David Stove
Philosopher, Author
1927 – 1994
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Who was David Stove?
David Charles Stove, was an Australian philosopher. His work in philosophy of science included criticisms of David Hume's inductive skepticism, as well as what he regarded as the irrationalism of Karl Popper, Thomas Kuhn, Imre Lakatos, and Paul Feyerabend. He offered a positive response to the problem of induction in his 1986 work, The Rationality of Induction. Stove was also a critic of Idealism and sociobiology, describing the latter as a new religion in which genes play the role of gods.
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- Born
- Sep 15, 1927
Moree - Also known as
- David Charles Stove
- D. C. Stove
- Nationality
- Australia
- Profession
- Education
- University of Sydney
- Employment
- University of Sydney
- University of New South Wales
- Died
- Jun 2, 1994
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on July 23, 2013
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