Bastiaan Vas Fraassen (1941-Present)

By Savanna D.

  • Published "The Scientific Image"

    Description in the Assignments Text Box.

  • Published Laws and Symmetry

    Van Fraasseen writes on how advanced science started to focus on structural characteristics of models along with the development of mathematical methods.

  • Published "The Empirical Stance"

    Part of the "Terry Lecture Series", van Fraassen presents a newer look on empiricism to include critiques of metaphysics, problems of conceptual revolutions, and the connection between secularism and philosophy with science.

  • "How Does Philosophy Illuminate the Physical World?"

    https://youtu.be/jN_Ds6mmino?si=GVJyegEZHDfzgDph
    Bas van Fraassen participates in a discussion with Robert Kuhn with Closer To Truth on materialism, science, and empiricism, sharing his views and beliefs on the physical world.