Donald A. Gillies
Donald A. Gillies | |
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| Born | 4 May 1944 |
| Education | |
| Alma mater | Cambridge University London School of Economics |
| Thesis | A critique of von Mises' theory of probability (1970) |
| Doctoral advisor | Imre Lakatos |
| Other advisors | Karl Popper |
| Philosophical work | |
| Era | Contemporary philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Analytic |
| Institutions | University College London |
| Doctoral students | David Corfield |
| Main interests | Philosophy of mathematics Philosophy of artificial intelligence |
| Notable ideas | Non-Bayesian confirmation theory |
Donald Angus Gillies (/ˈɡɪliːz/; born 4 May 1944) is a British philosopher and historian of science and mathematics. He is an Emeritus Professor in the Department of Science and Technology Studies at University College London.