Ofra Magidor is a
philosopher and
logic
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ian, and current
Waynflete Professor of Metaphysical Philosophy
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at
University of Oxford
, mottoeng = The Lord is my light
, established =
, endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019)
, budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20)
, chancellor ...
and Fellow of
Magdalen College
Magdalen College (, ) is a constituent college of the University of Oxford. It was founded in 1458 by William of Waynflete. Today, it is the fourth wealthiest college, with a financial endowment of £332.1 million as of 2019 and one of the s ...
.
Biography
Magidor received her BSc in mathematics, philosophy, and computer science from the
Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 2002, and a BPhil in philosophy from the University of Oxford in 2004. In 2007 she completed her DPhil, also from the University of Oxford.
She has lectured at Oxford since 2005, and in 2016 she became the
Waynflete Professor of Metaphysical Philosophy
The Waynflete Professorships are four professorial fellowships at the University of Oxford endowed by Magdalen College and named in honour of the college founder William of Waynflete, who had a great interest in science. These professorships are s ...
, the second woman to hold this position. In 2014, she was the recipient of the
Philip Leverhulme Prize, in recognition of her outstanding research achievements which has attracted international acclaim.
Currently, Magidor is on the editorial boards of the journals ''
Disputatio'', ''Ergo'',
''Thought'', and
''Mind''.
Her father is the
mathematician
A mathematician is someone who uses an extensive knowledge of mathematics in their work, typically to solve mathematical problems.
Mathematicians are concerned with numbers, data, quantity, structure, space, models, and change.
History
On ...
Menachem Magidor
Menachem Magidor (Hebrew: מנחם מגידור; born January 24, 1946) is an Israeli mathematician who specializes in mathematical logic, in particular set theory. He served as president of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, was president of t ...
.
Books
* 2013
''Category Mistakes'' (Oxford University Press). Paperback edition: Oxford University Press, 2016.
See also
*
Category mistake
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References
External links
Staff profileMagdalen College
HomepageRichard Marshall interviews Ofra Magidor
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Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)