Research

My research is in the philosophy of science and early analytic philosophy. I have a particular interest in philosophical issues that came into focus between 1880 and 1920—the period that encompassed critical moments in the transition from classical to modern physics and the emergence of modern logic. In philosophy of science my interests include interpretations of classical mechanics and accounts of geometrical representation before and after general relativity. In early analytic philosophy my interests include different conceptions of logical analysis, particularly the evolution of Wittgenstein’s conception of analysis. A unifying theme in my research is the topic of representation—from the particular question of how mathematical geometry represents physical space, to the broader question of how formal and natural languages represent the world. 

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