He is best known for proving that the fragment of Frege'sinconsistent logical theory of Grundgesetze der Arithmetik becomes consistent upon restricting the complexity of comprehension formulas in the second-order comprehension schema to , for his development of a system of subjunctivemodal logic and its use in rebutting Kripke's modal argument against description theories of proper names, as well as for refining and defending the thesis that there is no binary identityrelation between objects.
Wehmeier is currently a professor in the Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science and the Department of Philosophy at the University of California, Irvine. He is also the director of UC Irvine's Center for the Advancement of Logic, its Philosophy, History, and Applications (C-ALPHA).[2]
Selected publicationsedit
"Consistent Fragments of Grundgesetze and the Existence of Non-Logical Objects," Synthese 121, 1999, pp. 309–328.
wehmeier, frederick, wehmeier, born, 1968, german, american, philosopher, logician, born15, march, 1968summit, njnationalityamerican, germanalma, materuniversity, california, berkeley, ruhr, universität, bochum, germany, westfälische, wilhelms, universität, mü. Kai Frederick Wehmeier born 1968 is a German American philosopher and logician Kai WehmeierBorn15 March 1968Summit NJNationalityAmerican GermanAlma materUniversity of California Berkeley M A Ruhr Universitat Bochum Germany M A Westfalische Wilhelms Universitat Munster Germany Ph D Scientific careerFieldsLogic Philosophy of logic Philosophy of language Philosophy of mathematics Metaphysics Early Analytic Philosophy especially Frege and Wittgenstein InstitutionsUniversity of California IrvineThesisSemantical Investigations in Intuitionistic First order Arithmetic 1 1996 Doctoral advisorJustus Diller Wolfram PohlersHe is best known for proving that the fragment of Frege s inconsistent logical theory of Grundgesetze der Arithmetik becomes consistent upon restricting the complexity of comprehension formulas in the second order comprehension schema to D11 displaystyle Delta 1 1 for his development of a system of subjunctive modal logic and its use in rebutting Kripke s modal argument against description theories of proper names as well as for refining and defending the thesis that there is no binary identity relation between objects Wehmeier is currently a professor in the Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science and the Department of Philosophy at the University of California Irvine He is also the director of UC Irvine s Center for the Advancement of Logic its Philosophy History and Applications C ALPHA 2 Selected publications edit Consistent Fragments of Grundgesetze and the Existence of Non Logical Objects Synthese 121 1999 pp 309 328 In the Mood Journal of Philosophical Logic 33 2004 pp 607 630 How to live without identity and why Australasian Journal of Philosophy 90 2012 pp 761 777 Subjunctivity and Conditionals The Journal of Philosophy 110 2013 pp 117 142 External links editWehmeier s personal website Center for the Advancement of Logic its Philosophy History and Applications C ALPHA Notes and references edit Kai Wehmeier at the Mathematics Genealogy Project Wehmeier s website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Kai Wehmeier amp oldid 1173305458, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
