Professor Alan Weir
- Affiliate (Philosophy)
email:
Alan.Weir@glasgow.ac.uk
R503 Level 5, Philosophy, 69 Oakfield Avenue, Glasgow G12 8LP
Publications
2023
Weir, A. (2023) Putnam, Gödel and mathematical realism revisited. International Journal of Philosophical Studies, (doi: 10.1080/09672559.2023.2282766) (Early Online Publication)
2019
Weir, A. (2019) Formalism in the philosophy of mathematics (Fall 2019 Edition). Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy,
2016
Weir, A. (2016) Informal proof, formal proof, formalism. Review of Symbolic Logic, 9(1), pp. 23-43. (doi: 10.1017/S1755020315000234)
2015
Weir, A. (2015) A robust non-transitive logic. Topoi, 35(1), pp. 99-107. (doi: 10.1007/s11245-013-9176-9)
2013
Weir, A. (2013) Quine's naturalism. In: Harman, G. and Lepore, E. (eds.) A Companion to W.V.O. Quine. Wiley-Blackwell: Chichester, pp. 114-147. ISBN 9780470672105 (doi: 10.1002/9781118607992)
Weir, A. (2013) Metatheoretic Results for a Non-Transitive Logic. Technical Report. University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
2011
Weir, A. (2011) Formalism in the philosophy of mathematics. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy,
2010
Weir, A.J. (2010) Truth Through Proof: A Formalist Foundation for Mathematics. Oxford University Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 9780199541492
2007
Weir, A.J. (2007) Answers to 'Five Questions'. In: Hendricks, V.F. and Leitgeb, H. (eds.) Philosophy of Mathematics: Five Questions. Automatic Press. ISBN 9788799101351
2006
Weir, A.J. (2006) Honest toil or sheer magic? Dialectica, 61(1), pp. 89-115. (doi: 10.1111/j.1746-8361.2006.01076.x)
Weir, A.J. (2006) Indeterminacy of translation. In: The Oxford Handbook of the Philosophy of Language. Series: Oxford handbooks. Oxford University Press, pp. 233-249. ISBN 9780199259410
Weir, A.J. (2006) Is it too much to ask, to ask for everything? In: Rayo, A. and Uzquiano, G. (eds.) Absolute Generality. Clarendon Press, pp. 333-368. ISBN 9780199276424
2005
Weir, A.J. (2005) Naive truth and sophisticated logic. In: Beall, J.C. and Armour-Garb, B. (eds.) Deflationism and Paradox. Clarendon Press: Oxford, pp. 218-249. ISBN 9780199287116
Weir, A.J. (2005) Naturalism reconsidered. In: Shapiro, S. (ed.) The Oxford Handbook of the Philosophy of Mathematics and Logic. Series: Oxford handbooks in philosophy. Oxford University Press, pp. 460-482. ISBN 9780195148770
Weir, A.J. (2005) On Kit Fine's 'The Limits of Abstraction'. Philosophical Studies, 122(3), pp. 333-348. (doi: 10.1007/s11098-004-4926-6)
2004
Weir, A.J. (2004) An ultra-realist theory of perception. International Journal of Philosophical Studies, 12(2), pp. 105-128. (doi: 10.1080/09672550410001679819)
Weir, A.J. (2004) There are no true contradictions. In: Priest, G., Beall, J.C. and Armour-Garb, B. (eds.) The Law of Non-Contradiction: New Philosophical Essays. Clarendon Press, pp. 385-417. ISBN 9780199265176
2003
Weir, A.J. (2003) Neo-Fregeanism: an embarrassment of riches. Notre Dame Journal of Formal Logic, 44(1), pp. 13-48. (doi: 10.1305/ndjfl/1082637613)
Weir, A.J. (2003) Objective content. Aristotelian Society Supplementary Volume, 77(1), pp. 47-72. (doi: 10.1111/1467-8349.00102)
2002
Weir, A.J. (2002) Rejoinder to Laurence Goldstein on the Liar. Analysis, 62(1), pp. 26-34.
2001
Weir, A.J. (2001) More trouble for functionalism. Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, 101(1), pp. 267-293. (doi: 10.1111/j.0066-7372.2003.00031.x)
Articles
Weir, A. (2023) Putnam, Gödel and mathematical realism revisited. International Journal of Philosophical Studies, (doi: 10.1080/09672559.2023.2282766) (Early Online Publication)
Weir, A. (2019) Formalism in the philosophy of mathematics (Fall 2019 Edition). Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy,
Weir, A. (2016) Informal proof, formal proof, formalism. Review of Symbolic Logic, 9(1), pp. 23-43. (doi: 10.1017/S1755020315000234)
Weir, A. (2015) A robust non-transitive logic. Topoi, 35(1), pp. 99-107. (doi: 10.1007/s11245-013-9176-9)
Weir, A. (2011) Formalism in the philosophy of mathematics. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy,
Weir, A.J. (2006) Honest toil or sheer magic? Dialectica, 61(1), pp. 89-115. (doi: 10.1111/j.1746-8361.2006.01076.x)
Weir, A.J. (2005) On Kit Fine's 'The Limits of Abstraction'. Philosophical Studies, 122(3), pp. 333-348. (doi: 10.1007/s11098-004-4926-6)
Weir, A.J. (2004) An ultra-realist theory of perception. International Journal of Philosophical Studies, 12(2), pp. 105-128. (doi: 10.1080/09672550410001679819)
Weir, A.J. (2003) Neo-Fregeanism: an embarrassment of riches. Notre Dame Journal of Formal Logic, 44(1), pp. 13-48. (doi: 10.1305/ndjfl/1082637613)
Weir, A.J. (2003) Objective content. Aristotelian Society Supplementary Volume, 77(1), pp. 47-72. (doi: 10.1111/1467-8349.00102)
Weir, A.J. (2002) Rejoinder to Laurence Goldstein on the Liar. Analysis, 62(1), pp. 26-34.
Weir, A.J. (2001) More trouble for functionalism. Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, 101(1), pp. 267-293. (doi: 10.1111/j.0066-7372.2003.00031.x)
Books
Weir, A.J. (2010) Truth Through Proof: A Formalist Foundation for Mathematics. Oxford University Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 9780199541492
Book Sections
Weir, A. (2013) Quine's naturalism. In: Harman, G. and Lepore, E. (eds.) A Companion to W.V.O. Quine. Wiley-Blackwell: Chichester, pp. 114-147. ISBN 9780470672105 (doi: 10.1002/9781118607992)
Weir, A.J. (2007) Answers to 'Five Questions'. In: Hendricks, V.F. and Leitgeb, H. (eds.) Philosophy of Mathematics: Five Questions. Automatic Press. ISBN 9788799101351
Weir, A.J. (2006) Indeterminacy of translation. In: The Oxford Handbook of the Philosophy of Language. Series: Oxford handbooks. Oxford University Press, pp. 233-249. ISBN 9780199259410
Weir, A.J. (2006) Is it too much to ask, to ask for everything? In: Rayo, A. and Uzquiano, G. (eds.) Absolute Generality. Clarendon Press, pp. 333-368. ISBN 9780199276424
Weir, A.J. (2005) Naive truth and sophisticated logic. In: Beall, J.C. and Armour-Garb, B. (eds.) Deflationism and Paradox. Clarendon Press: Oxford, pp. 218-249. ISBN 9780199287116
Weir, A.J. (2005) Naturalism reconsidered. In: Shapiro, S. (ed.) The Oxford Handbook of the Philosophy of Mathematics and Logic. Series: Oxford handbooks in philosophy. Oxford University Press, pp. 460-482. ISBN 9780195148770
Weir, A.J. (2004) There are no true contradictions. In: Priest, G., Beall, J.C. and Armour-Garb, B. (eds.) The Law of Non-Contradiction: New Philosophical Essays. Clarendon Press, pp. 385-417. ISBN 9780199265176
Research Reports or Papers
Weir, A. (2013) Metatheoretic Results for a Non-Transitive Logic. Technical Report. University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.