Gerhard Schurz
Current status: Since 2002, Full Professor and Chair of Theoretical Philosophy at the Heinrich Heine University of Duesseldorf. Since 2011 Director of the Duesseldorf Center for Logic and Philosophy of Science (DCLPS). Since 2016 President of the GWP (German Society for Philosophy of Science)
Biography: 1980 Mag. rer. nat. in chemistry/physics (Univ. of Graz,. Austria), 1983 PhD in philosophy/sociology (Univ. of Graz,. Austria). 1989 habilitation (University of Salzburg, Austria). 1983-2000 Assistant and Associate Professor at the University of Salzburg. Professor for Philosophy of Science in Erfurt (2000-2002). Since 2002 Visiting Professor at the University of California at Irvine (1989, 1996), University of Fribourg (1991), Bochum (1997), Yale Universi-y (1999), Graz (2009, 2011), Vienna (2010).
Research areas: Philosophy of science, logic, epistemology, cognitive science, meta-ethics. Author of 10 books and approx. 200 papers (80 in refereed interna-tional journals). Authored books (among others): The Is-Ought Problem (Kluwer 1997), Einführung in die Wissenschaftstheorie (Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft 2006, 4th edition 2014), Evolution in Natur und Kultur (Spektrum Akademischer Verlag 2011), Philosophy of Science: A Unified Approach (Routledge 2013), Wahrscheinlichkeit (de Gruyter 2015). Edited books (among others): Erklären und Versehen in den Wissenschaften (Oldenbourg 1990), Law and Prediction in the Light of Chaos Research, (Springer, Berlin 1996, with P. Weingartner), Reliable Knowledge and Social Epistemology (Rodopi 2009, with M. Werning), Werte in den Wissenschaften (Suhrkamp 2013, with M. Carrier), Die multiparadigmatische Struktur der Wissenschaften (Springer VS, Wiesbaden 2014, with S. Kornmesser).
Most recent paper "Impossibility results for rational belief" (to appear in Nous). Most recent book to be published "Hume's Problem Solved: The Optimality of Meta-Induction" (to appear with MIIT Press).
Phone: Fon: +49-(0)211-811-2914 (-5763)
Address: Professor Gerhard Schurz
Heinrich Heine University Duesseldorf
Institut fuer Philosophie
Universitaetsstrasse 1, Geb. 24.52,
40225 Duesseldorf, Germany
Biography: 1980 Mag. rer. nat. in chemistry/physics (Univ. of Graz,. Austria), 1983 PhD in philosophy/sociology (Univ. of Graz,. Austria). 1989 habilitation (University of Salzburg, Austria). 1983-2000 Assistant and Associate Professor at the University of Salzburg. Professor for Philosophy of Science in Erfurt (2000-2002). Since 2002 Visiting Professor at the University of California at Irvine (1989, 1996), University of Fribourg (1991), Bochum (1997), Yale Universi-y (1999), Graz (2009, 2011), Vienna (2010).
Research areas: Philosophy of science, logic, epistemology, cognitive science, meta-ethics. Author of 10 books and approx. 200 papers (80 in refereed interna-tional journals). Authored books (among others): The Is-Ought Problem (Kluwer 1997), Einführung in die Wissenschaftstheorie (Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft 2006, 4th edition 2014), Evolution in Natur und Kultur (Spektrum Akademischer Verlag 2011), Philosophy of Science: A Unified Approach (Routledge 2013), Wahrscheinlichkeit (de Gruyter 2015). Edited books (among others): Erklären und Versehen in den Wissenschaften (Oldenbourg 1990), Law and Prediction in the Light of Chaos Research, (Springer, Berlin 1996, with P. Weingartner), Reliable Knowledge and Social Epistemology (Rodopi 2009, with M. Werning), Werte in den Wissenschaften (Suhrkamp 2013, with M. Carrier), Die multiparadigmatische Struktur der Wissenschaften (Springer VS, Wiesbaden 2014, with S. Kornmesser).
Most recent paper "Impossibility results for rational belief" (to appear in Nous). Most recent book to be published "Hume's Problem Solved: The Optimality of Meta-Induction" (to appear with MIIT Press).
Phone: Fon: +49-(0)211-811-2914 (-5763)
Address: Professor Gerhard Schurz
Heinrich Heine University Duesseldorf
Institut fuer Philosophie
Universitaetsstrasse 1, Geb. 24.52,
40225 Duesseldorf, Germany
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