Branden Fitelson (; born August 17, 1969) is an American philosopher and Distinguished Professor of

Philosophy Philosophy (from , ) is the systematized study of general and fundamental questions, such as those about existence, reason, knowledge, values, mind, and language. Such questions are often posed as problems to be studied or resolved. ...

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. He is known for his expertise on

formal epistemology Formal epistemology uses formal methods from decision theory, logic, probability theory and computability theory to model and reason about issues of epistemological interest. Work in this area spans several academic fields, including philosophy, c ...

and

philosophy of science Philosophy of science is a branch of philosophy concerned with the foundations, methods, and implications of science. The central questions of this study concern what qualifies as science, the reliability of scientific theories, and the ultim ...

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and Branden Fitelson
"Steps Toward a Computational Metaphysics"
''Journal of Philosophical Logic'' 36(2) (April 2007): 227–247.

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