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Well-known for his wide-ranging work in philosophy of science, Professor Humphreys taught philosophy at the University of Virginia from 1978 until his death, where he rose to the rank of Commonwealth Professor of Philosophy. There is a full list of his publications here, and an obituary is here. I will add links to other memorial notices as they appear.
UPDATE: The UVA memorial notice is here.
(Thanks to Harold Langsam for the pointer.)
Very sad news that my former colleague Paul Humphreys has died. I organized his promotion file years ago and can still remember the impressive accounts of his teaching from his students. I would mention here also his wonderful paper, criticizing Kuhn on thought-experiments in physics, and giving an alternative account of their dialectical function. Incidentally, when he had just finished his Ph.D., and was driving cross-country to get to his job at the University of Virginia, he was caught by the border police without a valid visa. Fortunately he didn’t wind up getting deported!
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