James Fetzer
 James Fetzer        (soldier, academic, researcher) | |
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| Born | James Henry Fetzer 6 December 1940 Pasadena, California, USA |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Princeton University |
| Founder/Owner of | Assassinationscience.com |
| Interests | • JFK/Assassination • 9-11 • False flags • Paul Wellstone/Assassination • Sandy Hook |
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Background
James Fetzer graduated from South Pasadena High School in 1958. He then got a degree in philosophy from 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. He was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Marine Corps, then 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.
Career
His initial faculty appointment was at the University of Kentucky. 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 served from 1987 until his retirement in 2006. 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.
Publications
Fetzer 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. His web page subdivides his publications by area, including computer science, artificial intelligence, cognitive science, evolution and cognition, and his applied philosophical research on the assassination of JFK. He also has a internet radio program.[1]
Doubts about Rebekah Roth
- Full article: “Rebekah Roth”
- Full article: “Rebekah Roth”
Responding to attacks by her, in September 2015, James Fetzer wrote an article entitled "Rebekah Roth's Methodical illusion: Pros and Cons".[2]
A Document by James Fetzer
| Title | Document type | Publication date | Subject(s) |
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| Document:JFK and RFK: The Plots that Killed Them, The Patsies that Didn’t | article | 13 June 2010 | "Lone nut" JFK Assassination RFK Assassination |
