Brown, James Robert -

Personal Information
First Name: 
James Robert
Last Name: 
Brown
Department / Program: 
Philosophy
University Affiliation: 
University of Toronto
Phone: 
4169781727
Email Address: 
Area of Research
Subject: 
Mathematics
Physics
Specific Area of Research: 
Mathematics, physics, science and society
Academics
PHD Program: 
Philosophy
PHD University: 
University of Western Ontario
PHD Date: 
1981
Major Publications: 
The Rational and the Social (1989) Routledge. The Laboratory of the Mind: Thought Experiments in the Natural Sciences (1991) Routledge. Second edition will be published 2009. Smoke and Mirrors: How Science Reflects Reality (1994) Routledge. Philosophy of Mathematics: An Introduction to the World of Proofs and Pictures (1999) Routledge. Second edition to appeared in 2008. Who Rules? An Opinionated Guide to the Epistemology and Politics of the Science Wars, (2001) Harvard. Platonism, Naturalism, and Mathematical Knowledge (Routledge 2012) Philosophy of Science: The Key Thinkers (edited) (Continuum 2012) hought Experiments in Philosophy, Science, and the Arts (ed. with M. Frappier and L. Meynell ) (Routledge 2012)
Membership in Academic Societies: 
Philosophy of Science Association, Canadian Society for History and Philosophy of Science, Canadian Society for History and Philosophy of Mathematics
Courses Taught: 
Philosophy of science, Logic, Philosophy of Mathematics, Philosophy of Physics, Space & Time, etc.