Branden Fitelson Explained

Region:	Western philosophy
Era:	Contemporary philosophy
Branden Fitelson
Birth Date:	1969 8, mf=yes
Birth Place:	Syracuse, New York, U.S.
School Tradition:	Analytic
Institutions:	Northeastern University
Main Interests:	Formal epistemology, philosophy of science, metaphysics
Thesis Title:	Studies in Bayesian confirmation theory
Thesis Url:	http://fitelson.org/thesis.pdf
Thesis Year:	2001
Doctoral Advisor:	Malcolm Forster
Doctoral Students:	Kenny Easwaran
Notable Ideas:	Computational metaphysics
Alma Mater:	University of Wisconsin, Madison
Awards:	Mellon Research Grant, WARF Fellowship, Oliver Prize

Branden Fitelson (;^[1] born August 17, 1969) is an American philosopher and Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Northeastern University.

He is known for his expertise on formal epistemology and philosophy of science.^{[2] [3]}

Bibliography

• Edward N. Zalta and Branden Fitelson, "Steps Toward a Computational Metaphysics", Journal of Philosophical Logic 36(2) (April 2007): 227–247.

See also

• Evolutionary argument against naturalism
• Minimal axioms for Boolean algebra

External links

• • Branden Fitelson at Northeastern University
• Branden Fitelson: The Wason Task(s) and the Paradox of Confirmation

Notes and References

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpwruWbXgxA&t=108s The Daily Ant Interviews Branden Fitelson
2. Web site: Philosophy Phriday [On a Tuesday]

   Video Interview With Branden Fitelson]

   . The Daily Ant. 25 March 2018. 20 December 2017.
3. Web site: Brief Biography of Branden Fitelson. infidels.org. 25 March 2018. en.