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David Corfield

David Neil Corfield is a British philosopher specializing in philosophy of mathematics and philosophy of psychology. He was Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Kent until 2024.

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University of Cambridge (BA) King's College London (MSc; PhD, 1996)
Born
David Neil Corfield
Doctoral advisor
Donald A. Gillies
Era
Contemporary philosophy
Institutions
University of Kent
Main interests
Philosophy of mathematics Philosophy of psychology

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David Corfield

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Born · 1
David Corfield → David Neil Corfield
Doctoral advisor · 1
David Corfield → Donald A. Gillies
Education · 1
David Corfield → University of Cambridge (BA) King's College London (MSc; PhD, 1996)
Era · 1
David Corfield → Contemporary philosophy
Institutions · 1
David Corfield → University of Kent
Main interests · 1
David Corfield → Philosophy of mathematics Philosophy of psychology
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David Corfield → Philosophy of real mathematics (as opposed to metamathematics) Adoption of mathematical-categorification procedures for philosophy Homotopy type theory as an inherently structur…
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David Corfield → Western philosophy
School · 1
David Corfield → Analytic
Thesis · 1
David Corfield → Research Programmes, Logic, and Analogy: Three Aspects of Mathematics and Its Development (1996)

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David CorfieldNotable ideasPhilosophy of real mathematics (as opposed to metamathematics) Adoption of mathematical-categorification procedures for philosophy Homotopy type theory as an inherently structur…1.00infobox
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David CorfieldThesisResearch Programmes, Logic, and Analogy: Three Aspects of Mathematics and Its Development (1996)1.00infobox

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