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Education
Larry Laudan was born in Austin Texas in 1941. He received his B.A. In physics from the University of Kansas in 1962. He then started to study philosophy earning hs M.A in 1964 and his PhD in 1965 from Princeton University. -
Progress and it's Problems
Laudan began to debate that science prefers theories that solve more problems. He argued with the likes of Popper and Lakatos. Who state that a new theory if proven correct is the new theory to agree with. Laudan believes that which ever theory solves the most problems is the more accepted theory. It was not all disagreements they agree on theories live and die as better things come to be, but new does not mean better because it can solve one single issue. -
Reticulated model
Laudan began to present he method of scientific change. He believed that core science can and should be changed. Although widely believed to be true many aspect's of science can be wrong and should be changeable no matter how inconvenient. This model does not depict a right "correct" science. Laudan stated that the is no single right inquiry. -
Laudan today
Laudan currently works at the University of Texas in Austin. His resent work is legal epistemology. He continues to teach philosophy and law to current students. -
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Major works
Laudan, Larry. Progress and Its Problems. Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1977
Laudan, L. Science and Values: the Aims of Science and Their Role in Scientific Debate. University of California Press, 1984. Laudan, Larry. Science and Relativism: Some Key Controversies in the Philosophy of Science. Univ. of Chicago Pr., 2004.
