Michael Logan Gonne Redhead (30 December 1929 – 31 August 2020) was a British academic and philosopher of physics.

Biography

Redhead was born on 30 December 1929 in London and educated there at

Westminster School (God Gives the Increase) , established = Earliest records date from the 14th century, refounded in 1560 , type = Public school Independent day and boarding school , religion = Church of England , head_label = Hea ...

. Redhead was Centennial Professor in CPNSS (Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science) at the

London School of Economics and Political Science , mottoeng = To understand the causes of things , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £240.8 million (2021) , budget = £391.1 millio ...

. Redhead was an Emeritus Fellow of

Wolfson College, Cambridge Wolfson College () is a colleges of the University of Cambridge, constituent college of the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England. The majority of students at the college are postgraduate education, postgraduates. The college also a ...

, and was Vice-President (1992–1996) and Acting President 1992 and 1993, Wolfson College, and formerly Head, CU Dept of History and Philosophy of Science. He died on 31 August 2020 at the age of 90.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Redhead, Michael 1929 births 2020 deaths British philosophers Philosophers of science Fellows of the British Academy Fellows of Wolfson College, Cambridge Fellows of King's College London Lakatos Award winners