Wesley Salmon

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Wesley_Salmon
GPTKB entity
Statements (34)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_California,_Los_Angeles
gptkb:University_of_Chicago
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:award
gptkbp:birthDate 1925-08-09
gptkbp:deathDate 2001-04-22
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:Hans_Reichenbach
gptkbp:employer gptkb:Brown_University
gptkb:Indiana_University
gptkb:University_of_Arizona
gptkb:University_of_Pittsburgh
gptkbp:field gptkb:philosophy
gptkb:probability_theory
philosophy of science
causality
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Wesley Salmon
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:James_Woodward
gptkb:Peter_Spirtes
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Carl_Gustav_Hempel
gptkb:Hans_Reichenbach
gptkbp:knownFor work on causality
work on probability in science
work on scientific explanation
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Causality_and_Explanation
gptkb:Scientific_Explanation_and_the_Causal_Structure_of_the_World
gptkb:Statistical_Explanation_and_Statistical_Relevance
gptkb:The_Foundations_of_Scientific_Inference
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:philosopher
gptkb:professor
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Merrilee_Salmon
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Hans_Reichenbach
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5