Kenny Easwaran is an Indian American philosopher and Associate Professor of Philosophy at the
University of California, Irvine
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.
His expertise lies in
epistemology
Epistemology is the branch of philosophy that examines the nature, origin, and limits of knowledge. Also called "the theory of knowledge", it explores different types of knowledge, such as propositional knowledge about facts, practical knowle ...
,
decision theory
Decision theory or the theory of rational choice is a branch of probability theory, probability, economics, and analytic philosophy that uses expected utility and probabilities, probability to model how individuals would behave Rationality, ratio ...
,
mathematical logic
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and
philosophy of mathematics
Philosophy of mathematics is the branch of philosophy that deals with the nature of mathematics and its relationship to other areas of philosophy, particularly epistemology and metaphysics. Central questions posed include whether or not mathem ...
. Easwaran is an associate editor of ''
Journal of Philosophical Logic
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*Bullet journal, a method of personal organization
*Diary, a record of personal secretive thoughts and as open book to personal therapy or used to feel connected to onesel ...
''. Two of his articles have been selected as among the "ten best" of their year by the ''
Philosopher's Annual
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''.
See also
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Forcing (mathematics)
In the mathematical discipline of set theory, forcing is a technique for proving consistency and independence (mathematical logic), independence results. Intuitively, forcing can be thought of as a technique to expand the set theoretical universe ...
References
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21st-century American philosophers
Analytic philosophers
American philosophy academics
Stanford University alumni
University of California, Berkeley alumni
University of Southern California faculty
Texas A&M University faculty
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
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