# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/larry-laudan
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:06:22.121Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/larry-laudan"
name: "Larry Laudan"
slug: "larry-laudan"
description: "Laurens Lynn \"Larry\" Laudan was an American philosopher of science and epistemologist. He strongly criticized the traditions of positivism, realism, and relativism, and he defended a view of science as a privileged and progressive institution against challenges. Laudan's philosophical view of \"research traditions\" is seen as an important alternative to Imre Lakatos's \"research programs\"."
tagline: "American philosopher (1941–2022)"
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birthDate: "1941-10-16"
deathDate: "2022-08-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump