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Bas van Fraassen

American philosopher · Netherlands · On the map · Academics · Born 1941 · age 85

Bastiaan Cornelis "Bas" van Fraassen 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.

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