Hasok Chang
| Hasok Chang | |
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| Native name | 장하석 |
| Born |
March 26, 1967 Seoul, Republic of Korea |
| Residence | Cambridge, United Kingdom |
| Citizenship | American |
| Fields | History and philosophy of science |
| Institutions |
Harvard University University College London University of Cambridge |
| Education |
Northfield Mount Hermon School Hampshire College |
| Alma mater |
California Institute of Technology (B.S.) Harvard University Stanford University (Ph.D.) |
| Notable awards | Lakatos Award (2006), Fernando Gil International Prize for the Philosophy of Science (2013), Wilkins-Bernal-Medawar Lecture (2015) |
| Spouse | Gretchen Siglar |
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Website www |
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| Korean name | |
| Hangul | |
|---|---|
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Jang Haseok |
| McCune–Reischauer | Chang Hasŏk |
| Korean pronunciation: [tɕaŋɦasək] | |
Hasok Chang (Hangul: 장하석; Hanja: 張夏碩; born March 26, 1967) is a Korean-born American historian and philosopher of science currently serving as the Hans Rausing Professor at the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at University of Cambridge. He previously served as president of the British Society for the History of Science from 2012 to 2014.
His areas of interest include the history and philosophy of chemistry and physics, the philosophy of scientific practice, measurement in quantum mechanics, realism, scientific evidence, pluralism and pragmatism.
Chang was born in Seoul in 1967 to Korean civil servant (later politician) Che-Shik Chang and teacher Woo Sook Choi. Chang is the younger brother of economist Ha-Joon Chang and cousin of economist and Korea University professor Hasung Jang. He is married to psychotherapist Gretchen Siglar.
Chang studied at Northfield Mount Hermon School, Massachusetts and was a visiting student at Hampshire College in Massachusetts. He graduated at the California Institute of Technology in 1989 with a B.S. Honors in an Independent Studies Program, concentrating on theoretical physics and philosophy. He went to Stanford University where he completed his Ph.D. in 1993. His dissertation topic was entitled, Measurement and the Disunity of Quantum Physics. He was also a visiting graduate student at Harvard University.
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