Øystein Linnebo | |
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| Born | 1971 (age 53–54) |
| Education | |
| Alma mater | University of Oslo Harvard University |
| Doctoral advisor | Charles Parsons |
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| Era | Contemporary philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Analytic |
| Institutions | Birkbeck College,University of London University of Oslo |
| Main interests | Philosophy of logic,philosophy of mathematics,metaphysics,philosophy of language,philosophy of science |
| Notable ideas | Abstractionist approach tothin objects |
Øystein Linnebo (born 1971) is aNorwegianphilosopher. As of 2020 he is currently employed in the Department of Philosophy at theUniversity of Oslo, having earlier held a position as Professor of Philosophy atBirkbeck College,University of London. He is a fellow of theNorwegian Academy of Science and Letters.[1]
Linnebo earned hisMA in Mathematics from theUniversity of Oslo in 1995 and hisPhD in Philosophy atHarvard University in June 2002.
Linnebo's primary areas of concentration arephilosophy of logic,philosophy of mathematics,metaphysics, as well asphilosophy of language andphilosophy of science. He is known for his numerous publications in many top international journals in his field including:The Review of Symbolic Logic,Dialectica,The Journal of Philosophy,Notre Dame Journal of Formal Logic as well as editing a special edition ofSynthese.[2] Additionally, he is the author of the articles "Plural Quantification" and "Platonism in the Philosophy of Mathematics" in theStanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.[3][4] He is also an "Area Editor" for philosophy of mathematics onPhilPapers.[5]
In addition to being a Professorial fellow at the Northern Institute of Philosophy,University of Aberdeen he has also been awarded many grants. Most recently he led a research project as part of aEuropean Research Council Starting Grant entitled "Plurals, Predicates, and Paradox: Towards a Type-Free Account" which ran from January 2010 until December 2013.[6]
In 2018, he publishedThin Objects: An Abstractionist Account, anabstractionist approach tothin objects.
Since 2022, he is visiting professor at theUniversity of Italian Switzerland.
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