Bunge, Mario

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Mario Augusto Bunge (1919-2020) was philosopher and physicist. He considered his stance on the nature of science a form of scientific realism, and he was a critic of pseudosciences (among which he considered psychoanalysis and some forms of projective psychology.) He was one of the most influential and respected philosophers of science.

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Former school and college science teacher, teacher educator, research supervisor, and research methods lecturer. Emeritus Professor of Science Education at the University of Cambridge.