Donald A. Gillies | |
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Born | 4 May 1944 |
Alma mater | Cambridge University London School of Economics |
Era | Contemporary philosophy |
Region | Western philosophy |
School | Analytic |
Institutions | University College London |
Thesis | A critique of von Mises' theory of probability (1970) |
Doctoral advisor | Imre Lakatos |
Other academic advisors | Karl Popper |
Doctoral students | David Corfield |
Main interests | Philosophy of mathematics Philosophy of artificial intelligence |
Notable ideas | Non-Bayesian confirmation theory |
Donald Angus Gillies (/ˈɡɪliːz/; born 4 May 1944) is a British philosopher and historian of science and mathematics. He is an Emeritus Professor in the Department of Science and Technology Studies at University College London.