Bob Hale (philosopher)

Robert Hale
Full name Robert Hale
Born 1945
Era Contemporary philosophy,
Region Western Philosophy
School Analytic philosophy
Main interests Philosophy of mathematics, Philosophy of language, Modality
Notable ideas neo-Fregean philosophy of mathematics

Robert Hale FBA, FRSE (born 1945) is a British philosopher, who is well-known for his contributions to the development of the neo-Fregean philosophy of mathematics in collaboration with Crispin Wright, and for his works in modality and philosophy of language.

Since 2006, he has been a professor of philosophy in the department of philosophy at the University of Sheffield. He also had been a lecturer in the University of Glasgow, the University of St. Andrews and the University of Lancaster.

Hale wrote the first published neo-Fregean construction of the real numbers.[1]

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References

  1. ^ "Bob Hale Official Webpage on Sheffield University, Philosophy Department". shef.ac.uk. http://shef.ac.uk/philosophy/staff/profiles/hale.html. Retrieved 2010-10-04. 
  2. ^ 2000 elected fellows, RSE, retrieved 2011-06-23.
  3. ^ Past Presidents of the Society, The Aristotelian Society, retrieved 2011-06-23.

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