The Philosopher
Michael Resnik
The face
The background
- Nationality:
- American
- Schools:
- Analytic philosophy
- Branchs:
- Philosophy of mathematics, Epistemology
- Period:
- Contemporary
The synopsis
Michael David Resnik (born March 20, 1938) is a leading contemporary American philosopher of mathematics. Resnik obtained his B.A. in mathematics and philosophy at Yale University in 1960, and his PhD in Philosophy at Harvard University in 1964. He wrote his thesis on Frege. He was appointed Associate Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1967, Professor in 1975, and University Distinguished Professor in 1988. He is Professor Emeritus of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and currently resides in rural Chatham County, North Carolina.
The works
Elementary Logic
Frege and the Philosophy of Mathematics
Choices: An Introduction to Decision Theory
Mathematical Objects and Mathematical Knowledge
Mathematics As a Science of Patterns
On Skolem's Paradox
On the Philosophical Significance of Consistency Proofs
Frege and Analytic Philosophy: Facts and Speculations
Mathematics as a Science of Patterns: Ontology and Reference
Mathematics as a Science of Patterns: Epistemology
Logic: Normative or Descriptive?
Impartial Welfarism and the Concept of a Person
Second-order Logic Still Wild!
Between Mathematics and Physics
A Naturalized Epistemology for Mathematical Objects
Immanent Truth
Proof as a Source of Truth
Scientific vs. Mathematical Realism: The Indispensability Argument
Structural Relativity
On Positing Mathematical Objects