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Edward J. Hall, also known as Ned Hall, is an American philosopher and Norman E. Vuilleumier Professor of Philosophy at Harvard University. He is known for his expertise on philosophy of science and epistemology.

Education and career

Hall graduated from Reed College in 1987, and earned his Ph.D. in philosophy at Princeton University in 1996. He taught at MIT until 2005, when he moved to Harvard.

Books

• 2014. The Philosophy of Science: Metaphysical and Epistemological Foundations (Fundamentals of Philosophy), Blackwell, 2014
• 2004. Causation and Counterfactuals. Co-edited with L.A. Paul and John Collins. MIT Press, ISBN 978-0-26253-2563.
• 2013. Causation: A User's Guide. with L.A. Paul. Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-967345-2.

See also

• Counterfactuals
• Causality

References

1. Professor Profile: Ned Hall
2. "Ned Hall". Archived from the original on 2017-01-01. Retrieved 2017-01-01.
3. L. A. Paul and Ned Hall. Causation: A User’s Guide Review by Tim Maudlin
4. "Professor Profile: Ned Hall | Magazine | the Harvard Crimson".

External links

• Edward Hall at Harvard
• Panel Discussion - Edward J. Hall
• Laws & Lawmakers: Science, Metaphysics, and the Laws of Nature
• Reality and Rationality

• 21st-century American philosophers
• Analytic philosophers
• American philosophers of science
• American epistemologists
• American philosophy academics
• Living people
• Harvard University Department of Philosophy faculty
• Reed College alumni
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology faculty
• American metaphysicians
• Princeton University alumni
• 1966 births