Biography
James Robert Brown FRSC (born 1949) is a Canadian philosopher of science. He is an emeritus professor of philosophy at the University of Toronto. In the philosophy of mathematics, he has advocated mathematical Platonism, visual reasoning, and in the philosophy of science he has defended scientific realism mostly against anti-realist views associated with social constructivism. He has also argued for the socialization of medical research (especially pharmaceutical research). He is largely known for his work on thought experiments. -Wikipedia
Books by James Robert Brown
Routledge Companion to Thought
Routledge Companion to Thought Experiments
On Foundations of Seismology
On Foundations of Seismology
Rational and the Social
Rational and the Social
Platonism, naturalism, and mathematical knowledge
Thought experiments in philoso
Thought experiments in philosophy, science, and the arts
Thought Experiments in Science
Thought Experiments in Science, Philosophy, and the Arts
Essay on Infant Cultivation
Essay on Infant Cultivation
Who Rules in Science?
Contemporary debates in philosophy of science
The laboratory of the mind
Constructivism and science
The rational and the social
The Natural philosophy of Leibniz
Philosophy of Mathematics