Robert Nola

Robert Nola (25 June 1940 – 23 October 2022) was a New Zealand philosophy academic, and was an Emeritus Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Auckland. His work focussed on the philosophy and history of science, on epistemology and on metaphysics.

Robert Nola
Born	(1940-06-25)25 June 1940
Died	23 October 2022(2022-10-23) (aged 82) Auckland, New Zealand
Alma mater	University of Auckland Australian National University
Spouse	Jan Crosthwaite
Scientific career
Fields	Philosophy of science
Institutions	University of Auckland
Thesis	Theoretical change in the physical sciences: a study of theory reduction and theory replacement in science  (1968) Nola, Robert (1998). Foucault. F. Cass. Nola, Robert, and Howard Sankey (2000). After Popper, Kuhn, and Feyerabend: Recent Issues in Theories of Scientific Method. Springer. Nola, Robert (2003). Rescuing Reason: A Critique of Anti-rationalist Views of Science and Knowledge. Kluwer. Nola, Robert, and Gürol Irzik (2006). Philosophy, Science, Education and Culture. Vol. 28. Springer Science & Business Media. David Braddon-Mitchell, Robert Nola (2008). "Introducing the Canberra Plan". In Conceptual Analysis and Philosophical Naturalism. MIT Press. Irzik, Gürol, and Robert Nola (2011). "A family resemblance approach to the nature of science for science education". Science & Education 20, no. 7: 591-607. Nola, Robert, and Howard Sankey (2014). Theories of Scientific Method: An Introduction. Routledge. Irzik, Gürol, and Robert Nola (2014). "New directions for nature of science research". In International Handbook of Research in History, Philosophy and Science Teaching, pp. 999–1021. Dordrecht: Springer. Nola, R. (2018). Demystifying Religious Belief. In H. van Eyghen, R. Peels, G. van den Brink (Eds.) New Developments in the Cognitive Science of Religion: The Rationality of Religious Belief (pp. 71-92). Heidelberg: Springer. Nola, R. (2019). Definition: Atheism. In J. Koterski, G. Oppy (Eds.) Theism and Atheism: Opposing Arguments in Philosophy (pp. 19-34). Farmington Hills, MI: Macmillan Reference USA. References "Emeritus Professor Robert Nola". University of Auckland. Retrieved 28 November 2021. "Robert NOLA Obituary (2022) The New Zealand Herald". Legacy.com. Retrieved 26 October 2022. Jacobsen, Scott Douglas (31 March 2019). "Interview with Robert Nola – Member and Honorary Associate of the New Zealand Association of Rationalists & Humanists (Inc.) (NZARH)". Canadian Atheist. Retrieved 28 November 2021. "Fellows: M–O". Royal Society Te Apārangi. Retrieved 26 September 2021. Kendall Clements, Garth Cooper, Michael Corballis, Douglas Elliffe, Robert Nola, Elizabeth Rata, and John Werry. “In Defence of Science.” New Zealand Listener, 31 July 2021. p.4 "New Zealand professors in Māori science row quit Royal Society". Times Higher Education (THE). 28 March 2022. Retrieved 26 October 2022.