Philip Hansten

Philip Hansten is Professor Emeritus at the University of Washington, where he still teaches a philosophy of science class.Philip Hansten is Professor Emeritus at the University of Washington, where he still teaches a philosophy of science class. He is also involved in drug interaction research with colleagues at other universities. He became involved in the death penalty after consulting on lethal injection issues with abolition groups. After realizing there were no rational arguments to support the death penalty, he wrote the book, “Death Penalty Bullshit. Fifteen Absurd Claims of Death Penalty Proponents.” Hansten tries to use reason and rational thought in his scientific and death penalty work, but he had a lapse in rationality when he did a sprint triathlon to celebrate his 80th birthday.