F. John Clendinnen

F. John Clendinnen (23 August 1924 – 25 July 2013) was an Australian philosopher of science[1] interested in induction[2] and empiricism.[3]

Early life and education

His father, Leslie John Clendinnen and grandfather, Frederick John Clendinnen[4] were radiologists at several hospitals in Melbourne, Australia, where Clendinnen lived. After the Second World War he commenced an undergraduate degree at the University of Melbourne.

Career

After graduating with honours in philosophy Clendinnen was employed by the University of Melbourne at the newly created History and Philosophy of Science Department in the Faculty of Arts. He remained in the same department, eventually reaching the rank of reader,[5] and retired in 1989. He was a visiting lecturer at the Philosophy department at the University of Pittsburgh[6] and also at the History and Philosophy department of Indiana University, as well as being a visitor at Princeton University.[5] In 1955 he married the noted Australian historian Inga Clendinnen (née Jewell).[7][8][9][10]

Publications
  • Induction and Objectivity, 1970.[11]

References
  1. Rudolf Carnap; W. Spohn; Hans Reichenbach (30 September 1991). Erkenntnis Orientated: A Centennial Volume for Rudolf Carnap and Hans Reichenbach: A Centennial Volume for Rudolf Carnap and Hans Reichenbach. Springer Science & Business Media. pp. 113–. ISBN 978-0-7923-1408-0.
  2. Clendinnen, FJ (1999). "Causal dependence and laws". In Sankey, H (ed.). Causation and laws of nature. University of Melbourne, Australia. pp. 187–213.
  3. Clendinnen, FJ (1983). "The Rationality of Method versus Historical Relativism". Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. 14 (1): 23–38. doi:10.1016/0039-3681(83)90003-1.
  4. Frederick John Clendinnen. Australian Dictionary of Biography.
  5. Hahlweg, Kai (1989). Kai Hahlweg, Clifford Alan Hooker (ed.). Issues in Evolutionary Epistemology. Albany: State University of New York. p. 586. ISBN 0-7914-0012-3.
  6. Edward Aloysius Pace; James Hugh Ryan (1967). The New Scholasticism. American Catholic Philosophical Association.
  7. Burstall, Tim (2012). Memoirs of a Young Bastard. Miegunyah Press. p. 320.
  8. Clements (2013). Who's who in Australia 2013. Crowther Blayne. p. 494.
  9. "Australian Biography". Inga Clendinnen TV program script. Screen Australia Digital Learning. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
  10. Wendt, Jana. "Warrior of the mind". smh.com.au/. The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  11. Language and Language Behavior Abstracts: LLBA. Appleton-Century-Crofts. 1971.
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