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Bas C. van Fraassen

Author of The Scientific Image

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Includes the names: B van Fraassen, BC van Fraassen, Bas van Fraassen, Bas Van Fraassen, Bas C. van Frassen, B. C. van Fraassen, Bas C. Van Fraassen, Bas C. van Fraassen, Ba. C. van Fraassen, Bastiaan C. Van Fraassen, Bastiaan C. Van Fraassen, Professor Bas C. van Fraassen, Bastiaan Cornelis Van Fraassen

Works by Bas C. van Fraassen

The Scientific Image (1980) 199 copies

The Empirical Stance (2002) 87 copies

Laws and Symmetry (1989) 85 copies

Scientific Representation: Paradoxes of Perspective (2008) 62 copies

An Introduction to the Philosophy of Time and Space (1978) 51 copies

Quantum Mechanics: An Empiricist View (1991) 41 copies

Formal Semantics and Logic (1971) 15 copies

Topics in the Foundation of Statistics (1997) 4 copies

The Manifest and Scientific Image 1 copy

'The sham victory of abstraction' in TLS 5073, 23 June 2000 [review of Feyerabend's 'Conquest of Abundance'] 1 copy

Associated Works

Philosophy of Science: The Central Issues (1998) — Contributor — 343 copies, 2 reviews

Hermes and Athena: Biblical Exegesis and Philosophical Theology (1993) — Contributor — 20 copies

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Other names: Van Fraassen, Bastiaan Cornelis
Birthdate: 1941-04-05
Gender: male
Education: University of Pittsburgh (PhD|1966)
University of Alberta (BA|1963)
Occupations: philosopher
university professor
Organizations: San Francisco State University
Princeton University
Nationality: Netherlands
Birthplace: Goes, Netherlands
Associated Place (for map): Goes, Netherlands

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Lakatos Award in Philosophy of Science

The Scientific Image (1986)

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Works: 10
Also by: 2
Members: 546
Popularity: #45,668
Rating: 3.9

ISBNs: 32
Languages: 5
Favorited: 1

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