# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/elliott-sober
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:54:29.353Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/elliott-sober"
name: "Elliott Sober"
slug: "elliott-sober"
description: "Elliott R. Sober is an American philosopher. He is noted for his work in philosophy of biology and general philosophy of science. Sober is Hans Reichenbach Professor and William F. Vilas Research Professor Emeritus in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin–Madison."
tagline: "American philosopher (born 1948)"
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birthDate: "1948-06-06"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump