Summary
Joan Weiner is an American philosopher and professor emerita of philosophy at Indiana University Bloomington,[1] known for her books on Gottlob Frege.
Education and career edit
Weiner majored in mathematics at the University of Michigan, graduating with high distinction and honors in 1975. She completed a Ph.D. in philosophy at Harvard University in 1982.[1][2]
She became an assistant professor of philosophy at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee in 1981, with terms as a visiting faculty member at the University of Pennsylvania and a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Pittsburgh. She was promoted to associate professor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 1988 and full professor in 1997, while also earning a master's degree in biostatistics from the Medical College of Wisconsin in 1993. In 2002 she moved to Indiana University Bloomington,[1][2] and in 2019 she retired as a professor emerita.[1]
Books edit
Weiner is the author of:
- Frege in Perspective (Cornell University Press, 1990)[3]
- Frege (Past Masters, Oxford University Press, 1999),[4] revised and expanded as Frege Explained: From Arithmetic To Analytic Philosophy (Open Court Press, 2004)[5]
- Taking Frege At His Word (Oxford University Press, 2020)
Recognition edit
Weiner was named a Guggenheim Fellow in 2000.[1][6]
References edit
- ^ a b c d e "Joan Weiner, Guggenheim Fellow (2000)", University Honors & Awards, Indiana University, retrieved 2021-02-06
- ^ a b Curriculum vitae (PDF), 6 May 2008, retrieved 2021-02-06
- ^ Reviews of Frege in Perspective:
- Angelelli, Ignacio (1992), MathSciNet, MR 1115212
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Currie, Gregory (July 1991), Mind, New Series, 100 (3): 419–421, doi:10.1093/mind/C.399.419, JSTOR 2254952
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Dauben, Joseph W. (September 1993), Isis, 84 (3): 618–619, doi:10.1086/356624, JSTOR 235719
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Dummett, Michael (March 1992), Journal of Symbolic Logic, 57 (1): 255–258, doi:10.2307/2275191, JSTOR 2275191
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Grossmann, Reinhardt (September 1991), The Review of Metaphysics, 45 (1): 156–157, JSTOR 20129166
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Haaparanta, Leila (October 1995), "Perspectives into analytical philosophy", Synthese, 105 (1): 123–139, doi:10.1007/BF01064106, JSTOR 20117452
- Landesman, Charles (1993), Journal of the History of Philosophy, 31 (4): 643–645, doi:10.1353/hph.1993.0071
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Resnik, Michael D. (October 1992), The Philosophical Review, 101 (4): 893–895, doi:10.2307/2185950, JSTOR 2185950
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- Angelelli, Ignacio (1992), MathSciNet, MR 1115212
- ^ Reviews of Frege:
- Grattan-Guinness, Ivor, zbMATH, Zbl 0955.01006
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Jackson, Howard (June 2001), Philosophia Mathematica, 9 (2): 252–256, doi:10.1093/philmat/9.2.252
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - MacBride, Fraser (June 2004), Studia Logica, 77 (1): 130–133, JSTOR 20016614
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- Grattan-Guinness, Ivor, zbMATH, Zbl 0955.01006
- ^ Reviews of Frege Explained:
- Michael, B. (May 2006), Philosophia Mathematica, 15 (1): 126–128, doi:10.1093/philmat/nkl024
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Peckhaus, Volker, zbMATH, Zbl 1095.03002
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Smith, Nicholas J. J. (January 2007), Philosophical Books, 48 (1): 78–79, doi:10.1111/j.1468-0149.2007.432_4.x
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- Michael, B. (May 2006), Philosophia Mathematica, 15 (1): 126–128, doi:10.1093/philmat/nkl024
- ^ "Joan Weiner", Fellows, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, retrieved 2021-02-06