Prof Peter Clark

Emeritus Professor

Researcher profile

Email

p.j.clark@st-andrews.ac.uk

Research areas

Philosophy of science: especially the foundations of statistical physics, determinism, and probability,history of physics, science and society and science policy issues.

Philosophy of mathematics: logicism and foundations of Set theory

Mathematical Logic

Selected publications

• Realism, Structuralism Realism and Instrumentalism

  Clark, P. J., 21 Nov 2012, Insolubles and Consequences: Essays in Honour of Stephen Read. Hjortland, O. & Dutilh Novaes, C. (eds.). 1st ed. London: College Publications, Vol. 18. p. 51-62 12 p. (Tributes; vol. 18).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding ? Chapter

• Mathematical Entities

  Clark, P. J., 2009, Routledge Companion to Metaphysics. Le Poidevin, R., Simons, P., McGonigal, A. & Cameron, R. G. (eds.). Routledge, p. 346-356 (Routledge Philosophy Companions).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding ? Chapter

• Frege, Neo-Logicism and Applied Mathematics

  Clark, P. J., 2007, The Arché Papers on the Mathematics of Abstraction. Cook, R. T. (ed.). Springer, p. 45-60 (Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science; vol. 71).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding ? Chapter

• Mathematics

  Clark, P. J., 2007, Routledge Companion to The Philosophy of Science. Curd, M. & Psillos, S. (eds.). Routledge, p. 555-566

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding ? Chapter

• Hilary  Putnam: Reason,Truth and History

  Clark, P. J., 2006, Central works of Philosophy, Volume 5, The Twentieth Century, Quine and After. Shand, J. (ed.). Acumen Publishing, p. 187-206

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding ? Chapter

• Problems of Determinism:Prediction, Propensity and Probability

  Clark, P. J., 2006, Contemporary Perspectives in Philosophy and Methodology of Science. Gonzalez, WJ. & Alcolea, J. (eds.). Netbiblo, p. 115-135

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding ? Chapter

• The Logicism of Frege,Dedekind and Russell

  Clark, P. J. & Demopoulos, W., 2005, The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Mathematics and Logic. Shapiro, S. (ed.). Oxford University Press, p. 129-165

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding ? Chapter

• Frege, Neo-Logicism and Applied Mathematics

  Clark, P. J., 2004, Induction and Deduction in the Sciences. Stadler, F. (ed.). Kluwer Academic Publishers, p. 169-183 (Vienna Circle Institute Yearbook; vol. 11).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding ? Chapter

• Philosophy of Science Today

  Clark, P. J. & Hawley, K. J., 2003, Oxford University Press.

  Research output: Other contribution

• Statistical Mechanics and The Propensity Interpretation of Probability

  Clark, P. J., 2001, Chance in Physics: Foundations and Perspectives (Lecture Notes in Physics, Volume 574). Bricmont, J., Durr, D., Galavotti, MC., Ghirardi, G., Petruccione, F. & Zanghi, N. (eds.). Springer, p. 271-281

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding ? Chapter

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