Giere, Ronald N.
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Name (Latin)
Giere, Ronald N.
Date of birth
1938-11-29
Date of death
2020-05-20
Associated country
United States
Field of activity
Science--History
Science--Philosophy
Occupation
Historians of science
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
Language
English
Biographical or Historical Data
assoc. prof. of history and science at Indiana University
Sources of Information
- Foundations of scientific method: the nineteenth century, 1973.
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Wikipedia description:
Ronald Giere (1938 – 2020) was an American philosopher of science who was an emeritus professor of philosophy at the University of Minnesota. He was a Fellow of The AAAS, a long-time member of the editorial board of the journal Philosophy of Science, and a past president of the Philosophy of Science Association. His research focused on agent-based accounts of models and scientific representation, and on connections between naturalism and secularism.
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