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Jeg er professor ved . Før underviste jeg ved Univ. of Illinois og Univ. of Cambridge. Jeg fikk min doktorgrad fra Univ. of Toronto i 2006; før studerte jeg matematikk og filosofi i Bukarest. Jeg har (noe) kompetanse i moderne vitenskapsteori. En god del av min forskning ligger i skjæringspunktet mellom matematikkens filosofi og fysikkens filosofi. I den siste tiden har jeg fattet interesse for å undersøke den filosofiske relevansen av psykologisk forskning på matematisk kognisjon. Jeg er også interessert i den analytiske filosofiens historie og sentrale filosofer i denne historien, særlig Wittgenstein og Quine. (Flere detaljer på min )

For tiden er jeg ansvarlig for .

Forskningsmidler/Priser (seleksjon)

•  FRIPRO-FRIHUMSAM. Co-PI Kevin Cahill (Univ. of Bergen).  (NFR) har tildelt midlene i des. 2018. Budget ca. 15 mil. NOK, NFRs bidrag ca. 10 mil. NOK. Titel: Matematikk med et menneskelig ansikt: Et naturalistisk og wittgensteinansk rammeverk for mengdeteori 2019 - 2024
• , Univ. of Oxford for Trinity Term 2022 (21 April - 18June)
• Visiting Fellowship at (14 Nov. - 14 Dec. 2022)

Innlegg (seleksjon)

• TBA. Keynote at . Rome 17-19 June 2026.

• TBA. Talk at the Logic and Phil of Science Research group, . 13 March 2026.

• Can there be mathematical knowledge without proof? Conference , Reykjavik, Univ. of Iceland, 25-27 June 2025

• Wittgenstein on Cantor's Diagonal Proof. At Paris-Chicago Joint 13 June 2025. Paris.

• Wittgenstein on the Infinite and Cantor's Diagonal Proof. Invited talk at , 4 March 2025.
• Wittgenstein on assimilationism, scientism and mathematics. Key-note speaker at 1^st Conference of the . October 2024, Universitat de les Illes Balears.
• mrc2024: Models, Representation, and Computation Conference Paris, 15 June 2024.
• Boston University, Philosophy and mathematics conference. Organizer Juliet Floyd. 22 April 2024.
• Institute Vienna Circle, Univ. of Vienna. Organizer Georg Schiemer. April 2024
• Mathematics in Physics Conference, Univ. of Oslo. Organizer Øystein Linnebo. June 2023.
• Key-note speaker at Wittgenstein and the Philosophy of Mathematical Practice, workshop in Brussels, March 2023.
• Morrison Memorial Philosophy of Science Conference, Univ. of Toronto, Nov. 2022.
• Two dualisms in later Wittgenstein's writings on mathematics  3 May 2021
• Formalist explanations in physics Prague, Sept. 2020 (keynote)
• Fictions in scientific explanation.  UC Irvine LPS 27 April 2019
• Later Wittgenstein on mathematical necessity.  Conf. UC Berkeley 6 April 2019 
• Workshop, Antwerp. 29-31 Oct. 2018 (keynote)

Aktiviteter (seleksjon)

Konferanser

• Organizer Annual 2013-present
• Program committee member  Kent. Univ. July 2020
• Co-organizer (with K. Cahill) of Univ. of Bergen 21-22 Nov. 2019
• Program committee member , Univ. of Exeter Sept. 2017
• Program committee member  LMU Munich (MCMP) 23-24 October 2014

Administrasjon

• MA studies coordinator Dept. of Phil. 2020
• Co-representative in the Philosophy PhD Network including Univ. of Uppsala, Bologna, Bucharest, Helsinki and Bielefeld
• External reviewer for US National Science Foundation (NSF) grants 2018

Andre

• Editorial Board (Springer)
• Editor of Phil Papers (section including Applicability of Mathematics, Mathematical Practice, Mathematical Explanation)

For mine kurs se 

Postdoktor:

• Jeffrey Schatz (PhD Univ. of Calif. Irvine 2019) Fra August 2020. Co-veiledning med Kevin Cahill i forskningsprosjekt Mathematics with a Human Face: Set Theory within a Naturalized Wittgensteinean Framework. Aug. 2020-Juli 2023.

PhD kandidater:

• Nicola Gianola (Wittgenstein’s Philosophy of Mathematics) Co-supervision with Gabriele Pulcini, Univ. Rome Tor Vergata. (Ongoing)
• Martin Sætre (Wittgenstein’s Philosophy of Mathematics) Co-supervision with Kevin Cahill in the project Mathematics with a Human Face: Set Theory within a Naturalized Wittgensteinean Framework. Defense Fall 2023.
• Ragnhild Jordahl (Metaphysics, Necessity, Laws of Nature. Defended 23 April 2020) Co-supervision with Ole Hjortland
• Mark Young (Hist. and Phil. of Science. Defended 26 April 2019)

MA studenter:

• Birger Aardalsbakke (Neural networks & epistemology of AI; ongoing)
• Olav Sem (Against free will. Fall 2023)
• Luca Caiti (Skepticism and IBE. Fall 2022-Spring 2023)
• Steffen Haakonsen (Scientific Realism. 2017)
• Carl-Fredrik Bassøe (Causation and Digraphs. 2016) Co-supervision with Uwe Wolter, Comp. Science Dept.
• Sindre Søderstrøm (The Normative force of Logic. 2016) Co-supervision with Ole Hjortland

Nylige kurs

•  FIL 125 (undergraduate)
•  FIL 219/319 (und. & grad.)
•  FIL 342 (grad.)
•  FIL 220/320 (und. & grad.)
•  FIL 247/347 (und. & grad.)

For MN Fakultet, Univ. i Bergen:

•  MNF 201
• Examenum Philosophicum Seminarer

I fortiden underviste jeg ved Univ. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (2010-2012), Univ. of Cambridge (2008-2010), Univ. of Western Ontario (2007) og Univ. of Toronto (2005-2006). Info om det på min .

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Nylige bøker:

• Philosophy of Mathematics After Wittgenstein. Cambridge Univ. Press
  • Publisert i juni 2026. Monograph. Ca. 300 s.
• Naturalizing Logico-Mathematical Knowledge: Approaches from Philosophy, Psychology and Cognitive Science. Routledge, 2018
  • Redigert tekstsamling, 306 s.
  • Reviews: , y

• Filosofi for Realister. Universitetsforlaget, 2017.

  • Co-redigert tekstsamling med Kevin Cahill. 342 s. 

Nylige spesialutgaver av tidsskrifter:

• Models, Representation, and Computation. Synthese. In preparation (2026?). Topic collection. Co-edited w/ Cyrille Imbert and Vincent Ardourel.
• The Explanatory and Heuristic Power of Mathematics. Synthese, 2023. . Co-editors: Marianna Antonutti-Marfori and Emiliano Ippoliti.

Nylige artikler:  

I tidsskrifter

• (w/ Jeffrey Schatz) Wittgenstein on Cantor's Proof. Synthese. Vol. 206, article 130 (2025)

• Wittgenstein on Proof and Concept-Formation. Philosophical Quarterly. Vol. 75, 1: 1–20 (2025)

• A Note on “Philosophical Investigations into AI Alignment: A Wittgensteinean Framework” by J.A. Perez-Escobar and D. Sarikaya. (invited, refereed)

• Mind the gap: Noncausal Explanations of Dual Properties. Philosophical Studies. Vol. 181, pp. 789–809 (2024)
• (w/ Vincent Ardourel) Finite-Size Scaling Theory: Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches to Critical Phenomena. Studies in the History and Philosophy of Science 100: 99-106 (2023). 
• Mathematical Explanations of Physical Phenomena. Australasian Journal of Philosophy 99.4: 669–82 (2021)
• The Appearance of Skepticism: Possibility, Conceivability and Infinite Ascent. Canadian Journal of Philosophy 51:2, 94-107 (2021)
• Hard and Blind: On Wittgenstein’s Genealogical View of Logical Necessity. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. 102(2): 439-458 (2021)

I samlinger

• Title TBD. Essay in Blackwell Companion to the Philosophy of Mathematics. Ed. by A. C. Paseau. Invited, forthcoming.
• On the Grammar of Mathematical Propositions. In . Pp. 29-37. (2023) Eds. A. Pichler; E. Heinrich-Ramharter; F. Stadler. Kirchberg am Wechsel [OA]
• Factivism in Historical Perspective. Understanding the Gravitational Deflection of Light. Ch. 6 (pp. 62-77) in Scientific Understanding and Representation: Mathematical Modeling in the Life and Physical Sciences. Eds. I. Lawler, K. Khalifa, E. Shech. Routledge, 2022.
• Phase Transitions. Chapter 36 in The Routledge Companion to the Philosophy of Physics. Edited by Eleanor Knox and Alastair Wilson. Pp. 512-523. Routledge (2021)

Nylige bokanmeldelser:

• The Comeback of Natural Philosophy. Essay review of Penelope Maddy Natural Philosophy and Other Essays (Oxford Univ Press, 2022) . Forthcoming.
• [Critical notice; w/ J. Schatz] Juliet Floyd Wittgenstein's Philosophy of Mathematics (Cambridge Univ. Press, 2021) (Cambridge Elements in Philosophy of Mathematics). In  30(1): 103-110 (2022).
• Marc Lange Because Without Cause (Oxford Univ. Press, 2017) British Journal for Philosophy of Science. BJPS Review of Books. (2017) 

•  prosjekt: 15 mil kroner forskningsmidler (ca. 10 mil NOK fra ),  co-PI Kevin Cahill (Univ. of Bergen). Prosjekt titel: Mathematics with a Human Face. Set Theory within a Naturalized Wittgensteinean Framework 2019-2024.