Horace Romano Harré
New Zealand philosopher and psychologist (1927–2019)
Horace Romano Harré (/ˈhæreɪ/;[2] 18 December 1927 – 18 October 2019),[3] known widely as Rom Harré, was a New Zealand-born British philosopher and psychologist.
Horace Romano Harré | |
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 Rom Harré in Tartu (2011) | |
| Born | 18 December 1927 Manawatu, near Palmerston North, New Zealand |
| Died | 18 October 2019 (aged 91) |
| Alma mater | University of New Zealand (University of Auckland) |
| Era | Contemporary philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Analytic philosophy Scientific realism |
Main interests | Philosophy of the social sciences Philosophy of physics |
Notable ideas | Ethogenics, positioning theory, referential realism[1] |
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He taught mathematics at King's College, Auckland (1948–53) and the University of Punjab in Lahore, Pakistan (1953–4). From 2009 until 2011 he was Director Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science at the London School of Economics.
His written works were about philosophy of mathematics, philosophy of science, ontology, psychology, social psychology, sociology and philosophy.
References
change- ↑ Nola, R. (1988) Relativism and Realism in Science, Springer, p. 32 n. 16, quotation:
Entity realism is strongly supported in Harré (1986) under the name 'referential realism'
- ↑ SAGE (8 May 2013). "Rom Harre on What is Social Science_Social Science Bites". YouTube. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
- ↑ Weinberg, Justin (October 18, 2019). "Rom Harré (1927-2019)". Dailynous.com. Daily Nous. Retrieved October 18, 2019.
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