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Philosophy Program

Staff Profiles

Dr Manfred von Thun

 

Position: Research Associate
Room: Hu2, 427
Tel: +61 3 9479 3811
Fax: +61 3 9479 3639
Email: m.vonthun@latrobe.edu.au

Qualifications: B.A., Ph.D.(Syd.)

I have been a member of the Philosophy Department of La Trobe University since 1972. My PhD topic was on inductive logic, and I still maintain some interest in the field. Over the years I have taught various courses, in general philosophy, philosophy of science, philosophy of psychology, cybernetics, deductive and inductive logic, computational logic and computer science. I retired at the end of 2003, but I am still active in my research, mainly in computer science.

Research Interests
  • Computation
  • Languages, logic, theorem provers
  • Design and implementation of a programming language based on combinators
  • Logic
  • Inductive and probability logic
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