Robert Finan

I am a philosopher based in Ireland, recently graduated with First Class Honours in Mathematics & Philosophy from Trinity College Dublin. I hold a deferred offer to pursue an MLitt at the University of St Andrews.

My research concerns the philosophy of logic and language (particularly questions of existential import, quantification, and ambiguity), alongside the philosophy of mathematics (infinity, cardinality, and foundations) and metametaphysics. I have a secondary interest in ancient philosophy, especially Plato's metaphysics and Aristotle's logic, and their relation to the contemporary analytic tradition.

I am currently working on several papers and preparing for conference presentations in Salzburg and (pending) Potsdam and Istanbul.

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 epistemic signifigance of imagination (and its relation to Kripke and his critics).