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Quick overview of his life and work
Bas Van Fraassen was born on April 5, 1941 and has nothing less than a distinguished career. Van Fraassen has contributed so much to the scientific community. An original founder of the Kira Institute, A member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, member of the Netherlands Royal Academy of Arts and Sciences, a member of the Académie Internationale de Philosophie des Sciences. -
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Education and Teaching
Bas Van has had an incredible journey. Earning his BA from the University of Alberta, his MA PhD from the University of Pittsburg. Throughout his career he has taught at many prestigious schools including the University of Southern California (USC), the University of Toronto, Princeton University and Yale. Currently his is a professor of philosophy at San Francisco State University and the McCosh Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at Princeton University. -
Lakatos Award
In 1989, Bas Van Fraassen won the Lakatos award for his contributions for science. -
Laws and Symmetry
Bas van Fraassen's Laws and Symmetry tried to invent the ground-work for explaining physical phenomena without using the assumption that such phenomena are caused by rules or laws. He argues, "the possibility that theories could have empirical equivalence but differ in their ontological commitments. He rejects the notion that the aim of science is to produce an account of the physical world that is literally true, but rather that its aim is to produce theories that are empirically adequate." (2) -
References
1.“Bas C. van Fraassen | Closer to Truth.” Www.Closertotruth.com, www.closertotruth.com/contributor/bas-van-fraassen/profile. Accessed 10 Nov. 2020.
2.“Bas Van Fraassen - Bas Van Fraassen Biography - Poem Hunter.” Www.Poemhunter.com, www.poemhunter.com/bas-van-fraassen/biography/. Accessed 10 Nov. 2020. -
References
3.Comments, 15 September 1987|Lakatos Award Winner|0. “1986 Lakatos Award.” Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method, 15 Sept. 1987, www.lse.ac.uk/philosophy/blog/1987/09/15/1986-lakatos-award-bas-van-fraassen-and-hartry-field/. Accessed 10 Nov. 2020. -
Image References
Amazonaws.com, 2020, content-calpoly-edu.s3.amazonaws.com/philosophy/1/images/news-and-events/2015.03-bas-van-fraassen-2.jpg. Accessed 10 Nov. 2020.
