Mary Tiles

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Mary Tiles (born 1946 [1] ) is a philosopher and historian of mathematics and science. From 2006 until 2009, she served as chair of the philosophy department of the University of Hawaii at Manoa. [2] She retired in 2009. [3]

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Life

At Bristol University, Tiles obtained her B.A. in philosophy and mathematics in 1967, and her Ph.D. in philosophy in 1973, followed by a B.Phil. in philosophy in 1974 at Oxford and a M.A. in 1978 at Cambridge. After positions as lecturer and visiting associate professor at different institutions, Tiles became associate professor of philosophy at University of Hawaii at Manoa in 1989, and full professor in 1992. [4]

Work

Tiles' area of work is primarily philosophy and history of logic, mathematics and science, with a special emphasis on French contributions to this area, e.g. by Gaston Bachelard, Georges Canguilhem, Bruno Latour, Michel Foucault, Pierre Bourdieu, Michel Serres, Jean-Claude Martzloff, Karine Chemla, Catherine Jami, and François Jullien. [4]

One of her publications is the 1989 book The Philosophy of Set Theory: An Historical Introduction to Cantor's Paradise. As the subtitle suggests, it is an example of a book that treats the philosophy of mathematics as inseparable from historical concerns. [5] Despite some criticisms, for its lack of technical detail and correctness, and for pressing the author's philosophical agenda on its readers, [6] it has been recommended as an introductory textbook for undergraduates interested in the philosophy of mathematics. [7] [8] [9]

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  1. ↑ Date information sourced from Library of Congress Authorities data, via corresponding WorldCat Identities  linked authority file (LAF) .
  2. ↑ Faculty of the Department of Philosophy at the University of Hawaii at Manoa
  3. ↑ "Emeriti Faculty". Philosophy Department. University of Hawaii at Manoa . Retrieved 18 February 2019.
  4. 1 2 http://www.hawaii.edu/phil/cvs/PDF/MTilesCV04.pdf%5B%5D CV at www.hawaii.edu/phil/
  5. ↑ Jongsma, Calvin (21 March 2016). "Philosophical Introduction to Set Theory". MAA Reviews . Retrieved 18 February 2019.
  6. 1 2 Anellis, Irving H. (1992). "Review of Mary Tiles, The Philosophy of Set Theory: A Historical Introduction to Cantor's Paradise". Modern Logic . 2 (4): 392–404. A reply by Tiles was published as Tiles, M. (1993). "Letters". Philosophia Mathematica . 1: 73–74. doi:10.1093/philmat/1.1.73.
  7. 1 2 Berg, Michael (1 December 2004). "The Philosophy of Set Theory: An Historical Introduction to Cantor's Paradise". MAA Reviews . Retrieved 18 February 2019.
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  9. 1 2 Holmes, M. R. (2006). "Mary Tiles. The philosophy of set theory, an historical introduction to Cantor's paradise. Courier Dover Publications, 2004, xiii + 239 pp". Bulletin of Symbolic Logic . 12 (4): 601–604. doi:10.2178/bsl/1164056809. S2CID   124006063.
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