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Details for Professor Leon Horsten
| Personal details | |
| Name | Professor Leon Horsten |
| Job title | Professor |
| Department | Department of Philosophy University of Bristol |
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| Qualifications | M.A.(Minn.), Ph.D.(Leuven) |
| Professional details | |
| Keywords | formal methods graph theory probability theory complexity theory epistemology metaphysics philosophy of language philosophy of science |
| Areas of expertise | My research is concentrated chiefly on bringing formal methods to bear on philosophical problems. Formal methods are meant to include not only logical methods, but also methods from other areas of mathematics and computer science (graph theory, probability theory, complexity theory, etc.). While there is no implication that formal methods can on their own solve philosophical problems, it is my conviction that they can shed light on them. I have applied formal methods to problems in the philosophy of science, the philosophy of mathematics, the philosophy of language, epistemology and metaphysics. |