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May 1, 2008

Belnap elected to AAAS

Nuel D. Belnap, Alan Ross Anderson Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, professor of history and philosophy of science, and fellow of the Center for Philosophy of Science, is among 212 new members elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Belnap was named to the philosophy and religious studies section of the humanities and arts class.

He received his PhD from Yale in 1960 and taught there before joining the faculty at Pitt in 1963.

Belnap has been a Guggenheim Fellow, a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellow and a fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences. His interests lie principally in philosophical logic, with other interests in metaphysics, the philosophy of the social sciences, and computer science.

The new honor society electees include 190 fellows and 22 foreign honorary members. They will be inducted Oct. 11.

Among the other new fellows are blues guitarist B.B. King; Dell Computer founder Michael Dell and former White House Chief of Staff James A. Baker III.

A complete list of new fellows is available at http://amacad.org.

Founded in 1780, the Academy is an independent policy research center that conducts multidisciplinary studies of complex and emerging problems. Current studies focus on science, technology and global security; social policy and American institutions; the humanities and culture, and education.

The Academy has a current membership of 4,000 American fellows and 600 foreign honorary members who are leaders in the academic disciplines, the arts, business, and public affairs.

Its four major goals are:

• To promote service and study through analysis of critical social and intellectual issues and the development of practical policy alternatives;

• To foster public engagement and the exchange of ideas with meetings, conferences and symposia that bring diverse perspectives to the examination of issues of common concern;

• To mentor a new generation of scholars and thinkers through its visiting scholars program and Hellman fellowship program, and

• To honor excellence by electing members from a broad range of disciplines and professions.


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