Laurens Lynn Laudan, known as Larry Laudan, was an American philosopher of science and epistemologist. He strongly criticized the traditions of positivism, realism, and relativism, and defended a view of science as a privileged and progressive institution against those challenges. His account of research traditions is regarded as an important alternative to Imre Lakatos's account of research programs.
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Defining MomentPublished the 1981 article A Confutation of Convergent Realism 1 Notable PublicationProgress and Its Problems (1977) 1 Death PlaceLexington, Kentucky, U.S. 1 In the Other Atlases
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1. Wikipedia: Larry Laudan
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October 16, 1941
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1941-10-16
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August 23, 2022
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2022-08-23
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Austin, Texas, U.S.
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Lexington, Kentucky, U.S.
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Pragmatism
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Laudan's most influential book is Progress and Its Problems (1977)
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Laudan famously argued in his 1981 article "A Confutation of Convergent Realism"
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Laurens Lynn "Larry" Laudan (; October 16, 1941, August 23, 2022) was an American philosopher of science and epistemologist.
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