Department of Philosophy - University of Missouri-Columbia

Christopher Pincock

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Christopher Pincock

Associate Professor of Philosophy
PhD, University of California, Berkeley

Website
C.V. (pdf)
Blog

Research area
Philosophy of Mathematics, Philosophy of Science, History of Analytic Philosophy

Selected Publications

  • Book: Mathematics and Scientific Representation, Oxford University Press, in press.
  • “On Batterman’s ‘On the Explanatory Role of Mathematics in Empirical Science’”, British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 62 (2011): 211-217.
  • “Mathematical Explanations of the Rainbow”, Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics 42 (2011): 13-22.
  • “Modeling Reality”, Synthese 180 (2011): 19-32.
  • "Russell's Last (and Best) Multiple-Relation Theory of Judgment," Mind 117 (2008): 107-139.
  • "Carnap, Russell and the External World." In Cambridge Companion to Carnap, eds. M. Friedman & R. Creath, 106-128. Cambridge University Press, 2008.
  • "A Role for Mathematics in the Physical Sciences," Nous 41 (2007): 253-275.

Selected Honors

  • National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship, "The Value of Mathematics for Scientific Representation" (2008-2009).

Work in Progress

  • Mathematical Knowledge is A Priori, Though Not Conceptual
  • Representing with Models
  • Mathematical Contributions to Scientific Explanation