The Philosophy of Nature

Andrew Van Melsen was born in 1912 in the Netherlands. He studied chemistry, physics and philosophy at the University of Utrecht, from which he graduated in 1941 with the degree of Doctor of Science. After the war he became Professor of the Philosophy of Nature and Science at the Charlemagne University of Nijmegen. During the academic year of 1951-1953 he was Visiting Professor of the Philosophy of Nature at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh. He received several honorary doctorates. He is the Author of 15 books and 400 articles and publications on philosophico-scientific problems. From 1947 to 1982 he was a co-editor of the Tijdschrift voor Filosofie and from 1951 to 1983 of the Algemeen Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Wijsbegeerte. He died 1994 in Nijmegen.