Victor J. Stenger belongs to the philosophical record as a figure whose arguments outlasted the disputes that prompted them.
The record lists Victor J. Stenger as American philosopher (1935–2014).
Victor J. Stenger was born at Bayonne in 1935. His recorded nationality is United States. He studied at New Jersey Institute of Technology and University of California, Los Angeles.
Twentieth-century philosophy was marked by war, exile and ideology; many of its central figures wrote in flight or under censorship.
His academic posts were held at University of Colorado and Heidelberg University.
The recorded fields of work are physics, particle physics and quantum mechanics.
Philosophy advances by objection: an argument matters if serious people spend years attacking it.
That the work was done from United States matters: philosophical traditions, institutions and the language of publication have never been evenly distributed.
Victor J. Stenger died in 2014, aged 79. The arguments remain in print, which is the form in which philosophy survives.
Achievements
- Held posts at University of Colorado and Heidelberg University
- Fields: physics, particle physics and quantum mechanics
