Mario Bunge
Argentine-Canadian philosopher (1919–2020) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mario Augusto Bunge (/ˈbʊŋɡeɪ/;[1] Spanish: [ˈbuŋxe]; September 21, 1919 – February 24, 2020) was an Argentine-Canadian philosopher and physicist. His philosophical writings combined scientific realism, systemism, materialism, emergentism, and other principles.
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Born | (1919-09-21)September 21, 1919 Florida Oeste, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Died | February 24, 2020(2020-02-24) (aged 100) Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
Education | National University of La Plata (PhD, 1952) |
Era | Contemporary philosophy |
Region | Western philosophy |
School | Analytic philosophy Scientific realism Emergentism |
Main interests | Philosophy of science Philosophy of physics Pseudoscience |
Notable ideas | Systemics, sociotechnology |
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He was an advocate of "exact philosophy"[2]: 211 and a critic of existentialist, hermeneutical, phenomenological philosophy, and postmodernism.[2]: 172 He was popularly known for his opinions against pseudoscience.