Quote of the day
The modern mind is in complete disarray. Knowledge has stretched itself to the point where neither the world nor our intelligence can find any foot-hold. It is a fact that we are suffering from nihilism.
Bas van Fraassen

Born: April 5, 1941 (age 84)
Bio: Bastiaan Cornelis van Fraassen is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at San Francisco State University and the McCosh Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at Princeton University, noted for his seminal contributions to philosophy of science.
Known for:
- The scientific image (1980)
- Scientific representation (2008)
- The Empirical Stance (2002)
- Laws and symmetry (1989)
- Quantum mechanics (1991)