Peter Achinstein
American philosopher of science (born 1935) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Peter Achinstein (born June 30, 1935) is an American philosopher of science at Johns Hopkins University.
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Born | (1935-06-30) June 30, 1935 (age 88) |
Era | Contemporary philosophy |
Region | Western philosophy |
School | Analytic |
Main interests | Philosophy of science, history of science |
Notable ideas | Explanatory concept of evidence, illocutionary theory of explanation, semantically vs. non-semantically relevant properties required in the construction of theoretical definitions[1] |
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