Dudley Shapere Explained

Region:	Western philosophy
Era:	21st-century philosophy
Dudley Shapere
Birth Date:	May 27, 1928
Birth Place:	Harlingen, Texas
Death Date:	December 26, 2016 (aged 92)
Death Place:	Winston-Salem
Institutions:	Wake Forest College, Ohio State University, University of Chicago, University of Illinois, University of Maryland
Main Interests:	philosophy of science
Parents:	Abraham Dudley Shapere (1892-1941) and Corinne Pupkin
Spouse:	Hannah Hardgrave
Education:	Harvard University (PhD)

Dudley Shapere (May 27, 1928 - December 26, 2016) was an American philosopher and Reynolds Professor Emeritus of the Philosophy and History of Science at Wake Forest College.^[1] He is known for his works on philosophy of science.^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

Books

• Reason and the Search for Knowledge. Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, Vol. 78. Dordrecht: D. Reidel Publishing Company 1984
• Philosophical Problems of Natural Science (ed.), Collier-Macmillan 1965

External links

• Shapere . Dudley . The Structure of Scientific Revolutions . The Philosophical Review . 1964 . 73 . 3 . 383–394 . 10.2307/2183664 . 0031-8108.

Notes and References

1. Notes and News . The Journal of Philosophy . 1966 . 63 . 15 . 447–451 . 0022-362X.
2. Web site: Cox . Kevin . Reynolds Professor Emeritus Dudley Shapere . Inside WFU - news for faculty and staff . en . 4 January 2017.
3. Web site: Obituary information for Dudley Shapere .
4. Harrison . Karey . Shapere, Dudley: "Reason and the Search for Knowledge" . Australasian Journal of Philosophy . 1985 . 63 . 4 . 558–560 .
5. Nickles . Thomas . Dudley Shapere, Reason and the Search for Knowledge. Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, Vol. 78. Dordrecht: D. Reidel Publishing Company (1984), xiv + 438 pp. $59.50. . Philosophy of Science . June 1985 . 52 . 2 . 310–312 . 10.1086/289246 . en . 0031-8248.