Noretta Koertge Explained

Noretta Koertge
Alma Mater:	University of London
Era:	Contemporary philosophy
Region:	Western philosophy
School Tradition:	Analytic philosophy
Institutions:	Indiana University Bloomington
Thesis Title:	A study of relations between scientific theories: a test of the general correspondence principle
Thesis Url:	https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/28003915
Thesis Year:	1969
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Main Interests:	History and philosophy of science

Noretta Koertge is an American philosopher of science noted for her work on Karl Popper and scientific rationality.

Career

She worked since 1981 as a Professor in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at Indiana University and is now an Emeritus Professorship. She was editor-in-chief of the journal (1999–2004) Philosophy of Science, her election as a Fellow, in 1999, by American Association for the Advancement of Science and her being Editor-in-Chief of The New Dictionary of Scientific Biography (2004–2008). She is also a novelist.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Selected publications

• Book: Patai, Daphne . none . Daphne Patai . Koertge . Noretta . 1994 . Professing feminism: Cautionary tales from the strange world of women's studies . . New York . 978-0-465-09821-7 . 30544826 . registration.
• Book: none . Koertge . Noretta . 1998 . A house built on sand: Exposing postmodernist myths about science . Oxford University Press . 978-0-19-802776-8 .

Novels

• Book: Koertge, Noretta . none . Who was that masked woman . St. Martin's Press . New York . 1981 . 0-312-87033-7 . 7206437 . registration.
• Book: Koertge, Noretta . none . Valley of the Amazons . St. Martin's Press . 1984 . 978-0-312-83608-5 . registration. ^[5]

Notes and References

1. http://www.indiana.edu/~koertge/ Indiana University: Noretta Koertge's homepage (Accessed Oct 2011)
2. http://www.indiana.edu/~newdsb/NDSB_preface.pdf The New Dictionary of Scientific Biography Introduction
3. Koertge, N (2005) Scientific values and civic virtues, Oxford University Press
4. Web site: Archived copy . 2011-11-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100814071207/http://rutgerspress.rutgers.edu/acatalog/__Scrutinizing_Feminist_Epistemology_1637.html . 2010-08-14 . dead .
5. Book: Faderman, L. . none . Penguin . Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers: A History of Lesbian Life in Twentieth-century America . Columbia University Press . Between Men-Between Women: Lesbian & Gay Studies . 1991 . 978-0-231-07488-9 . 280.