Robert Finan

I am a philosopher based in Ireland, recently graduated with First Class Honours in Mathematics & Philosophy (Single Honours Philosophy pathway) from Trinity College Dublin.

My research concerns philosophy of mathematics (infinity, cardinality, and foundations), metametaphysics (conceptual idealism, the language-metaphysics gap), and the philosophy of logic and language (particularly questions of existential import, quantification, self-reference, modality, and ambiguity). I have secondary interests in philosophy of mind, aesthetics, and ancient philosophy, especially Plato's metaphysics and Aristotle's logic, and their relation to the contemporary analytic tradition.

I recently received a Global Undergraduate Award (as well as a seperate Highly Commended paper), and am currently working on several papers and preparing for conference presentations in Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), University of Prishtina, and Maynooth University.

Presently, my two primary focuses are the philosophy of infinite sets/collections, and how C.S. Peirce might be compared to Cantor on this issue, as well as the Thomas Hofweber's attempts to cross the language-metaphysics gap to conceptual idealism.

I would also very much appreciate any support you could offer for introducing Philosophy into Ireland's secondary-school Leaving Certificate curriculum! Further information can be found at philosophyforleavingcertificate.com, and the petition can be signed at change.org/LeavingCertPhilosophy.