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John D. Norton

Distinguished Professor

University of Pittsburgh

Affiliations

Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences

History and Philosophy of Science

Philosophy

John D. Norton is currently serving as a History And Philosophy Of Science Distinguished Professor at University of Pittsburgh.

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University of Pittsburgh

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Chance Combinatorics: The Theory That History Forgot. Perspectives on Science (2023)

John D. Norton

discrete probabilitymathematical optimizationapplied mathematicscombinatoricsapplied probabilitycombinatorial optimizationhistory of mathematicschance combinatoricsprobability theorycombinatorial problemscombinatorial theoryhistory and philosophy of sciencehistory of scienceanalytic combinatoricsprobability logichistorystatistics

Inductive Inferences on Galactic Redshift, Understood Materially. Synthese Library/Synthese library (2023)

John D. Norton

galactic redshiftinductive inferenceobservational astronomyastronomy

On Norton’s “…Shook…” and Myrvold’s “Shakin’…”. Philosophy of Physics (2023)

Wayne C. MyrvoldJohn D. Norton

philosophy of sciencephilosophyphysics

A Material Defense of Inductive Inference. BRILL eBooks (2022)

John D. Norton

inductive inferenceinferenceinductive reasoninginductive logiccognitive science

Author’s Response to Mousa Mohammadian, William Peden and Elay Shech. Metascience (2022)

John D. Norton

william pedenmetaphysicscomparative literatureelay shechhistorical evidence

How Analogy Helped Create the New Science of Thermodynamics. Synthese (2022)

John D. Norton

physicsthermodynamics

How to Make Possibility Safe for Empiricists. Jerusalem studies in philosophy and history of science (2022)

John D. Norton

possibility theoryepistemologyhistory and philosophy of sciencehistory of sciencephilosophyphilosophy of science

Lotteries, Bookmaking and Ancient Randomizers: Local and Global Analyses of Chance. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A (2022)

John D. Norton

ancient randomizershistoryhistory and philosophy of sciencephilosophy of historyhistory of sciencephilosophyphilosophy of science

An Infinite Lottery Paradox. Axiomathes (2021)

John D. NortonMatthew W. Parker

philosophy of mathematicsdecision theoryphilosophyinfinite lottery paradox

Einstein’s Conflicting Heuristics: The Discovery of General Relativity. Einstein studies (2020)

John D. Norton

general relativityphysics

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John D. Norton

Distinguished Professor

University of Pittsburgh

Affiliations

Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences

History and Philosophy of Science

Philosophy

John D. Norton is currently serving as a History And Philosophy Of Science Distinguished Professor at University of Pittsburgh.

Honors

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Experiences

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University of Pittsburgh

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Video Presentations

Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Chance Combinatorics: The Theory That History Forgot. Perspectives on Science (2023)

John D. Norton

Inductive Inferences on Galactic Redshift, Understood Materially. Synthese Library/Synthese library (2023)

John D. Norton

galactic redshiftinductive inferenceobservational astronomyastronomy

On Norton’s “…Shook…” and Myrvold’s “Shakin’…”. Philosophy of Physics (2023)

Wayne C. MyrvoldJohn D. Norton

philosophy of sciencephilosophyphysics

A Material Defense of Inductive Inference. BRILL eBooks (2022)

John D. Norton

inductive inferenceinferenceinductive reasoninginductive logiccognitive science

Author’s Response to Mousa Mohammadian, William Peden and Elay Shech. Metascience (2022)

John D. Norton

william pedenmetaphysicscomparative literatureelay shechhistorical evidence

How Analogy Helped Create the New Science of Thermodynamics. Synthese (2022)

John D. Norton

physicsthermodynamics

How to Make Possibility Safe for Empiricists. Jerusalem studies in philosophy and history of science (2022)

John D. Norton

possibility theoryepistemologyhistory and philosophy of sciencehistory of sciencephilosophyphilosophy of science

Lotteries, Bookmaking and Ancient Randomizers: Local and Global Analyses of Chance. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A (2022)

John D. Norton

ancient randomizershistoryhistory and philosophy of sciencephilosophy of historyhistory of sciencephilosophyphilosophy of science

An Infinite Lottery Paradox. Axiomathes (2021)

John D. NortonMatthew W. Parker

philosophy of mathematicsdecision theoryphilosophyinfinite lottery paradox

Einstein’s Conflicting Heuristics: The Discovery of General Relativity. Einstein studies (2020)

John D. Norton

general relativityphysics

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