Henry Byerly attended the University of Minnesota, where he earned an undergraduate degree in mathematics and physics, a master's degree in mathematics, and a PhD in philosophy. His PhD was given for his 1967 thesis "The Ontological Status of Theoretical Entities.".[1] He studied for his doctorate under May Brodbeck, a student of Gustav Bergmann.
Byerly, Henry C.; Lazara, Vincent A. (1973). "Realist Foundations of Measurement". Philosophy of Science. 40 (1): 10–28. doi:10.1086/288493. JSTOR186357.
Byerly, Henry C. (1976). "Explaining and Exploiting Placebo Effects". Perspectives in Biology and Medicine. 19 (3): 423–437. doi:10.1353/pbm.1976.0038. PMID60737.
Bernstein, Harris; Byerly, Henry C.; Hopf, Frederick A.; Michod, Richard A.; Vemulapalli, G. Krishna (1983). "The Darwinian Dynamic". The Quarterly Review of Biology. 58 (2): 185–207. doi:10.1086/413216. JSTOR2828805.