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]

Wilbur Dyre Hart III
Born1943 (age 80–81)
EducationHarvard University (PhD)
Era21st-century philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolAnalytic
InstitutionsUniversity of Illinois at Chicago
ThesisWittgenstein, Philosophy, Logic and Mathematics (1969)
Doctoral advisorBurton Dreben, Stanley Cavell
Doctoral studentsZiya Movahed
Main interests
Logic, philosophy of mathematics, metaphysics, and epistemology

Books edit

  • The Engines of the Soul, Cambridge University Press, 1988
  • The Evolution of Logic, Cambridge University Press, 2010
  • Hart, W.D. (ed., 1996), The Philosophy of Mathematics, Oxford University Press

See also edit

References edit

  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.