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Howard Stein (philosopher)
Howard Stein (January 21, 1929 – March 8, 2024) was an American philosopher and historian of science.[1] He was an emeritus professor at the University of Chicago.[2] BiographyStein was born on January 21, 1929, in New York City. He received a BA from Columbia University in 1947,[3] where he studied under John Herman Randall Jr., Irwin Edman, and Ernest Nagel, before obtaining a PhD from the University of Chicago in 1958,[4] and an MS from the University of Michigan in 1959.[2] He joined the faculty of the University of Chicago in 1951 before teaching at Brandeis University, Case Western Reserve University and Columbia University. He also worked for Honeywell as a mathematician and engineer in between his teaching career. He returned to the University of Chicago in 1980 and retired in 2000.[5] Stein's work was centered on the philosophy of physics, as well as the history of physics and mathematics.[2] His 1967 paper, "Newtonian Space Time," inaugurated the modern study of the foundations of physics.[6] Stein was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1989.[7] He also received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1974.[8] Stein died on March 8, 2024.[9][10] References
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