edu/about/clerk-faculty/emeritus/bastiaan-cornelius-van-fraassen. -
Fellow of The American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Fraassen was elected in 1997 -
The Empirical Stance
One of Fraassens more recent works digging into the world of philosophy of science and logic while tying in religion in to the mix and how they all play together. -
Scientific Representation: Paradoxes of Perspective
One of Fraassens more recent works focusing on how scientist interpret and represent data. -
The Hempel Award
Fraassen gets the Philosophy of Science Association's Hempel Award, which is named after the well known science philosopher Carl Gustav Hempel. -
Bas van Fraassen
The limits and scopes as described by Bas Van Fraassen. https://youtu.be/brAOVfAoimQ
