Henry Byerly Explained

Henry C. Byerly
Birth Date:	7 August 1935
Education:	PhD from University of Minnesota in 1967
Notable Works:	A Primer of Logic, The Many Faces of Science
Notable Ideas:	Physical causality consists of properties of energetic reaction.
Influences:	Gustav Bergmann, Wesley Salmon

Henry Clement Byerly (August 7, 1935 – December 28, 2016) was an American philosopher known for his work in philosophy of science, logic and evolutionary theory. He was Professor Emeritus at the University of Arizona, where he taught from 1967–1995.

Education

Henry Byerly attended the University of Minnesota, where he earned an undergraduate degree in mathematics and physics, a master's degree in mathematics, and a PhD in philosophy. His PhD was given for his 1967 thesis "The Ontological Status of Theoretical Entities.".^[1] He studied for his doctorate under May Brodbeck, a student of Gustav Bergmann.

Bibliography

Books

• Book: Byerly, Henry C. . 1973 . A Primer of Logic . registration . Harper & Row . 9780060411138 .
• Book: Byerly . Henry C. . Stevenson . Leslie F. . 1995 . The Many Faces of Science: An Introduction to Scientists, Values and Society . Westview Press . 9780813320168 .

Selected Papers

• Byerly . Henry C. . Lazara . Vincent A. . 1973 . Realist Foundations of Measurement . 186357 . Philosophy of Science . 40 . 1 . 10–28 . 10.1086/288493 .
• Byerly . Henry C. . 1976 . Explaining and Exploiting Placebo Effects . Perspectives in Biology and Medicine . 19 . 3 . 423–437 . 10.1353/pbm.1976.0038 . 60737 .
• Byerly . Henry C. . 1979 . Substantial Causes and Nomic Determination . Philosophy of Science . 46 . 1 . 57–81 . 10.1086/288850 .
• Bernstein . Harris . Byerly . Henry C. . Hopf . Frederick A. . Michod . Richard A. . Vemulapalli . G. Krishna . 1983 . The Darwinian Dynamic . 2828805 . The Quarterly Review of Biology . 58 . 2 . 185–207 . 10.1086/413216 .
• Bernstein . Harris . Byerly . Henry C. . Hopf . Frederick A. . Michod . Richard A. . 1985 . Genetic Damage, Mutation, and the Evolution of Sex . Science . 229 . 4719 . 1277–1281 . 10.1126/science.3898363 . 3898363 .
• Byerly . Henry C. . Michod . Richard E. . 1991 . Fitness and Evolutionary Explanation. Biology and Philosophy . 6 . 1 . 1–22 . 10.1007/BF02426816 .

Notes and References

1. PhD . Byerly . Henry C. . 1967 . The Ontological Status of Theoretical Entities . University of Minnesota . 017922692 .