John P. Burgess | |
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Born | John Patton Burgess 5 June 1948 |
Education | |
Era | Contemporary philosophy |
Region | Western philosophy |
School | Analytic philosophy |
Thesis | Infinitary Languages and Descriptive Set Theory (1974) |
Doctoral advisor | Jack Silver |
Doctoral students | Penelope Maddy |
Other notable students | John Baez |
Main interests | Logic, philosophy of mathematics |
John Patton Burgess (born 5 June 1948) is an American philosopher. He is John N. Woodhull Professor of Philosophy at Princeton University where he specializes in logic and philosophy of mathematics.