Jody Azzouni

Jody Azzouni ( born May 9, 1954 Jawad Azzouni ) is an American philosopher, author and poet, who currently works as a professor of philosophy at Tufts University.

He received his bachelor's and his master's degree at New York University and his Ph.D. at the City University of New York.

Current work as a philosopher

Azzouni is currently working on the philosophies of mathematics, science, logic, language, metaphysics, epistemology and aesthetics. He confirmed many of his colleagues in 2000 its commitment to late philosopher Willard Van Orman Quine.

One of his distinctive statements is that he claims that there would exist no mathematical objects. In contrast to Hartry Field, however, he thinks that this would exist in the literal sense. He says that there is no way to describe a standard object, but that one could describe it verbally. If you asked him how many prime numbers are between 1 and 10, a different person " 4" would say Azzouni but would question whether there ever would be a number. It suggests us "no" to say.

Others

Azzouni already published some short stories. His poetry book The Lust For Blueprints contains its typical mix of humor and macabre style.

Works

Philosophy

• Metaphysical Myths, 1994
• Knowledge and Reference in Empirical Science, 2000
• Deflating Existential Consequence: A Case for Nominalism, 2004
• Tracking Reason: Proof, Consequence and Truth, 2006
• Talking About Nothing: Numbers, Hallucinations and Fictions, 2010

Poetry

• The Lust for blueprints, 1999, ISBN 0922558078 / ISBN 978-0922558070
• Hereafter Landscapes, 2010, ISBN 0-922558-42-6