Robert Rynasiewicz is a professor of
philosophy at
Johns Hopkins University
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and an
adjunct professor in philosophy and the Committee on History and Philosophy of Science at the
University of Maryland
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.
Rynasiewicz earned his ScB. in
physics
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from
Brown University, and his PhD from the
University of Minnesota
The University of Minnesota, formally the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, (UMN Twin Cities, the U of M, or Minnesota) is a public land-grant research university in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. ...
. He has held
NSF,
NEH, and
Mellon fellowships.
His research interests include
Philosophy of Physics
In philosophy, philosophy of physics deals with conceptual and interpretational issues in modern physics, many of which overlap with research done by certain kinds of theoretical physicists. Philosophy of physics can be broadly divided into thr ...
,
Logic
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,
Philosophy of Language
In analytic philosophy, philosophy of language investigates the nature of language and the relations between language, language users, and the world. Investigations may include inquiry into the nature of meaning, intentionality, reference, ...
, and
Philosophy of psychology
Philosophy of psychology is concerned with the philosophical foundations of the study of psychology. It deals with both epistemological and ontological issues and shares interests with other fields, including philosophy of mind and theoretical ps ...
. His publications have chiefly addressed the history and foundations of space-time physics.
References
External links
philpapersHole Argument
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Philosophers of language
Brown University alumni
University of Minnesota alumni
Johns Hopkins University faculty
Philosophers of science