Rom Harré

Rom Harré
Harré in Tartu (2011)
Born
Horace Romano Harré

(1927-12-18)18 December 1927
Āpiti, New Zealand
Died17 October 2019(2019-10-17) (aged 91)
Education
EducationUniversity of New Zealand (now University of Auckland; BSc, 1948; MA, 1952)
Philosophical work
EraContemporary philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolAnalytic philosophy
Scientific realism
InstitutionsGeorgetown University
Notable studentsE. J. Lowe, Alison Wylie, Roy Bhaskar
Main interestsPhilosophy of the social sciences
Philosophy of physics
Notable ideasEthogenics, positioning theory, referential realism

Horace Romano "Rom" Harré (/ˈhær/; 18 December 1927 – 17 October 2019) was a New Zealand-British philosopher and psychologist.