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Brian David Ellis
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<p>Brian Ellis <a href="/facts/Fellow_of_the_Australian_Academy_of_the_Humanities/YR78zP9E">FAHA</a> (born 1929) is an Australian philosopher. He is an Emeritus Professor in the philosophy department at <a href="/facts/La_Trobe_University/D1KWKWSu">La Trobe University</a> in Victoria, Australia, and Professional Fellow in philosophy at the <a href="/facts/University_of_Melbourne/KbwoHgto">University of Melbourne</a>. He was the Editor of the <i>Australasian Journal of Philosophy</i> for twelve years. He is one of the major proponents of the <a href="/facts/New_essentialism/qkwRJv17">New Essentialist</a> school of <a href="/facts/Philosophy_of_science/aonsfhTY">philosophy of science</a>. In later years he has brought his understanding of scientific realism to the Social Sciences, developing the philosophy of Social Humanism. He was appointed a Fellow of the <a href="/facts/Australian_Academy_of_the_Humanities/YR78zP9E">Australian Academy of the Humanities</a> in 1972. </p>