Ronald Giere

Ronald Giere (29 November 1938 – 20 May 2020) was an American philosopher of science. He was an emeritus professor of philosophy at the University of Minnesota. He was a Fellow of The AAAS, a long-time member of the editorial board of the journal *Philosophy of Science*, and a past president of the Philosophy of Science Association. His research focused on agent-based accounts of models and scientific representation, and on connections between naturalism and secularism. In his book *Scientific Perspectivism*, Giere developed a version of perspectival realism, arguing that scientific descriptions are selective and influenced by human perspective, akin to colors, maps, and models. He taught at Indiana University Bloomington from 1966 to 1987. Giere authored several books, including *Understanding Scientific Reasoning*, *Explaining Science: A Cognitive Approach*, *Science Without Laws*, and *Scientific Perspectivism*. He also edited multiple volumes on the philosophy of science.