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Jim Fetzer
The founder of
Scholars for 9/11 Truth explains some of the society's
most important
findings
Department of Philosophy
University of Minnesota
10 University Drive
Duluth, MN 55812
jfetzer@d.umn.edu
James H. Fetzer was born in Pasadena, California, on 6
December 1940. At graduation from South Pasadena High School in 1958,
he was presented The Carver Award. He was magna cum laude in philosophy
at Princeton University in 1962, where his senior thesis for Carl G.
Hempel on the logical structure of explanations of human behavior won
The Dickinson Prize. After being commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the
Marine Corps, he became an artillery officer and served in the Far
East. After a tour supervising recruit training in San Diego, he
resigned his commission as a Captain to begin graduate work in the
history and philosophy of science at Indiana in 1966. He completed his
Ph.D. with a dissertation on probability and explanation for Wesley C.
Salmon in 1970.
His initial faculty appointment was at the University of Kentucky,
where he received the first Distinguished Teaching Award presented by
the Student Government to 1 of 135 assistant professors. Since 1977, he
has taught at a wide range of institutions of higher learning,
including the Universities of Virginia (twice), Cincinnati, North
Carolina at Chapel Hill, New College of the University of South
Florida, and now the Duluth campus of the University of Minnesota,
where he has been since 1987. His honors include a research fellowship
from the National Science Foundation and The Medal of the University of
Helsinki. In 1996, he became one of the first ten faculty at the
University of Minnesota to be appointed a Distinguished McKnight
University Professor.
He has published more than 100 articles and reviews and 20 books in the
philosophy of science and on the theoretical foundations of computer
science, artificial intelligence, and cognitive science. On this web
page, his publications have been divided by area, including special
vitae for computer science, artificial intelligence, cognitive science,
evolution and cognition, and his applied philosophical research on the
death of JFK. His biographical sketch has appeared in many reference
works, including the DIRECTORY OF AMERICAN SCHOLARS, WHO'S WHO IN THE
MIDWEST, WHO'S WHO IN AMERICA, and WHO'S WHO IN THE WORLD. It may be
found, for example, in the DIRECTORY OF AMERICAN SCHOLARS, 10th
edition, WHO'S WHO IN AMERICA, 55th edition (2001), and WHO'S WHO IN
THE WORLD, 18th edition (2001).
Distinguished
University of Minnesota Philosophy Professor Joins 9/11 Fight,
Saying
the Truth Must Be Uncovered
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