Jody Azzouni

Jody Azzouni (born Jawad Azzouni; born 1954) is an American philosopher. He currently is Professor of Philosophy at Tufts University.

Education

He received his bachelor's degree and master's degree from New York University and his PhD from the City University of New York.

Career and philosophical positions

Azzouni is currently working on the philosophy of mathematics (he holds a degree in mathematics), science, logic, language and in areas of metaphysics, epistemology, and aesthetics. He acknowledges a debt to Willard Van Orman Quine. Azzouni is of the nominalist bent and has centered much of his philosophical efforts around defending nominalism.

Books

Philosophy

  • Metaphysical Myths, Mathematical Practice: The Ontology and Epistemology of the Exact Sciences (1994)
  • Knowledge and Reference in Empirical Science (2000)
  • Deflating Existential Consequence: A Case for Nominalism (2004)
  • Tracking Reason: Proof, Consequence and Truth (2006)
  • Talking About Nothing: Numbers, Hallucinations and Fictions (2010)
  • Semantic perception : how the illusion of a common language arises and persists (2013)


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