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Christopher Pincock

Associate Professor, Philosophy

Education:PhD, University of California, Berkeley
 
Office:BRNG 7133
Office Phone:(765) 49-44280
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Specializations:Philosophy of Mathematics, Philosophy of Science, History of Analytic Philosophy
 

Selected Publications

  • “Modeling Reality,” Synthese, forthcoming in special issue on Models and Simulations 2.
  • “Towards a Philosophy of Applied Mathematics.”  In New Waves in Philosophy of Mathematics, eds. O. Bueno & Ø. Linnebo.  Palgrave Macmillan, forthcoming.
  • “Russell’s Last (and Best) Multiple-Relation Theory of Judgment,” Mind 117 (2008): 107-139.
  • “Carnap, Russell and the External World.”  In Cambridge Companion to Carnap, eds. M. Friedman & R. Creath, 106-128.  Cambridge University Press, 2008.
  • “A Role for Mathematics in the Physical Sciences,” Nous 41 (2007): 253-275.

Selected Honors

  • National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship, “The Value of Mathematics for Scientific Representation” (2008-2009).

Work in Progress

  • Book: Mathematics and Scientific Representation.
  • Article: “A Priori Contributions to Scientific Knowledge.”

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