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{{Short description|American philosopher of mathematics}}{{for|the science fiction writer whose name is sometimes spelled "Mike Resnik"|Mike Resnick}}{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2015}}

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|birth_place=New Haven, Connecticut|alma_mater= Yale UniversityHarvard University|school_tradition=Analytic philosophy|main_interests=Philosophy of mathematics, epistemologyMathematical structuralism (Abstract structuralism>abstract variety)Stewart Shapiro, "Mathematical Structuralism", Philosophia Mathematica, 4(2), May 1996, pp. 81–2.|influences = Gottlob Frege|influenced =}}Michael David Resnik ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|r|ɛ|z|n|ɪ|k}}; born March 20, 1938) is a leading contemporary American philosopher of mathematics.M. D. Resnik (1974) On the Philosophical Significance of Consistency Proofs, Journal of Philosophical Logic pp. 133–147 URL DOI

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.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 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.WEB,weblink UNC Graduate Record 2002–2004, He is Professor Emeritus of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and currently resides in rural Chatham County, North Carolina.

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External links

• Philpapers.org
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