Background
Maddy, Penelope Jo was born on July 4, 1950 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States. Daughter of Richard and Suzanne (Lorimer) Parsons.
(Mathematicians tend to think of themselves as scientists ...)
Mathematicians tend to think of themselves as scientists investigating the features of real mathematical things, and the wildly successful application of mathematics in the physical sciences reinforces this picture of mathematics as an objective study. For philosophers, however, this realism about mathematics raises serious questions: What are mathematical things? Where are they? How do we know about them? Offering a scrupulously fair treatment of both mathematical and philosophical concerns, Penelope Maddy here delineates and defends a novel version of mathematical realism. She answers the traditional questions and poses a challenging new one, refocusing philosophical attention on the pressing foundational issues of contemporary mathematics.
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Naturalism in Mathematics investigates how the most fundamental assumptions of mathematics can be justified. One prevalent philosophical approach to the problem--realism--is examined and rejected in favor of another approach--naturalism. Penelope Maddy defines this naturalism, explains the motivation for it, and shows how it can be successfully applied in set theory. Her clear, original treatment of this fundamental issue is informed by current work in both philosophy and mathematics, and will be accessible and enlightening to readers from both disciplines.
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Maddy, Penelope Jo was born on July 4, 1950 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States. Daughter of Richard and Suzanne (Lorimer) Parsons.
Bachelor in Mathematics, University California, Berkeley, 1972. Doctor of Philosophy in Philosophy, Princeton University, New Jersey, 1979.
Assistant professor, U. Notre Dame (Indiana), 1978-1983; associate professor, University of Illinois, Chicago, 1983-1987; associate professor, University of California, Irvine, 1987-1989; professor, University of California, Irvine, since 1989; department chair, University of California, Irvine, 1991-1995. Member editorial board Journal Philosophical Logic, since 1985.
(Mathematicians tend to think of themselves as scientists ...)
(Naturalism in Mathematics investigates how the most funda...)
Member Association Symbolic Logic (member executive committee 1993-1996, vice president 2001-2004, president 2007^), American Philosophical Association (member executive committee 1993-1995), Philosophy of Science Association (member governing board 1993-1995), American Academy Arts and Sciences.