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Everything about Bas van Fraassen
American philosopher (born 1941)
Bastiaan Cornelis "Bas" van Fraassen is a Dutch-American philosopher noted for his contributions to philosophy of science, epistemology and formal logic. He is a distinguished professor of philosophy at San Francisco State University and the McCosh Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at Princeton University. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Bas van FraassenA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: É possível reabilitar o empirismo no Ensino de Ciências? Virtude pragmática sob a ótica antirrealista de Bas van FraassenInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: BAS Van FraassenThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: II—Bas C. van Fraassen: Structuralism(s) about Science: Some Common ProblemsCited 16 times
- Go sideways: VerificationismA closely related topic
- Go sideways: InstrumentalismA closely related topic
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
II—Bas C. van Fraassen: Structuralism(s) about Science: Some Common Problems
What can Bas believe? Musgrave and van Fraassen on observability
Bas van Fraassen on Scientific Representation
The Scientific Image by Bas C. van Fraassen
Bas C. van Fraassen. Scientific Representation: Paradoxes of Perspective. Oxford: Oxford University Press2008. Pp. xiv + 408.
Bas C. van Fraassen, The Empirical Stance. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2002
The two antirealisms of Bas van Fraassen
Full Belief and Probability: Comments on Van Fraassen
🆕 Influential since 2022
É possível reabilitar o empirismo no Ensino de Ciências? Virtude pragmática sob a ótica antirrealista de Bas van Fraassen
A Natureza da representação a partir do referencial de Bas van Fraassen e a atribuição de sentido ao conhecimento químico escolar
Bas van Fraassen’s Constructive Empiricism and Bruno Latour’s Constructivism
Should We Believe in Cells, or Just Remain Agnostic about Them? A Critical Analysis Through Bas van Fraassen’s Lenses.
📚 Books worth reading
- 📕BAS Van FraassenAndreas Berg-Hildebrand, Christian Suhm · 2006
- 📕Experimental Side of ModelingIsabelle F. Peschard, Bas C. van Fraassen · 2018
Images of EmpiricismBradley Monton · 2007
An introduction to the philosophy of time and spaceBas C. Van Fraassen · 1970- 📕Bas van Fraassen's Approach to Representation and Models in ScienceWenceslao J. Gonzalez · 2014
Bas C. van FraassenChristian Suhm · 2006
The scientific imageBas C. Van Fraassen · 1980
Formal semantics and logicBas C. Van Fraassen · 1971
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