Michael Resnik Explained

Region:	Western philosophy
Era:	Contemporary philosophy
Michael Resnik
Birth Date:	20 March 1938
Birth Place:	New Haven, Connecticut
Alma Mater:	Yale University Harvard University
School Tradition:	Analytic philosophy
Main Interests:	Philosophy of mathematics, epistemology
Notable Ideas:	Mathematical structuralism (abstract variety)^[1]
Influences:	Gottlob Frege

Michael David Resnik (; born March 20, 1938) is a leading contemporary American philosopher of mathematics.^[2] ^[3]

Biography

Resnik obtained his B.A. in mathematics and philosophy at Yale University in 1960, and his PhD in Philosophy at Harvard University in 1964. He wrote his thesis on Frege.^[4] ^[5] He was appointed Associate Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1967, Professor in 1975, and University Distinguished Professor in 1988.^[6] He is Professor Emeritus of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and currently resides in rural Chatham County, North Carolina.

Book: Elementary Logic . 1970 .
Book: Frege and the Philosophy of Mathematics . 1980 .
Book: Choices: An Introduction to Decision Theory . 1987 .
Book: Mathematical Objects and Mathematical Knowledge . 1995 . 978-1-85521-638-9 . Gefwert . Christoffer .
Book: Mathematics As a Science of Patterns . 1997 .

On Skolem's Paradox . Journal of Philosophy . 1966 .
On the Philosophical Significance of Consistency Proofs . Journal of Philosophical Logic . 1974 .
Frege and Analytic Philosophy: Facts and Speculations . Midwest Studies . 1981 .
Mathematics as a Science of Patterns: Ontology and Reference . Noûs . 1981 . 15 . 4 . 529–550 . 10.2307/2214851 . 2214851 . Resnik . Michael D. .
Mathematics as a Science of Patterns: Epistemology . Noûs . 1982 . 16 . 1 . 95–105 . 10.2307/2215419 . 2215419 . Resnik . Michael D. .
Logic: Normative or Descriptive? . Philosophy of Science . 52 . 2 . 221–238 . 1985 . 10.1086/289241 . Resnik . Michael D. . 122441386 .
Impartial Welfarism and the Concept of a Person . Erkenntnis . 1986 .
Second-order Logic Still Wild! . Journal of Philosophy . 1988 .
Between Mathematics and Physics . Philosophy of Science Association Proceedings . 1990 .
A Naturalized Epistemology for Mathematical Objects . Philosophica . 1990 .
Immanent Truth . Mind . 1991 .
Proof as a Source of Truth . Proof and Knowledge in Mathematics, ed. By Detlefsen . 1992 .
Scientific vs. Mathematical Realism: The Indispensability Argument . Philosophia Mathematica . 1995 .
Structural Relativity . Philosophia Mathematica . 1996 .
On Positing Mathematical Objects . Frege: Importance and Legacy, M. Schirn, Ed. . 1996 .

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M. D. Resnik (1974) On the Philosophical Significance of Consistency Proofs, Journal of Philosophical Logic pp. 133–147 URL DOI
M. D. Resnik (1981) Mathematics as a Science of Patterns: Ontology and Reference, Noûs Vol. 15, No. 4, Special Issue on Philosophy of Mathematics, pp. 529–550. URL DOI
M. D. Resnik (1964) Dissertation: Frege's Methodology: A Critical Study, Harvard University, 274 pp.
M. D. Resnik (1981) Frege and Analytic Philosophy: Facts and Speculations Midwest Studies In Philosophy Vol. 6, pp. 83–104. DOI
Web site: UNC Graduate Record 2002–2004.