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Peter Achinstein | |
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| Born | June 30, 1935 |
| Era | Contemporary philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Analytic |
Main interests | Philosophy of science, history of science |
Notable ideas | Explanatory concept of evidence, illocutionary theory of explanation, semantically vs. non-semantically relevant properties required in the construction of theoretical definitions[1] |
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Peter Achinstein (born June 30, 1935) is an American philosopher of science at Johns Hopkins University.
- ^ Peter Achinstein, Concepts of Science: A Philosophical Analysis, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1968, p. 101.