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Mark Colyvan | |
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| Awards | Humboldt Fellow, ARC Future Fellowship |
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| Thesis | Indispensability arguments in the philosophy of mathematics (1998) |
| J. J. C. Smart[1] | |
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| Era | 21st-century philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
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| Institutions | University of Sydney |
Main interests | Philosophy of logic, philosophy of mathematics, conservation biology |
| Website | http://www.colyvan.com/ |
Mark Colyvan is an Australian philosopher and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Sydney. He is a former president of the Australasian Association of Philosophy. Colyvan is known for his research on philosophy of mathematics.[2]
Books
[edit]- The Indispensability of Mathematics, Oxford University Press, 2001
- Ecological Orbits: How Planets Move and Populations Grow, Oxford University Press, 2004
- An Introduction to the Philosophy of Mathematics, Cambridge University Press, 2012
References
[edit]- ↑ Colyvan, Mark (1997). "Mark Colyvan – Indispensability arguments in the philosophy of mathematics". Retrieved 22 July 2020.
- ↑ "Colyvan, Mark - Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy (MCMP) - LMU Munich". Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
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