Background
Shapere, Dudley was born on May 27, 1928 in Harlingen, Texas, United States. Son of Dudley and Corinne (Pupkin) Shapere.
(An impressive characteristic of Dudley Shapere's studies ...)
An impressive characteristic of Dudley Shapere's studies in the philosophy of the sciences has been his dogged reasonableness. He sorts things out, with logical care and mastery of the materials, and with an epistemological curiosity for the historical happenings which is both critical and respectful. Science changes, and the philosopher had better not link philosophical standards too tightly to either the latest orthodox or the provocative up start in scientific fashions; and yet, as critic, the philosopher must not only master the sciences but also explicate their meanings, not those of a cognitive never-never land. Neither dreamer nor pedant, Professor Shapere has been able to practice the modern empiricist's exercises with the sober and stimulat ing results shown in this volume: he sees that he can be faithful to philosoph ical analysis, engage in the boldest 'rational reconstruction' of theories and experimental measurements, and faithful too, empirically faithful we may say, to both the direct super-highways and the winding pathways of conceptual evolutions and metaphysical revolutions. Not least, Shapere listens! To Einstein and Calileo of course, but to the workings of the engineers and the scientific apprentices too, and to the various philosophers, now and of old, who have also worked to make sense of what has been learned and how that has happened and where we might go wrong.
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Shapere, Dudley was born on May 27, 1928 in Harlingen, Texas, United States. Son of Dudley and Corinne (Pupkin) Shapere.
Bachelor of Arts, Harvard University, 1949; Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1955; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1957.
Instructor philosophy, Ohio State University, 1957-1960;
assistant professor, University of Chicago, 1960-1965;
associate professor, University of Chicago, 1965-1967;
professor, University of Chicago, 1967-1972;
member commission on evolutionary biology, University of Chicago, 1969-1972;
chairman undergraduate program in history and philosophy of science, University of Chicago, 1966-1972;
Chairman of Commission on conceptual foundations science, University of Chicago, 1970-1972;
professor, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1972-1975;
chairman program in history and philosophy of science, University of Illinois, 1972-1975;
professor, U. Maryland., College Park, 1975-1984;
Z. Smith Reynolds professor philosophy and history of science, Wake Forest U., since 1984. Member commission on history and philosophy of science U. Maryland., 1975-1984. Chairman program in history and philosophy of science U. Maryland., 1983-1984.
Visiting professor Rockefeller U., 1965-1966, Harvard University, 1968. Member Institute Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey, 1978-1979, 81, 89. Special consultant (program director) program in history and philosophy of science National Science Foundation, 1966-1975.
Sigma Xi national bicentennial lecturer, 1974-1977.
(An impressive characteristic of Dudley Shapere's studies ...)
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Served with Army of the United States, 1950-1952. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science (secretary secretary 1972). Member American Psychological Association, Philosophy of Science Association, History of Science Society, American Philosophical Association, Academy International de Philosophie des Sciences.
Married Hannah Hardgrave. Children— Hannah Elizabeth, Christine Ann. Children by previous marriage: AlfredDudley, Catherine Lucretia.