Paul Benacerraf
Paul Joseph Salomon Benacerraf (* 1931 in Paris ) is an American philosopher who mainly deals with the philosophy of mathematics . He is also interested in logic , epistemology , metaphysics and the philosophy of language .
life and work
Benacerraf's Sephardic parents came from Morocco and grew up in Paris. His brother is the Nobel Prize- winning physician Baruj Benacerraf . Benacerraf is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Princeton University .
He is best known for his article What Numbers Could Not Be (1965) and for co-editing Philosophy of Mathematics: Selected Readings . He also made a name for himself as a critic of Platonism . In 1998 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .
Fonts
- Logicism, Some Considerations Princeton, Dissertation, University Microfilms 1960.
- What Numbers Could Not Be , The Philosophical Review 74, 1965, pp. 47-73.
- God, the Devil, and Gödel , The Monist 51, 1967. pp. 9-33.
- Mathematical Truth , The Journal of Philosophy 70, 1973, pp. 661-679.
- Frege: The Last Logicist , The Foundations of Analytic Philosophy, Midwest Studies in Philosophy 6, 1981, pp. 17-35.
- Skolem and the Skeptic , Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society , Supplementary Volume 56, 1985, pp. 85-115.
- Paul Benacerraf / Hilary Putnam (eds.): Philosophy of Mathematics: Selected Readings . Cambridge University Press: New York, 2nd ed. 1983.
literature
- Manfred Zimmermann: Truth and Knowledge in Mathematics. The Benacerraf dilemma , Berlin: Transparent 1995
- Bob Hale / Crispin Wright : Benacerraf's Dilemma Revisited , European Journal of Philosophy 10, 2002, pp. 101-129
- JR Lucas: Satan stultified: a rejoinder to Paul Benacerraf , The Monist 52/1, 1968, pp. 145-158
- Caroline Moseley: "Whatever I am now, it happened here" (Interview)
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Benacerraf, Paul |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Benacerraf, Paul Joseph Salomon |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American philosopher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1931 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |