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Paolo Mancosu

Disciplines:
logic
philosophy of mathematics
mathematics/history of mathematics

Summary

Italian-American philosopher of mathematics who has worked on mathematical explanation, abstraction principles in neo-logicism, and the history of 20th century logic.

Core Contribution

Contributed to the analysis of mathematical explanation — what makes one proof more explanatory than another. Developed an account of abstraction principles (Hume's Principle and its extensions) in the philosophy of mathematics. History of 20th century logic.

Notable Works & Achievements

Philosophy of Mathematics and Mathematical Practice in the Seventeenth Century

The Philosophy of Mathematical Practice

Historical Influences

Gottlob Frege Hilbert

Intellectual Lineage

Analytic Philosophy of Mathematics

Contemporaries & Peers

Kit Fine Crispin Wright

Minds Influenced

No recorded minds influenced.

Intellectual Posterity

Mathematical Explanation

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