Biography:Mary Tiles

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Short description: British American philosopher and academic

Mary Tiles (born 1946[1]) is a philosopher and historian of mathematics and science. From 2006 until 2009, she served as chair of the philosophy department of the University of Hawaii at Manoa.[2] She retired in 2009.[3]

Life

At Bristol University, Tiles obtained her B.A. in philosophy and mathematics in 1967, and her Ph.D. in philosophy in 1973, followed by a B.Phil. in philosophy in 1974 at Oxford and a M.A. in 1978 at Cambridge. After positions as lecturer and visiting associate professor at different institutions, Tiles became associate professor of philosophy at University of Hawaii at Manoa in 1989, and full professor in 1992.[4]

Work

Tiles' area of work is primarily philosophy and history of logic, mathematics and science, with a special emphasis on French contributions to this area, e.g. by Gaston Bachelard, Georges Canguilhem, Bruno Latour, Michel Foucault, Pierre Bourdieu, Michel Serres, Jean-Claude Martzloff, Karine Chemla, Catherine Jami, and François Jullien.[4]

One of her publications is the 1989 book The Philosophy of Set Theory: An Historical Introduction to Cantor's Paradise. As the subtitle suggests, it is an example of a book that treats the philosophy of mathematics as inseparable from historical concerns.[5] Despite some criticisms, for its lack of technical detail and correctness, and for pressing the author's philosophical agenda on its readers,[6] it has been recommended as an introductory textbook for undergraduates interested in the philosophy of mathematics.[7][8][9]

Bibliography

  • with Hans Oberdiek, Living in a Technological Culture: Human Tools and Human Values, Routledge 1995.[10][11]
  • with Jim Tiles, An Introduction to Historical Epistemology: The Authority of Knowledge, Oxford 1993.[12][13][14]
  • Mathematics and the Image of Reason, Routledge 1991.[15][16][17]
  • The Philosophy of Set Theory: An Historical Introduction to Cantor's Paradise, Blackwell 1989; reprinted by Dover 2004.[6][7][8][9][18]
  • Bachelard: Science and Objectivity, Cambridge University Press 1984.[19][20][21][22][23][24]

References

  1. ↑ Date information sourced from Library of Congress Authorities data, via corresponding WorldCat Identities linked authority file (LAF).
  2. ↑ Faculty of the Department of Philosophy at the University of Hawaii at Manoa
  3. ↑ "Emeriti Faculty". University of Hawaii at Manoa. http://hawaii.edu/phil/people/current-faculty/. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 http://www.hawaii.edu/phil/cvs/PDF/MTilesCV04.pdf[yes|permanent dead link|dead link}}] CV at www.hawaii.edu/phil/
  5. ↑ Jongsma, Calvin (2016-03-21). "Philosophical Introduction to Set Theory". https://www.maa.org/press/maa-reviews/philosophical-introduction-to-set-theory. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Anellis, Irving H. (1992). "Review of Mary Tiles, The Philosophy of Set Theory: A Historical Introduction to Cantor's Paradise". Modern Logic 2 (4): 392–404. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.rml/1204834904.  A reply by Tiles was published as Tiles, M. (1993). "Letters". Philosophia Mathematica 1: 73–74. doi:10.1093/philmat/1.1.73. 
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Berg, Michael (2004-12-01). "The Philosophy of Set Theory: An Historical Introduction to Cantor's Paradise". https://www.maa.org/press/maa-reviews/the-philosophy-of-set-theory-an-historical-introduction-to-cantors-paradise. 
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Brown, James Robert (1990). "The Philosophy of Set Theory: An Introduction to Cantor's Paradise, Mary Tiles, Oxford: Blackwell, 1989, x + 239 p. £30". Dialogue 29 (2): 314–316. doi:10.1017/S0012217300013068. 
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Holmes, M. R. (2006). "Mary Tiles. The philosophy of set theory, an historical introduction to Cantor's paradise. Courier Dover Publications, 2004, xiii + 239 pp.". Bulletin of Symbolic Logic 12 (4): 601–604. doi:10.2178/bsl/1164056809. 
  10. ↑ Post, Robert C. (September 1997), "Living in a Technological Culture: Human Tools and Human Values by Mary Tiles, Hans Oberdiek", Isis 88 (3): 580–581, doi:10.1086/383842 
  11. ↑ Harper, Richard (September 1999), "Book Review: Living in a Technological Culture: Human Tools and Human Values", Sociological Research Online 4 (3): 308–310, doi:10.1177/136078049900400313 
  12. ↑ Bermudez, Luis (April 1996), "An Introduction to Historical Epistemology: The Authority of Knowledge by Mary Tiles and Jim Tiles", Philosophical Books 37 (2): 124–125, doi:10.1111/j.1468-0149.1996.tb02965.x 
  13. ↑ Williams, John N. (March 1996), "Tiles, Mary and Tiles, Jim, An Introduction to Historical Epistemology: The Authority of Knowledge", Australasian Journal of Philosophy 74 (1): 232–234, doi:10.1080/00048409612347191 
  14. ↑ Hamlyn, D. W. (October 1994), "Reviewed Work: An Introduction to Historical Epistemology by Mary Tiles, Jim Tiles", Philosophy 69 (270): 511–513, doi:10.1017/s0031819100047355 
  15. ↑ Moore, A. W. (1992). "Mathematics and the Image of Reason". Philosophical Books 33 (1): 62–64. doi:10.1111/j.1468-0149.1992.tb02334.x. 
  16. ↑ Burgess, John P. (August–September 1992), "Mathematics and the Image of Reason by Mary Tiles", American Mathematical Monthly 99 (7): 688–691, doi:10.2307/2325018 
  17. ↑ Franklin, James (1993), "Mathematics and the image of reason", Mathematical Reviews 
  18. ↑ Garciadiego, Alejandro R. (1990), "The philosophy of set theory", Mathematical Reviews 
  19. ↑ Rockmore, Tom (1986). "Reviewed Work: Bachelard: Science and Objectivity by Mary Tiles". The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 34 (4): 529–531. doi:10.1093/bjps/37.4.529. 
  20. ↑ Savers, Sean (1986). "Bachelard: Science and Objectivity". Philosophical Books 27: 41–43. doi:10.1111/j.1468-0149.1986.tb01136.x. 
  21. ↑ Schaffer, Simon (1986). "Bachelard. Science and Objectivity. By Mary Tiles. Cambridge: University Press. 1984. xxii + 242 pp. £20.00 and £7.95.". French Studies 40 (1): 106–107. doi:10.1093/fs/XL.1.106. 
  22. ↑ Clark, J. G. (April 1986), "Bachelard: Science and Objectivity by Mary Tiles", The Modern Language Review 81 (2): 492–493, doi:10.2307/3729764 
  23. ↑ Gutting, Gary (June 1990), "Bachelard: Science and Objectivity by Mary Tiles", Philosophy of Science 57 (2): 343–344, doi:10.1086/289559 
  24. ↑ Smith, Colin (July 1987), "Bachelard: Science and Objectivity by Mary Tiles", Philosophy 62 (241): 399–401, doi:10.1017/s0031819100038912 



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