Prof. Paolo Mancosu
Willis S. and Marion Slusser Professor of Philosophy, UC Berkley, USA
Profile
ACADEMIC HOST
Dr. Ofra Rechter
Department of Philosophy
Lowy Distinguished Guest Professor
5.12.25-18.12.25
Education
- Laurea in Philosophy (summa cum laude), Catholic University of Milan, Italy, 1984
- Ph.D. in Philosophy, Stanford University, California, USA, 1989
Experience
- Willis S. and Marion Slusser Professor of Philosophy, UC Berkeley, 2015–present
- Chair, Department of Philosophy, UC Berkeley, 2010–2013
- Faculty Member, Department of Philosophy, UC Berkeley, 1995–present
- Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, Yale University, 1992–1995
- Postdoctoral Researcher in History and Philosophy of Science and Mathematics, Wolfson College & Sub-Faculty of Philosophy, Oxford University, 1989–1991
Awards
- Shoenfield Prize, 2022
- Chaire d’excellence internationale Blaise Pascal, 2021–2022
- Prix Jean Cavaillès, 2018
- Humboldt Research Award, 2017
- Guggenheim Fellowship, 2008
Research interest
- History and philosophy of mathematics
- Philosophy of logic
- Neologicism
- Philosophy of mathematical practice
- Mathematical infinity
- Historical development of mathematical and philosophical ideas
Faculty
Humanities
Framework of visit
Lowy Distinguished Guest ProfessorsMethodology
Current YearSelected Publications
- "Infini, logique, géométrie" (Vrin, Paris, 2015)
- "Abstraction and Infinity" (Oxford University Press, 2017)
- "Moscow Has Ears Everywhere. New Investigations on Pasternak and Ivinskaya" (Hoover Press, Stanford, 2019)
- "An Introduction to Proof Theory. Normalization, Cut-Elimination, and Consistency Proofs" (with S. Galvan & R. Zach, Oxford University Press, 2021)
