Larry Laudan
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Gender | Male |
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Age | 83 |
Date of birth | October 16,1941 |
Zodiac sign | Libra |
Born | Austin |
Texas | |
United States | |
Influenced | James T. Cushing |
Era | Contemporary philosophy |
Influenced by | Charles Sanders Peirce |
John Dewey | |
Job | Philosopher |
Education | Princeton University |
University of Kansas | |
Books | Science and Hypothesis: Historical Essays on Scientific Methodology |
Science and Values: The Aims of Science and Their Role in Scientific Debate | |
La dynamique de la science | |
Science and Relativism: Some Key Controversies in the Philosophy of Science | |
The book of risks | |
Beyond positivism and relativism | |
Danger Ahead: The Risks You Really Face on Life's Highway | |
Truth, error, and criminal law | |
The Law's Flaws: Rethinking Trials and Errors? | |
Progress and Its Problems | |
Interests | Philosophy Of Science |
Epistemology | |
Philosophy Of Science | |
Law | |
Evidence | |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 513748 |
Larry Laudan Life story
Larry Laudan is an American philosopher of science and epistemologist. He has strongly criticized the traditions of positivism, realism, and relativism, and he has defended a view of science as a privileged and progressive institution against popular challenges.