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    Stephan Hartmann

    contemporaryAnalytic Philosophy / Formal Epistemology

    b. 1968

    Stephan Hartmann is a German philosopher of science known for his work on Bayesian epistemology, formal philosophy, and the philosophy of physics. He is Chair of Philosophy of Science at the Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy (MCMP) at LMU Munich, which he co-founded, and has contributed extensively to the use of formal methods in philosophy.

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    Notable Achievements

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    Co-founded the Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy (MCMP) at LMU Munich

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    Co-authored 'Bayesian Philosophy of Science' with Jan Sprenger

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    Advanced formal approaches to scientific reasoning and confirmation theory

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    Developed Bayesian network models for analyzing scientific argumentation

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    Contributed to the philosophy of physics, particularly on models and idealization

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    Philosophy of Language

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    The semantics of a formal system rich enough to contain elementary mathematics cannot be fully defined in terms of mathematical functions within that same system.

    Truth & Knowledge

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    The semantics of a formal system rich enough to contain elementary mathematics cannot be fully defined in terms of mathematical functions within that same system.

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    Analytic Philosophy / Formal Epistemology

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