Peter Lipton
Peter Lipton | |
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 Peter Lipton | |
| Born | October 9, 1954 New York City, U.S. |
| Died | November 25, 2007 (age 53) Cambridge, England |
| Education | |
| Alma mater | Wesleyan University New College, Oxford |
| Philosophical work | |
| Era | Contemporary philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| Analytic philosophy Scientific realism | |
| Institutions | Clark University Williams College University of Cambridge |
Main interests | Philosophy of science, epistemology |
Notable ideas | Contrastive explanation Inference to the loveliest explanation The prediction–accommodation distinction |
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alma_mater which should be merged into education.Peter Lipton (October 9, 1954 – November 25, 2007) was an American philosopher. He was the Hans Rausing Professor and Head of the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at Cambridge University, and a fellow of King's College, until his death in November 2007. According to his obituary on the Cambridge website, he was "recognized as one of the leading philosophers of science and epistemologists in the world."