Mary Leng

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Mary Leng is a British philosopher specialising in the philosophy of mathematics and philosophy of science. She is a professor at the University of York

Career

Leng studied as an undergraduate at Balliol College, University of Oxford and as postgraduate student at the University of Toronto. [1] She worked at the University of Cambridge from 2002-06, and then the University of Liverpool from 2006-11. In 2007, she co-edited a collection called Mathematical Knowledge with Alexander Paseau and Micheal Potter, which was published by Oxford University Press, [2] and, in 2010, she published a monograph called Mathematics and Reality, again with Oxford University Press. In Mathematics and Reality, Leng defends mathematical fictionalism. [3] Leng joined the University of York at 2012, where she is now a professor. [1]

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  1. 1 2 "Leng, Mary - Philosophy, the University of York".
  2. ↑ Reviews of Mathematical Knowledge:
  3. ↑ Reviews of Mathematics and Reality:
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