Faculty

Information about faculty members whose research interests include the History and Philosophy of Mathematics.

Department of Philosophy

Name	Research interests
Emily Carson	Intuition, Kant, Locke
Michael Hallett	Cantor, foundations of geometry, Hilbert, set theory
Alison Laywine	Mixed mathematics in antiquity and the early modern period
Stephen Menn	Ancient mathematics (geometry, proportion theory, astronomy); development of 19th and 20th century algebraic geometry and algebraic number theory; mathematical explanation, relations between 'higher' and 'lower' theories
Dirk Schlimm	Axiomatics, mathematical cognition, Dedekind, numeral systems, Pasch

Post-Docs

	dates	Research interests
David Waszek	April 2019-June 2021	Diagrams, history and philosophy of mathematics, notations

Visitors

	Dates	Research interests
Henning Heller (U Vienna)	August-September 2020 [cancelled]	History of algebra and geometry, philosophy of mathematics.
Sorin Bangu (University of Bergen)	January-April 2020	Philosophy of mathematics, mathematical explanation, Wittgenstein.
Yacin Hamami (VU Brussels)	September 2019	Mathematical cognition, philosophy of mathematics.
Markus Pantsar (University of Helsinki)	April 2019	Mathematical cognition, philosophy of mathematics.
Richard Zach (University of Calgary)	Fall 2014-Winter 2015	Logic, history of analytic philosophy, philosophy of mathematics

Other Departments at McGill

Name / Department	Research interests
Brendan Gillon (Linguistics)	Indian logic, semantics

Other Departments in Montreal

Name / Department / University	Research interests
Yvon Gauthier (Philosophy, Université de Montréal)	Foundations of physics, Hegel, Kronecker, logic
Greg Lavers (Philosophy, Concordia University)	Carnap, Frege, Quine
Mathieu Marion (Philosophy, UQÀM)	Collingwood, philosophy of logic, Wittgenstein
Jean-Pierre Marquis (Philosophy, Université de Montréal)	Abstraction, category theory, homotopy theory

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