Olaf L. Müller studied mathematics, philosophy, economics, and computer science in Göttingen (Germany); PhD in philosophy (Göttingen 1996); Professor of philosophy at Humboldt University Berlin, specializing in the philosophy of science, and "Naturphilosophie" (since 2003). He is writing on topics ranging from metaphysics (such as immortality) and the philosophy of language (Schlick, Quine, etc.) to moral and political philosophy (such as climatic change and pacifism). At present, he is completing a monograph on Newton and Goethe. In ealier monographs he defended the notions of synonymy and analyticity against Quine (1998), strengthened Putna…

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