The Philosopher
Bas van Fraassen
The face
The background
- Nationality:
- Dutch-American
- Schools:
- Analytic philosophy, Instrumentalism
- Branchs:
- Philosophy of science, Epistemology, Formal Logic, Philosophy of quantum mechanics, Bayesian epistemology, Free logic, Supervaluation semantics, The role of modeling in scientific practice
- Period:
- Contemporary philosophy
The synopsis
The works
Scientific Representation: Paradoxes of Perspective
The Empirical Stance
Quantum Mechanics: An Empiricist View
Laws and Symmetry
The Scientific Image
Derivation and Counterexample: An Introduction to Philosophical Logic
Formal Semantics and Logic
An Introduction to the Philosophy of Time and Space