Silvio Funtowicz

Silvio Oscar Funtowicz
Spring 2016
Born	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Era	20th-century philosophy
Region	Western Philosophy
School	Post-normal
Main interests	Philosophy of science
Notable ideas	NUSAP Post-normal science Knowledge Assessment

Silvio O. Funtowicz is a philosopher of science active in the field of science and technology studies. He created the NUSAP, a notational system for characterising uncertainty and quality in quantitative expressions, and together with Jerome R. Ravetz he introduced the concept of post-normal science. He is currently a guest researcher at the Centre for the Study of the Sciences and the Humanities (SVT), University of Bergen (Norway).