Mario
Bunge holds a doctorate inphysics from the University of BuenosAires and
has been Professor ofPhilosophy at McGill University eversince he came
to Canada in 1966. Aprolific writer, Professor Bunge haspublished some
40 books with suchtitles as Treatise on Basic Philosophy,in eight volumes
(1974-89), Philosophyof Physics (1973), ScientificMaterialism (1981), Social
ScienceUnder Debate (1998) and Dictionaryof Philosophy (1999). He has also
pub-lishedmore than 300 articles in schol-arlypublications. His wife, Marta,
alsoan Argentine-born Canadian, is aProfessor of Mathematics in Montreal.Of
their two children, one is an archi-tectwhile the other is a cognitive
neuro-scientist.[Photo, courtesy ConsulateGeneral of Argentina]