Stathis Psillos

Stathis Psillos
Psillos in 2016
Born
Efstathios Psillos[5]

(1965-06-22) 22 June 1965 (age 59)
Athens, Greece
EducationUniversity of Patras
King's College London (PhD, 1994)
EraContemporary philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolAnalytic philosophy
Scientific realism
ThesisScience and Realism: A Naturalistic Investigation into Scientific Enquiry (1994)
Doctoral advisorDavid Papineau
Main interests
Philosophy of science
Notable ideas
Epistemic optimism[1]
Defence of semantic realism about scientific theories and criticism of semantic anti-realism about scientific theories[1]
Criticism of the natural ontological attitude[2]
Criticism of entity realism[3]
Criticism of structural realism[4]

Stathis Psillos (/ˈsɪlɒs/; Greek: Ευστάθιος (Στάθης) Ψύλλος; born 22 June 1965)[6] is a Greek philosopher of science. He is Professor of Philosophy of Science and Metaphysics at the University of Athens, Greece and a member of the Rotman Institute of Philosophy of the University of Western Ontario. In 2013–15, he held the Rotman Canada Research Chair in Philosophy of Science at the University of Western Ontario, Canada.[7]

In 2015, he was classified among the 91 most cited living philosophers with public Google Scholar pages.[8][9]

  1. ^ a b Stathis Psillos, Scientific Realism: How Science Tracks Truth, Routledge, 1999, p. xviii.
  2. ^ Stathis Psillos, Scientific Realism: How Science Tracks Truth, Routledge, 1999, p. 242.
  3. ^ Stathis Psillos, Scientific Realism: How Science Tracks Truth, Routledge, 1999, p. 247.
  4. ^ Stathis Psillos, Scientific Realism: How Science Tracks Truth, Routledge, 1999, pp. 141–3.
  5. ^ Library Hub
  6. ^ Stathis Psillos's CV
  7. ^ UWO Research Profiles
  8. ^ See Leiter Report on the most cited living philosophers with public Google Scholar pages
  9. ^ Psillos's Google Scholar Page

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