Penelope Maddy | |
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| Born | July 4, 1950 |
| Education | Princeton University (PhD, 1979) |
| Era | Contemporary philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Analytic philosophy |
| Institutions | University of California, Irvine |
| Thesis | Set Theoretical Realism (1979) |
| Doctoral advisor | John P. Burgess |
Main interests | Philosophy of mathematics |
Notable ideas | Set-theoretic realism (also known as naturalized Platonism),[1] mathematical naturalism |
Penelope Maddy (born 4 July 1950) is an American philosopher. Maddy is Emerita UCI Distinguished Professor of Logic and Philosophy of Science and of Mathematics at the University of California, Irvine. She is well known for her influential work in the philosophy of mathematics, where she has worked on mathematical realism (especially set-theoretic realism) and mathematical naturalism.