Bas van Fraassen

Bas van Fraassen
Born	(1941-04-05) 5 April 1941 (age 75) Goes, Netherlands
Alma mater	University of Alberta University of Pittsburgh
Era	21st-century philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	Analytic philosophy
Main interests	Philosophy of science Epistemology Philosophical logic
Notable ideas	Constructive empiricism Empiricist structuralism Reflection principle
Influences Hans Reichenbach Wilfrid Sellars Adolf Grünbaum
Influenced Alvin Plantinga Elisabeth Lloyd Nancy Cartwright Michael Rea Arthur Fine Hans Halvorson

Bastiaan Cornelis van Fraassen (born 5 April 1941) is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at San Francisco State University and the McCosh Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at Princeton University, noted for his seminal contributions to philosophy of science.

Van Fraassen earned his B.A. (1963) from the University of Alberta and his M.A. (1964) and Ph.D. (1966, under the direction of Adolf Grünbaum) from the University of Pittsburgh. He previously taught at Yale University, the University of Southern California, the University of Toronto and, from 1982 to 2008, at Princeton University, where he is now emeritus. At San Francisco State University, he teaches courses in the philosophy of science, philosophical logic and the role of models in scientific practice.

Van Fraassen is an adult convert to the Roman Catholic Church and is one of the founders of the Kira Institute. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; an overseas member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences since 1995; and a member of the Académie Internationale de Philosophie des Sciences ("International Academy of the Philosophy of Science"). In 1986, van Fraassen received the Lakatos Award for his contributions to the philosophy of science and, in 2012, the Philosophy of Science Association's inaugural Hempel Award for lifetime achievement in philosophy of science.

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