Noretta Koertge
American philosopher
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Noretta Koertge is an American philosopher of science noted for her work on Karl Popper and scientific rationality.
ThesisA study of relations between scientific theories: a test of the general correspondence principle (1969)
RegionWestern philosophy
Noretta Koertge | |
|---|---|
| Education | |
| Alma mater | University of London |
| Thesis | A study of relations between scientific theories: a test of the general correspondence principle (1969) |
| Philosophical work | |
| Era | Contemporary philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| Analytic philosophy | |
| Institutions | Indiana University Bloomington |
Main interests | History and philosophy of science |
Career
She worked since 1981 as a Professor in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at Indiana University and is now an Emeritus Professorship. She was editor-in-chief of the journal (1999–2004) Philosophy of Science, her election as a Fellow, in 1999, by American Association for the Advancement of Science and her being Editor-in-Chief of The New Dictionary of Scientific Biography (2004–2008). She is also a novelist.[1][2][3][4]
Selected publications
- Patai, Daphne; Koertge, Noretta (1994). Professing feminism: Cautionary tales from the strange world of women's studies. New York: Basic Books. ISBN 978-0-465-09821-7. OCLC 30544826.
- Koertge, Noretta, ed. (1998). A house built on sand: Exposing postmodernist myths about science. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-802776-8.
Novels
- Koertge, Noretta (1981). Who was that masked woman. New York: St. Martin's Press. ISBN 0-312-87033-7. OCLC 7206437.
- Koertge, Noretta (1984). Valley of the Amazons. St. Martin's Press. ISBN 978-0-312-83608-5.[5]