Bas van Fraassen

Bas van Fraassen
Bas van Fraassen
Born	5 April 1941; Goes, German-occupied Netherlands
Education
Alma mater	University of Alberta; University of Pittsburgh;
Thesis	Foundations of the Causal Theory of Time (1966)
Doctoral advisor	Adolf Grünbaum
Philosophical work
Era	Contemporary philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	Analytic philosophy; Instrumentalism
Doctoral students	Paul Thagard
Main interests	Philosophy of science; Bayesian epistemology; Philosophical logic; Free logic;
Notable ideas	Constructive empiricism; Empiricist structuralism; Distinction between a theory's representing-as and representing-that; Supervaluationism; Epistemological voluntarism (reflection principle);

Bastiaan Cornelis "Bas" van Fraassen (/bɑːs vɑːn ˈfrɑːsən/; Dutch: [bɑs vɑn ˈfraːsə(n)]; born 5 April 1941) is a Dutch-American philosopher noted for his contributions to philosophy of science, epistemology and formal logic. He is a Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at San Francisco State University and the McCosh Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at Princeton University.

Bas van Fraassen
Born	(1941-04-05) 5 April 1941 Goes, German-occupied Netherlands

Education
Alma mater	University of Alberta University of Pittsburgh
Thesis	Foundations of the Causal Theory of Time (1966)
Doctoral advisor	Adolf Grünbaum
Philosophical work
Era	Contemporary philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	Analytic philosophy Instrumentalism
Doctoral students	Paul Thagard
Main interests	Philosophy of science Bayesian epistemology Philosophical logic Free logic
Notable ideas	Constructive empiricism Empiricist structuralism Distinction between a theory's representing-as and representing-that Supervaluationism Epistemological voluntarism (reflection principle)