Howard Stein (philosopher)
Howard Stein | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 21, 1929 New York City, U.S. |
| Died | March 8, 2024 (aged 95) |
| Alma mater | |
| Awards | Guggenheim Fellowship (1974) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | |
| Institutions | Brandeis University Case Western Reserve University Columbia University University of Chicago |
Howard Stein (January 21, 1929 – March 8, 2024) was an American philosopher and historian of science.[1] He was an emeritus professor at the University of Chicago.[2]
Biography
[edit]Stein was born on January 21, 1929, in New York City. He received a BA from Columbia University in 1947,[3] where he studied under John Herman Randall Jr., Irwin Edman, and Ernest Nagel, before obtaining a PhD from the University of Chicago in 1958,[4] and an MS from the University of Michigan in 1959.[2] He joined the faculty of the University of Chicago in 1951 before teaching at Brandeis University, Case Western Reserve University and Columbia University. He also worked for Honeywell as a mathematician and engineer in between his teaching career. He returned to the University of Chicago in 1980 and retired in 2000.[5]
Stein's work was centered on the philosophy of physics, as well as the history of physics and mathematics.[2] His 1967 paper, "Newtonian Space Time," inaugurated the modern study of the foundations of physics.[6]
Stein was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1989.[7] He also received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1974.[8]
Stein died on March 8, 2024.[9][10]
References
[edit]- ^ Carus, A.W. (2010). "The Pragmatics of Scientific Knowledge: Howard Stein's Reshaping of Logical Empiricism". The Monist. 93 (4): 618–639. doi:10.5840/monist201093435. ISSN 0026-9662. JSTOR 27904170.
- ^ a b c "Howard Stein | Department of Philosophy". philosophy.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 2022-05-30.
- ^ "Columbia College Today" (PDF). p. 56. Retrieved May 30, 2022.
- ^ Columbia College (Columbia University). Office of Alumni Affairs and Development; Columbia College (Columbia University) (1990). Columbia College today. Columbia University Libraries. New York, N.Y. : Columbia College, Office of Alumni Affairs and Development.
- ^ "Curriculum Vitae - Howard Stein" (PDF). Retrieved May 30, 2022.
- ^ "The Philosophy of Howard Stein – A Conference at the University of Chicago, June 9th-11th 2017". voices.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 2022-05-30.
- ^ "Howard Stein". American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 2022-05-30.
- ^ "Howard Stein". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Retrieved 2022-05-30.
- ^ "RIP Howard Stein January 21, 1929-8 March, 2024". March 18, 2024.
- ^ Weinberg, Justin (March 19, 2024). "Howard Stein (1929-2024) - Daily Nous".
- 1929 births
- 2024 deaths
- 21st-century American philosophers
- 20th-century American philosophers
- University of Chicago faculty
- University of Chicago alumni
- Columbia College (New York) alumni
- University of Michigan alumni
- Honeywell people
- Brandeis University faculty
- Case Western Reserve University faculty
- Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- American historians of science
- American historians of mathematics
- American philosophers of science
- American philosophers of mathematics
- People from New York City