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David Malament

David B. Malament (born 21 December 1947) is an American philosopher of science specializing in the philosophy of physics.

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Awards
Quantrell Award, Lakatos Award
Education
Columbia University (BA) Rockefeller University (PhD)
Born
(1947-12-21) 21 December 1947 (age 78)
Doctoral advisor
Donald A. Martin
Doctoral students
Jeremy Butterfield JB Manchak James Owen Weatherall
Era
Contemporary philosophy

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David Malament

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related to External links · 2
David Malament → Mathematics Genealogy ProjectMalament's, UCIArticles
Awards · 1
David Malament → Quantrell Award, Lakatos Award
Born · 1
David Malament → (1947-12-21) 21 December 1947 (age 78)
Doctoral advisor · 1
David Malament → Donald A. Martin
Doctoral students · 1
David Malament → Jeremy Butterfield JB Manchak James Owen Weatherall
Education · 1
David Malament → Columbia University (BA) Rockefeller University (PhD)
Era · 1
David Malament → Contemporary philosophy
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David Malament → Philosophy of physics
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David Malament → Western philosophy
School · 1
David Malament → Analytic philosophy

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malament philosophy university award born physics relativity david science doctoral donald martin mathematics general special quantrell lakatos columbia rockefeller 1975

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David MalamentAwardsQuantrell Award, Lakatos Award1.00infobox
David MalamentBorn(1947-12-21) 21 December 1947 (age 78)1.00infobox
David MalamentDoctoral advisorDonald A. Martin1.00infobox
David MalamentDoctoral studentsJeremy Butterfield JB Manchak James Owen Weatherall1.00infobox
David MalamentEducationColumbia University (BA) Rockefeller University (PhD)1.00infobox
David MalamentEraContemporary philosophy1.00infobox
David MalamentMain interestsPhilosophy of physics1.00infobox
David MalamentRegionWestern philosophy1.00infobox
David MalamentSchoolAnalytic philosophy1.00infobox
David MalamentThesisDoes the causal structure of space-time determine its geometry (1975)1.00infobox
David MalamentWebsitehttps://faculty.sites.uci.edu/malament/1.00infobox
David Malamentrelated to External linksMathematics Genealogy ProjectMalament's0.60section

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