Branden Fitelson (; born August 17, 1969) is an American philosopher and Distinguished Professor of
Philosophy
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at
Northeastern University
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.
He is known for his expertise on
formal epistemology
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and
philosophy of science
Philosophy of science is the branch of philosophy concerned with the foundations, methods, and implications of science. Amongst its central questions are the difference between science and non-science, the reliability of scientific theories, ...
.
Articles
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Edward N. Zalta and Branden Fitelson
"Steps Toward a Computational Metaphysics" ''Journal of Philosophical Logic'' 36(2) (April 2007): 227–247.
See also
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Evolutionary argument against naturalism
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Minimal axioms for Boolean algebra
References
External links
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Branden Fitelson at Northeastern UniversityBranden Fitelson: The Wason Task(s) and the Paradox of Confirmation
21st-century American philosophers
Analytic philosophers
American philosophy academics
University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni
Northeastern University faculty
Living people
American logicians
1969 births
People from Syracuse, New York
Mathematicians from New York (state)
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