Mark Wilson (philosopher)

Mark Lowell Wilson (born 1947) is an American philosopher.

Wilson was raised in Oregon, and enrolled at Reed College between 1965 and 1967, before earning his bachelor's degree in 1969 from the University of Washington. He completed a doctorate at Harvard University in 1976, where his thesis was supervised by Hilary Putnam.[1] Before joining the University of Pittsburgh faculty, where he was named distinguished professor of philosophy in 2015, Wilson taught at the University of California, San Diego, University of Illinois at Chicago, and Ohio State University.[2]

His research mainly focuses on how physical and mathematical concerns become entangled with metaphysics and philosophy of language.[3] He has published two books: Wandering Significance: An Essay on Conceptual Behavior[4] and Physics Avoidance: and other essays in conceptual strategy.[5] He is a Resident Fellow of the Center for Philosophy of Science at the University of Pittsburgh[6] and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.[7]

Bibliography
  • Wilson, M. (2017). Physics Avoidance: and other essays in conceptual strategy. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198803478.
  • Wilson, M. (2008). Wandering Significance: An Essay on Conceptual Behavior. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199532308.

References
  1. Marhsall, Richard. "WISE PENCILS AND WANDERING SIGNIFICANCE". 3:16 am. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  2. "Mark Wilson". University of Pittsburgh. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
  3. Stöltzner, Michael (January 2004). "On Optimism and Opportunism in Applied Mathematics: Mark Wilson Meets John Von Neumann on Mathematical Ontology". Erkenntnis. 60 (1): 121–143. doi:10.1023/B:ERKE.0000005144.79761.02. JSTOR 20013247. S2CID 123343238.
  4. Liston, Michael (November 2010). "Review: Rabbits Astray and Significance Awandering: Review Essay on Mark Wilson's "Wandering Significance"". Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. 81 (3): 809–817. doi:10.1111/j.1933-1592.2010.00390.x. JSTOR 41057506.
  5. Ryckman, Thomas (12 November 2018). "Physics Avoidance: Essays in Conceptual Strategy". Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews.
  6. "Center for Philosophy of Science ::: resident fellows list". www.pitt.edu. Retrieved 2019-09-16.
  7. "Mark L. Wilson". American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 2019-09-16.
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