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Fred Wilson (3) (1937–)

Author of Explanation, Causation and Deduction (The Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science Book 26)

For other authors named Fred Wilson, see the disambiguation page.

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About the Author

Fred Wilson is a professor in the Department of Philosophy, University of Toronto

Works by Fred Wilson

Explanation, Causation and Deduction (The Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science Book 26) (1985) 6 copies

The logic and methodology of science in early modern thought : seven studies (1999) 6 copies

Empiricism and Darwin's Science (1991) 5 copies

The logic and methodology of science and pseudoscience (2000) 4 copies

The external world and our knowledge of it : Hume's critical realism, an exposition and a defence (2008) 4 copies

Psychological Analysis and the Philosophy of John Stuart Mill (1990) 3 copies

Laws and Other Worlds: A Humean Account of Laws and Counterfactuals (1986) 3 copies

Body, Mind and Self in Hume's Critical Realism (Philosophical Analysis) (2008) 3 copies

Acquaintance, ontology, and knowledge collected essays in ontology (2007) 3 copies

Hume's defence of causal inference (1997) 2 copies

Logic: An Introduction 1 copy

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Common Knowledge

Canonical name: Wilson, Fred
Legal name: Wilson, Fred Forster, Jr.
Birthdate: 1937-12-27
Gender: male
Education: McMaster University (BS|Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics|1960)
University of Iowa (PhD|Philosophy|1965)
Occupations: professor
Awards and honors: Royal Society of Canada (fellow, 1984)
Canadian Who's Who (1990-)
Nationality: Canada
Birthplace: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Places of residence: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Associated Place (for map): Ontario, Canada

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ISBNs: 57
Languages: 2

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