W. D. Hart

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Wilbur Dyre Hart III
Born1943 (age 8081)
Education Harvard University (PhD)
Era 21st-century philosophy
Region Western philosophy
School Analytic
Institutions University of Illinois at Chicago
Thesis Wittgenstein, Philosophy, Logic and Mathematics (1969)
Doctoral advisor Burton Dreben, Stanley Cavell
Doctoral students Ziya Movahed
Main interests
Logic, philosophy of mathematics, metaphysics, and epistemology

Wilbur Dyre Hart (born 1943) is an American philosopher and professor emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He taught at the University of Michigan from 1969 to 1974, the University College London from 1974 to 1991, and the University of New Mexico from 1992 to 1993. [1] Hart is known for his research on logic, philosophy of mathematics, metaphysics, and epistemology. [2] [3]

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Hart has defended substance dualism. [4]

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References

  1. "Hart, W.D." University of Illinois at Chicago.
  2. Boër, Steven (1991). "Review of The Engines of the Soul". Noûs. 25 (4): 561–566. doi:10.2307/2216079. ISSN   0029-4624. JSTOR   2216079.
  3. Hale, Bob (September 1998). "Review: W. D. Hart, The Philosophy of Mathematics". Journal of Symbolic Logic. 63 (3): 1180–1183. doi:10.2307/2586733. ISSN   0022-4812. JSTOR   2586733.
  4. Boër, Steven (1991). "Reviewed Work: The Engines of the Soul. W. D. Hart". Noûs. 25 (4): 561–566. doi:10.2307/2216079.