David Blitz

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Western Philosophers
20th-century philosophy
Name
David Blitz
Birth Montreal (Quebec, Canada)
School/tradition Analytic Philosophy
Main interests Philosophy of Science, Logic, Ethics, Mathematics
Influenced by Bertrand Russell, Charles Darwin
Influenced Unknown

David Blitz has been a faculty member at Central Connecticut State University since 1989. His areas of teaching and research are the history and philosophy of science, with special interest in theories of evolution and modern logic, as well as the work of Charles Darwin and Bertrand Russell. His book, Emergent Evolution: Qualitative Novelty and the Levels of Reality was published in 1992 by Kluwer Academic Publishers. He is currently working on a monograph on Bertrand Russell's Philosophy of War and Peace. David Blitz is also active in the Honors Program, of which he has been Director since 1994, and is interested in on-line courses, of which he has offered a number. His hobbies include book collecting, watching field spaniels, and speculating about the future of Anglo-Quebecers.

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  • Blitz, David: 1992, Emergent Evolution: Qualitative Novelty and the Levels of Reality, New York: Kluwer Academic Publishers.

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