Mark Wilson
Born1947
Alma materReed College
University of Washington
Harvard University
Era20th-century philosophy
21st-century philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
InstitutionsUniversity of California, San Diego
University of Illinois at Chicago
Ohio State University
University of Pittsburgh
Thesis (1976)
Doctoral advisorHilary Putnam
Main interests
Philosophy of mathematics, of language, of science, of physics and metaphysics

Mark Lowell Wilson (born 1947) is an American philosopher and Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at University of Pittsburgh. Wilson has authored several books on the philosophy of mathematics.

Education and early life

Wilson was raised in Oregon, and enrolled at Reed College between 1965 and 1967, before earning his bachelor's degree in 1969 from the University of Washington. He completed a doctorate at Harvard University in 1976, where his thesis was supervised by Hilary Putnam.[1]

Academic career

Before joining the University of Pittsburgh faculty, where he was named distinguished professor of philosophy in 2015, Wilson taught at the University of California, San Diego, University of Illinois at Chicago, and Ohio State University.[2]

His research mainly focuses on how physical and mathematical concerns become entangled with metaphysics and philosophy of language.[3] He has published several books, including Imitation of Rigor: An Alternate History of Analytic Philosophy, Innovation and Certainty,[4] Wandering Significance: An Essay on Conceptual Behavior,[5] and Physics Avoidance: and other essays in conceptual strategy.[6] He is a Resident Fellow of the Center for Philosophy of Science at the University of Pittsburgh[7] and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.[8]

Bibliography

  • Wilson, Mark (2021-01-07). Innovation and Certainty. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-108-66337-3.
  • Wilson, M. (2022). Imitation of Rigor: An Alternative History of Analytic Philosophy. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780192896469.
  • Wilson, M. (2017). Physics Avoidance: and Other Essays in Conceptual Strategy. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198803478.
  • Wilson, M. (2008). Wandering Significance: An Essay on Conceptual Behavior. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199532308.

References

  1. ↑ Marhsall, Richard. "WISE PENCILS AND WANDERING SIGNIFICANCE". 3:16 am. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  2. ↑ "Mark Wilson". University of Pittsburgh. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
  3. ↑ Stöltzner, Michael (January 2004). "On Optimism and Opportunism in Applied Mathematics: Mark Wilson Meets John Von Neumann on Mathematical Ontology". Erkenntnis. 60 (1): 121–143. doi:10.1023/B:ERKE.0000005144.79761.02. JSTOR 20013247. S2CID 123343238.
  4. ↑ Gillies, Donald (October 2021). "Mark Wilson.Innovation and Certainty". Philosophia Mathematica. 29 (3): 445–448. doi:10.1093/philmat/nkab019. Retrieved 2022-12-09.
  5. ↑ Liston, Michael (November 2010). "Review: Rabbits Astray and Significance Awandering: Review Essay on Mark Wilson's "Wandering Significance"". Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. 81 (3): 809–817. doi:10.1111/j.1933-1592.2010.00390.x. JSTOR 41057506.
  6. ↑ Ryckman, Thomas (12 November 2018). "Physics Avoidance: Essays in Conceptual Strategy". Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews.
  7. ↑ "Center for Philosophy of Science ::: resident fellows list". www.pitt.edu. Retrieved 2019-09-16.
  8. ↑ "Mark L. Wilson". American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 2019-09-16.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.