Dr. James Robert Brown
Fellow
Current Employer
University of Toronto
Election Year
2007
Academy
Academy of the Arts and Humanities
Discipline
Philosophy / Ethics
Department
Department of Philosophy
Keywords
Philosophy of mathematics, thought experiments, science and society
Long Citation
James Robert Brown has been a prominent Canadian philosopher for more than two decades. He is very well known for his work in at least three areas: thought experiments in the natural sciences, visual reasoning in mathematics, and various issues involving the relation between science and society. His views--from Platonism in thought experiments, to pictures as genuine mathematical proofs, to his call for the end of patents in medical research--are often controversial, but have frequently won favour and invariably provoked stimulating and fruitful debate.
Short Citation
James Robert Brown has been a prominent Canadian philosopher for more than two decades. He is well known for his work in thought experiments in the natural sciences, visual reasoning in mathematics, and various issues involving the relation between science and society. His views are often controversial, but have frequently won favour and invariably provoked stimulating and fruitful debate.
James Robert Brown has been a prominent Canadian philosopher for more than two decades. He is very well known for his work in at least three areas: thought experiments in the natural sciences, visual reasoning in mathematics, and various issues involving the relation between science and society. His views--from Platonism in thought experiments, to pictures as genuine mathematical proofs, to his call for the end of patents in medical research--are often controversial, but have frequently won favour and invariably provoked stimulating and fruitful debate.
Short Citation
James Robert Brown has been a prominent Canadian philosopher for more than two decades. He is well known for his work in thought experiments in the natural sciences, visual reasoning in mathematics, and various issues involving the relation between science and society. His views are often controversial, but have frequently won favour and invariably provoked stimulating and fruitful debate.