“Larry Laudan was a philosopher of and a historian of science. He was known for his work on scientific method, the evaluation of scientific theories, and the relationship between science and society. Laudan’s most influential books include “Progress and Its Problems: Towards a Theory of Scientific Growth” (1977) and “Science and Relativism: Some Key Controversies in the Philosophy of Science” (1990).
Laudan earned his PhD in Philosophy at Princeton University, and then taught at University College London and, for many years, at the University of Pittsburgh. Subsequently, he taught at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, University of Hawaii and the National Autonomous University of Mexico. He was also the President of the Philosophy of Science Association in the late 1970s. In recent years Laudan lectured at the University of Texas, Austin and did work on legal epistemology. He was the husband of food historian Rachel Laudan
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