Noretta Koertge | |
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Alma mater | University of London |
Institutions | Indiana University Bloomington |
Thesis | A study of relations between scientific theories: a test of the general correspondence principle (1969) |
Main interests
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History and philosophy of science |
Noretta Koertge is a philosopher of science noted for her work on Karl Popper and scientific rationality. She worked since 1981 as a Professor in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science and Indiana University and is now an Emeritus Professorship. She was editor-in-chief of the journal (1999–2004) Philosophy of Science, her election as a Fellow, in 1999, by American Association for the Advancement of Science and her being Editor-in-Chief of The New Dictionary of Scientific Biography (2004–2008). She is also a novelist.