Fr. Ernan McMullin (1924-2011)

Ernan McMullin died on Feb 8th in his home county of Donegal, Ireland. Ernan McMullin was previously the O’Hara Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at the University of Notre Dame, US. An internationally respected philosopher of science, Prof. McMullin was also a specialist on the life and writings of Galileo. He has written and lectured extensively on subjects ranging from the relationship between cosmology and theology, to the role of values in understanding science, to the impact of Darwinism on Western religious thought.

Photo source: Pittsburgh Center for Philosophy of Science

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