Jared Warren
Stanford University · Philosophy of Education
Active 1999–2026
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About
Jared Warren is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Stanford University. He is a philosopher with wide-ranging interests, including epistemology, logic, metaethics, metaphilosophy, metaphysics, philosophy of language, philosophy of mathematics, and philosophy of mind. His first book develops and defends a conventionalist theory of logic and mathematics. For more information on his work, see his personal webpage at www.jaredwarren.org. He can be contacted via email at jaredwar [at] stanford.edu.
Research topics
- Epistemology
- Philosophy
- Computer science
- Mathematics
- Linguistics
Selected publications
Oxford University Press eBooks · 2020-10-29 · 89 citations
book1st authorCorrespondingWhat is the source of logical and mathematical truth? This volume revitalizes <italic>conventionalism</italic> as an answer to this question. Conventionalism takes logical and mathematical truth to have their source in linguistic conventions. This was an extremely popular view in the early 20th century, but it was never worked out in detail and is now almost universally rejected in mainstream philosophical circles. In <italic>Shadows of Syntax</italic>, Jared Warren offers the first book-length…
Shadows of Syntax: Revitalizing Logical and Mathematical Conventionalism
2020-07-20 · 26 citations
book1st authorCorresponding"What is the source of logical and mathematical truth? This volume revitalizes conventionalism as an answer to this question. Conventionalism takes logical and mathematical truth to have their source in linguistic conventions. This was an extremely popular view in the early 20th century, but it was never worked out in detail and is now almost universally rejected in mainstream philosophical circles. In Shadows of Syntax, Jared Warren offers the first booklength treatment and defense of a combine…
Defending understanding-assent links
Synthese · 2021-05-23 · 21 citations
article1st authorCorrespondingThe <i>A Priori</i> Without Magic
Cambridge University Press eBooks · 2022-09-20 · 20 citations
book1st authorCorrespondingThe distinction between the a priori and the a posteriori is an old and influential one. But both the distinction itself and the crucial notion of a priori knowledge face powerful philosophical challenges. Many philosophers worry that accepting the a priori is tantamount to accepting epistemic magic. In contrast, this Element argues that the a priori can be formulated clearly, made respectable, and used to do important epistemological work. The author's conception of the a priori and its role fa…
Philosophy and Phenomenological Research · 2020-07-30 · 10 citations
article1st authorCorrespondingAbstract Our relationship to the infinite is controversial. But it is widely agreed that our powers of reasoning are finite . I disagree with this consensus; I think that we can, and perhaps do, engage in infinite reasoning. Many think it is just obvious that we can't reason infinitely. This is mistaken. Infinite reasoning does not require constructing infinitely long proofs, nor would it gift us with non‐recursive mental powers. To reason infinitely we only need an ability to perform infinite i…
Frequent coauthors
- 5 shared
Andrew M. Stuart
California Institute of Technology
- 3 shared
Daniel Waxman
National University of Singapore
- 2 shared
Eli Hirsch
- 2 shared
Rosa Cao
Neurosciences Institute
- 1 shared
B. Cano
Universidad de Valladolid
- 1 shared
Endre Süli
University of Oxford
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