Michael Resnik

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Michael David Resnik (born March 20, 1938 New Haven, Connecticut) is a leading contemporary philosopher of mathematics^[1][2]. He obtained his B.A. in mathematics and philosophy at Yale University in 1960, and his Ph.D. in Philosophy at Harvard University in 1964. He wrote his thesis on Frege.^[3][4] 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.^[5] He is Professor Emeritus of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and currently resides in rural Chatham County, North Carolina.

Notes

1. ^ M. D. Resnik (1974) On the Philosophical Significance of Consistency Proofs, Journal of Philosophical Logic pp. 133-147 URL DOI
2. ^ M. D. Resnik (1981) Mathematics as a Science of Patterns: Ontology and Reference, Noûs Vol. 15, No. 4, Special Issue on Philosophy of Mathematics, pp. 529-550. URL DOI
3. ^ M. D. Resnik (1964) Dissertation: Frege's Methodology: A Critical Study, Harvard University, 274 pp.
4. ^ M. D. Resnik (1981) Frege and Analytic Philosophy: Facts and Speculations Midwest Studies In Philosophy Vol. 6, pp. 83–104. DOI
5. ^ "UNC Graduate Record 2002-2004". http://www.unc.edu/gradrecord/2002-2004/faculty.html. 

Books by Resnik

• Elementary Logic. 1970. 
• Frege and the Philosophy of Mathematics. 1980. 
• Choices: An Introduction to Decision Theory. 1987. 
• Mathematical Objects and Mathematical Knowledge. 1995. ISBN 1855216388. 
• Mathematics As a Science of Patterns. 1997. 

Journal articles

• "On Skolem's Paradox". Journal of Philosophy. 1966. 
• "On the Philosophical Significance of Consistency Proofs". Journal of Philosophical Logic. 1974. 
• "Frege and Analytic Philosophy: Facts and Speculations". Midwest Studies. 1981. 
• "Mathematics as a Science of Patterns: Ontology and Reference". Noûs. 1981. 
• "Logic: Normative or Descriptive?". Philosophy of Science. 1985. 
• "Impartial Welfarism and the Concept of a Person". Erkenntnis. 1986. 
• "Second-order Logic Still Wild!". Journal of Philosophy. 1988. 
• "Between Mathematics and Physics". Philosophy of Science Association Proceedings. 1990. 
• "A Naturalized Epistemology for Mathematical Objects". Philosophica. 1990. 
• "Immanent Truth". Mind. 1991. 
• "Proof as a Source of Truth". Proof and Knowledge in Mathematics, ed. by Detlefsen. 1992. 
• "Scientific vs. Mathematical Realism: The Indispensability Argument". Philosophia Mathematica. 1994. 
• "Scientific versus Mathematical Realism: The Indispensability Argument". Philosophia Mathematica. 1995. 
• "Structural Relativity". Philosophia Mathematica. 1996. 
• "On Positing Mathematical Objects". Frege: Importance and Legacy, M. Schirn, ed.. 1996. 

External links

• Works
• Home page of Michael_Resnik

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