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Larry Laudan, philosopher and historian of science and epistemologist of law, died on August 23 2022. He was 80 years old. Larry never forgot the joy of discovering astronomy. He was 11 years old and his family had recently moved to Dallas, Texas. Dale Dodd, a classmate invited Larry to join him in grinding telescope lenses and observing the ...
16 de dic. de 2023 · Four years after the publication of Progress and its Problems, the annus mirabilis of Larry’s career was to happen.In the year 1981, two ground-breaking publications appeared: the paper “A Confutation of Convergent Realism”, published in Philosophy of Science, and the collection of essays, titled Science and Hypothesis: Historical Essays on Scientific Methodology (Laudan, 1981).
August 2022. “Larry Laudan was a philosopher of and a historian of science. He was known for his work on scientific method, the evaluation of scientific theories, and the relationship between science and society. Laudan’s most influential books include “Progress and Its Problems: Towards a Theory of Scientific Growth” (1977) and ...
Demarcation problem. In philosophy of science and epistemology, the demarcation problem is the question of how to distinguish between science and non-science. [1] It also examines the boundaries between science, pseudoscience and other products of human activity, like art and literature and beliefs. [2] [3] The debate continues after more than ...
Education. B.A. (magna cum laude), University of Kansas (Physics), 1962; M.A., Princeton (Philosophy), 1964; Junior Research Fellow, Churchill College, University of ...
Larry Laudan, né à Austin, Texas, le 16 octobre 1941 et mort le 23 août 2022 [1], est un philosophe des sciences et un épistémologue américain contemporain. Il s'oppose avec force aux courants traditionnels du positivisme , du réalisme et du relativisme , et défend une certaine vision de la science, celle d'une institution privilégiée et progressive contre les défis populaires.
