Howard Stein
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater
AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship (1974)
Scientific career
Fields
InstitutionsBrandeis University
Case Western Reserve University
Columbia University
University of Chicago

Howard Stein (born January 21, 1929) is an American philosopher and historian of science.[1] He is an emeritus professor at the University of Chicago.[2]

Biography

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 has centered around 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]

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. 1 2 3 "Howard Stein | Department of Philosophy". philosophy.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 2022-05-30.
  3. ↑ "Columbia College Today" (PDF). p. 56. Retrieved May 30, 2022.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ "Curriculum Vitae - Howard Stein" (PDF). Retrieved May 30, 2022.
  6. ↑ "The Philosophy of Howard Stein – A Conference at the University of Chicago, June 9th-11th 2017". voices.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 2022-05-30.
  7. ↑ "Howard Stein". American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 2022-05-30.
  8. ↑ "Howard Stein". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Retrieved 2022-05-30.
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