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Mario Bunge
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Mario Bunge (1919–2020) was an Argentine-Canadian physicist, philosopher, essayist, and sociologist. Born in Florida Oeste, he held citizenship in both Argentina and Canada. His academic career included positions at the University of Buenos Aires, the National Autonomous University of Mexico, the National University of La Plata, and McGill University, where he was also a member of the Royal Society of Canada. He was educated at the National University of La Plata and spoke Spanish and English.
Bunge’s fields of work included the philosophy of science, philosophy of physics, theoretical physics, and epistemology. He was an atheist and was married to Marta Bunge. Among his notable works are *La ciencia*, *¿Tiene porvenir el socialismo?*, *Cinemática del electrón relativista*, *Néo-conservatisme et restructuration de l'État*, and *100 ideas*. He received a Guggenheim Fellowship and the Princess of Asturias Award for Communications and Humanities. He died in Montreal.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 21 Sep 1919
- Died
- 24 Feb 2020
- Works
- 175
Top works
- La ciencia
- ¿Tiene porvenir el socialismo?
- Cinemática del electrón relativista
- Néo-conservatisme et restructuration de l'État
- 100 ideas / 100 Ideas
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Key facts
- Born
- Mario Augusto Bunge , ( 1919-09-21 ) September 21, 1919, Florida Oeste , Buenos Aires , Argentina
- Died
- February 24, 2020 (2020-02-24) (aged 100), Montreal , Quebec , Canada
- Spouse s
- Julia Delfina Molina y Vedia ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1940 , divorced ) , Marta Cavallo ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1958 )
- Education
- National University of La Plata (PhD, 1952)
- Era
- Contemporary philosophy
- Region
- Western philosophy
- School
- Analytic philosophy scientific realism emergentism
- Institutions
- McGill University
- Main interests
- Philosophy of science philosophy of physics pseudoscience
- Notable ideas
- Systemics sociotechnology
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Mario
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Canada
- Place of birth
- Florida Oeste
- Place of death
- Montreal
- Spouse
- Marta Bunge
- Occupation
- translator
- Educated at
- National University of La Plata
- Employer
- McGill University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- atheism
- Official website
- www.mcgill.ca/philosophy/people/emeritus-faculty/bunge
- Image
- MarioBungesmall.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1919-09-21
- birth name
- Mario Augusto Bunge
- date of death
- 2020-02-25
- Commons category
- Mario Bunge
- name in native language
- Mario Bunge
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
- member of
- Royal Society of Canada
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Encyclopedic overview
Mario Augusto Bunge (/ˈbʊŋɡeɪ/ BUUNG-gay; Spanish: [ˈmaɾjo ˈβuŋxe]; September 21, 1919 – February 24, 2020) was an Argentine-Canadian philosopher and physicist. His philosophical writings combined scientific realism, systemism, materialism, emergentism, and other principles.
He was an advocate of "exact philosophy" and a critic of existentialist, hermeneutical, phenomenological philosophy, and postmodernism. He was popularly known for his opinions against pseudoscience.
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