Henry Clement Byerly (August 7, 1935 – December 28, 2016) was an American
philosopher known for his work in
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 ult ...
,
logic
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and
evolutionary theory
Evolution is change in the heritable characteristics of biological populations over successive generations. These characteristics are the expressions of genes, which are passed on from parent to offspring during reproduction. Variation ...
. He was Professor Emeritus at the
University of Arizona
The University of Arizona (Arizona, U of A, UArizona, or UA) is a public land-grant research university in Tucson, Arizona. Founded in 1885 by the 13th Arizona Territorial Legislature, it was the first university in the Arizona Territory.
T ...
, where he taught from 1967–1995.
Education
Henry Byerly attended the
University of Minnesota
The University of Minnesota, formally the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, (UMN Twin Cities, the U of M, or Minnesota) is a public land-grant research university in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. ...
, where he earned an undergraduate degree in mathematics and physics, a master's degree in mathematics, and a PhD in philosophy. His PhD was given for his 1967 thesis "The Ontological Status of Theoretical Entities.".
He studied for his doctorate under
May Brodbeck, a student of
Gustav Bergmann
Gustav Bergmann (May 4, 1906 – April 21, 1987) was an Austrian-born American philosopher. He studied at the University of Vienna and was a member of the Vienna Circle. Bergmann was influenced by the philosophers Moritz Schlick, Friedrich W ...
.
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2016 deaths
1935 births
20th-century American philosophers
University of Minnesota College of Liberal Arts alumni
University of Arizona faculty
21st-century American philosophers