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PHIL202_Week7_Timeline Entry_Bas van Fraassen_ (1941- Present)

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  • Birth of Bas van Fraassen

    Bas van Fraasseen was born on April 5, 1941 in Goes, Netherlands and is currently still alive at the age of 77 years old.

  • Interesting Fact

    Bas van Fraassen was born during the time the Germans occupied the Netherlands, his father was forced by the Nazis to work in Hamburg. After the war his family emigrated to Edmonton, Canada.

  • Education

    Bachelors degree: 1963 University of Alberta
    Masters degree: 1964 University of Pittsburgh
    Ph.D.: 1966 University of Pittsburgh

  • Philosophical Work

    Philosophical Work
    Coined the term Constructive Empiricism in his book The Scientific Image, published in 1980.

  • Laws of Symmetry

    Laws of Symmetry
    He attempted to lay the ground work for explaining physical phenomena without assuming that such phenomena are caused by the laws and rules by which can be said to cause or govern their behaviors.

  • References

    References
    "Bas Van Fraassen." Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., www.britannica.com/biography/Bas-van-Fraassen. "Bas Van Fraasseen." Department of Philosophy, philosophy.sfsu.edu/people/faculty/bas-van-fraassen. Fraassen, Bas C van. "Bas C. Van Fraassen." Princeton University, The Trustees of Princeton University, www. princeton.edu/~fraassen/.