Branden Fitelson

{{Short description|American philosopher (born 1969)}}

{{BLP sources|date=March 2018}}

{{Infobox philosopher

| region = Western philosophy

| era = Contemporary philosophy

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| name = Branden Fitelson

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1969|8|17}}

| birth_place = Syracuse, New York, U.S.

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| school_tradition = Analytic

| institutions = Northeastern University

| main_interests = Formal epistemology, philosophy of science, metaphysics

| thesis_title = Studies in Bayesian confirmation theory

| thesis_url = http://fitelson.org/thesis.pdf

| thesis_year = 2001

| doctoral_advisor = Malcolm Forster

| doctoral_students = Kenny Easwaran

| notable_ideas = Computational metaphysics

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| alma_mater = University of Wisconsin–Madison

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| awards = Mellon Research Grant, WARF Fellowship, Oliver Prize

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Branden Fitelson ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|f|aɪ|t|əl|s|ən}};[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpwruWbXgxA&t=108s The Daily Ant Interviews Branden Fitelson] born August 17, 1969) is an American philosopher and Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Northeastern University.

He is known for his expertise on formal epistemology and philosophy of science.{{cite web|title=Philosophy Phriday [On a Tuesday]: Video Interview With Branden Fitelson|url=https://dailyant.com/2017/12/19/philosophy-phriday-on-a-tuesday-video-interview-with-branden-fitelson/|website=The Daily Ant|accessdate=25 March 2018|date=20 December 2017}}{{cite web|title=Brief Biography of Branden Fitelson|url=https://infidels.org/library/modern/branden_fitelson/fitelson-bio.html|website=infidels.org|accessdate=25 March 2018|language=en}}