# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-robert-brown
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:05:01.139Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-robert-brown"
name: "James Robert Brown"
slug: "james-robert-brown"
description: "James Robert Brown is a Canadian philosopher of science. He is an emeritus professor of philosophy at the University of Toronto. In the philosophy of mathematics, he has advocated mathematical Platonism, visual reasoning, and in the philosophy of science he has defended scientific realism mostly against anti-realist views associated with social constructivism. He has also argued for the socialization of medical research. He is largely known for his work on thought experiments."
tagline: "Canadian philosopher"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
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profileType:
  name: "Academic"
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1949"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.4137931034482759
  historical:           5.472102666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "James Robert Brown"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Robert_Brown"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump