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Larry Laudan

University of Texas at Austin
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  • University of Texas at Austin
    Department of Philosophy
    Regular Faculty (Part-time)
Princeton University
Department of Philosophy
PhD, 1965
Areas of Specialization
20th Century Philosophy
General Philosophy of Science
17th/18th Century Philosophy
Areas of Interest
Philosophy of Law
General Philosophy of Science
  • All publications (101)
  •  87
    Progress and Its Problems: Toward a Theory of Scientific Growth
    Erkenntnis 15 (1): 91-103. 1980.
  • The Book of Risks: Fascinating Facts about the Chances We Take Every Day
    with Kristin Shrader-Frechette
    Philosophy of Science 64 (3): 515. 1997.
    Science, Logic, and Mathematics
  •  211
    II.1 The Pseudo-Science of Science?
    Philosophy of the Social Sciences 11 (2): 173-198. 1981.
    Philosophy of Social ScienceSociology of Science
  •  114
    For Method: or, Against Feyerabend
    In James Robert Brown & Jürgen Mittelstrass (eds.), An Intimate Relation: Studies in the History and Philosophy of Science Presented to Robert E. Butts on His 60th Birthday (Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science), Springer. 1989.
    Paul Feyerabend
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    Science and Values: The Aims of Science and Their Role in Scientific Debate
    University of California Press. 1984.
    Laudan constructs a fresh approach to a longtime problem for the philosopher of science: how to explain the simultaneous and widespread presence of both agreement and disagreement in science. Laudan critiques the logical empiricists and the post-positivists as he stresses the need for centrality and values and the interdependence of values, methods, and facts as prerequisites to solving the problems of consensus and dissent in science
    Science and ValuesScientific TruthScientific Progress
  •  149
    A Confutation of Convergent Realism
    In Yuri Balashov & Alex Rosenberg (eds.), Philosophy of Science: Contemporary Readings, Routledge. pp. 211. 2001.
    Theory Change
  •  92
    Damn the Consequences!
    Proceedings and Addresses of the American Philosophical Association 69 (2). 1995.
  •  99
    Reviews (review)
    British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 20 (2): 154-157. 1969.
    Science, Logic, and Mathematics
  •  26
    The rules of trial, political morality and the costs of error: or, Is proof beyond a reasonable doubt doing more harm than good?
    In Leslie Green & Brian Leiter (eds.), Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Law, Oxford University Press. 2011.
    Value Theory, Miscellaneous
  • Beyond Positivism and Relativism: Theory, Method, and Evidence
    Philosophy 73 (283): 136-139. 1998.
  •  63
    Put “proof beyond a reasonable doubt” out to pasture?
    In Andrei Marmor (ed.), The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Law, Routledge. pp. 317. 2012.
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