Danielle Macbeth
Danielle Monique Macbeth (born 1954,
Education and career
Macbeth received a Bachelor of Science degree in Biochemistry at the University of Alberta in 1977 before beginning her philosophical studies. She then went on to receive a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy and Religious Studies at McGill University in Montreal in 1980 and received her PhD from University of Pittsburgh in 1988. She wrote her dissertation under John Haugeland, and studied also with Wilfrid Sellars, John McDowell, and Robert Brandom. Macbeth has received numerous awards and fellowships including NEH Grants, and an ACLS Frederick Burkhardt Residential Fellowship. In 2002-2003, she was a Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in Behavioral Sciences in Palo Alto, California.[1]
Macbeth is the author of two books, Frege’s Logic (2005) and Realizing Reason: A Narrative of Truth and Knowing (2014).
Philosophical work
Frege's Logic
In Frege's Logic (2005), Macbeth proposes a new reading of
Realizing Reason
Realizing Reason, her most recent book, takes a
Macbeth has also published many articles on a wide range of topics in the history and philosophy of mathematics, the philosophy of language, the philosophy of mind, and pragmatism.
Books
- Frege’s Logic (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2005) ISBN 978-0674017078
- Realizing Reason: A Narrative of Truth and Knowing (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014) ISBN 978-0198704751
References
- ^ "Danielle Macbeth : Biographical Sketch". Haverford College. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
- ^ Macbeth, Danielle. Frege's Logic. Cambridge, MA: Harvard UP, 2005. Print.
- ^ Macbeth, Danielle. Realizing Reason: A Narrative of Truth and Knowing. N.p.: n.p., n.d. Print.