Dudley Shapere

Dudley Shapere
BornMay 27, 1928
Harlingen, Texas, U.S.
DiedDecember 26, 2016 (aged 92)
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S.
SpouseHannah Hardgrave
Parent(s)Abraham Dudley Shapere (1892-1941) and Corinne Pupkin
Education
EducationHarvard University (PhD)
Philosophical work
EraContemporary philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolAnalytic philosophy
InstitutionsWake Forest College, Ohio State University, University of Chicago, University of Illinois, University of Maryland
Main interestsphilosophy of science

Dudley Shapere (May 27, 1928 – December 26, 2016) was an American philosopher and Reynolds Professor Emeritus of the Philosophy and History of Science at Wake Forest College.[1] He is known for his works on philosophy of science.[2][3][4][5] He received the Quantrell Award.[6]

Books

  • Reason and the Search for Knowledge. Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, Vol. 78. Dordrecht: D. Reidel Publishing Company 1984
  • Philosophical Problems of Natural Science (ed.), Collier-Macmillan 1965

References

  1. ^ "Notes and News". The Journal of Philosophy. 63 (15): 447–451. 1966. ISSN 0022-362X.
  2. ^ Cox, Kevin (January 4, 2017). "Reynolds Professor Emeritus Dudley Shapere". Inside WFU - news for faculty and staff.
  3. ^ "Obituary information for Dudley Shapere".
  4. ^ Harrison, Karey (1985). "Shapere, Dudley: "Reason and the Search for Knowledge"". Australasian Journal of Philosophy. 63 (4): 558–560.
  5. ^ Nickles, Thomas (June 1985). "Dudley Shapere, Reason and the Search for Knowledge. Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, Vol. 78. Dordrecht: D. Reidel Publishing Company (1984), xiv + 438 pp. $59.50". Philosophy of Science. 52 (2): 310–312. doi:10.1086/289246. ISSN 0031-8248.
  6. ^ "Llewellyn John and Harriet Manchester Quantrell Awards for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching". UChicago.


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