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[edit]
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[edit]
After graduating with honours in philosophy Clendinnen was employed by the University of Melbourne[which?] 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[edit]
- Induction and Objectivity, 1970.[11]
References[edit]
- ^ 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.
- ^ Clendinnen, FJ (1999). "Causal dependence and laws". In Sankey, H (ed.). Causation and laws of nature. University of Melbourne, Australia. pp. 187–213.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ 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.
- ^ Frederick John Clendinnen. Australian Dictionary of Biography.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ Edward Aloysius Pace; James Hugh Ryan (1967). The New Scholasticism. American Catholic Philosophical Association.
- ^ Burstall, Tim (2012). Memoirs of a Young Bastard. Miegunyah Press. p. 320.
- ^ Clements (2013). Who's who in Australia 2013. Crowther Blayne. p. 494.
- ^ "Australian Biography". Inga Clendinnen TV program script. Screen Australia Digital Learning. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
- ^ Wendt, Jana. "Warrior of the mind". smh.com.au/. The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
- ^ Language and Language Behavior Abstracts: LLBA. Appleton-Century-Crofts. 1971.