Julian C. Cole
Assistant Professor
(716) 878-6924
Campus Address: Bishop Hall 235
colejc@buffalostate.edu
Dr. Cole's Curriculum Vitae
Bio: Dr. Cole joined the faculty at Buffalo State College in Fall 2008 after spending two years teaching at the University of Texas-Pan American. His research interests focus primarily on the metaphysics and epistemology of mathematics. His main project is to defend an account of mathematics called Practice-Dependent Realism, which maintains that mathematical entities are socially constructed entities.
Dr. Cole teaches classes in logic, metaphysics, epistemology, and history of analytic philosophy. He hopes to introduce new classes in the philosophy of mathematics and on truth and objectivity.
Education:
Ph.D. (Philosophy): The Ohio State University, 2005
Ph.D. (Mathematics): University of St. Andrews, 1999
B.Sc. (Pure Mathematics): University of St. Andrews, 1995
Areas of Interest:
Philosophy of Mathematics, Logic, Philosophy of Logic, Metaphysics, Epistemology, History of Analytic Philosophy
Philosophy Articles:
"Mathematical Platonism". An encyclopedia article for the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Preprint
"Creativity, Freedom, and Authority: A New Perspective on the Metaphysics of Mathematics", Australasian Journal of Philosophy 87 (2009), 589-608. Preprint
"Mathematical Domains: Social Constructs?" in Bonnie Gold and Roger Simons ed., Proof and Other Dilemmas: Mathematics and Philosophy, Mathematics Association of America, 2008, 109-128. Preprint
Philosophy Book Reviews:
Review of G. Oliveri's, A Realist Philosophy of Mathematics, Philosophia Mathematica 16(3) (2008), 409-420.
"Social Construction: The Neglected Option". A Critical Analysis of J. Azzouni, Deflating Existential Consequence: A Case for Nominalism, Notre Dame Journal of Formal Logic 46(2) (2005), 235-247.
Review of D. Corfield’s, Towards a Philosophy of Real Mathematics, Math. Rev. 2004f:00005.
Review of M. Colyvan, The Indispensability of Mathematics, Mind 112 (2003), 331-336 (with Prof. Stewart Shapiro).
Review of S. Y. Auyang, Foundations of Complex-System Theories in Economics, Evolutionary Biology, and Statistical Physics, Brit. J. Phil. Sci. 51 (2000), 187-190.
Mathematics Articles:
"Multifractal Variation Measures and Multifractal Density Theorems", Real Analysis Exchange 28 (2003), 501-514 (with Dr. Lars Olsen).
"Relative Multifractal Analysis", Chaos, Solitons and Fractals 11 (2000), 2233-2250.
Work in Progress:
"Mathematical Structuralism Today". An invited survey article for Blackwell's Philosophy Compass. Preprint
"Untainted Dependency: An Answer to the Epistemological Challenges".
Recent Presentations:
"Mathematical Structuralism Today" presented at the Buffalo Logic Colloquium, University at Buffalo (September 2009).
"Mathematical Platonism" presented at the Buffalo Logic Colloquium, University at Buffalo (August 2009).
"Untainted Dependency: An Answer to the Epistemological Challenges" presented at Macalster College, MN (October 2008).
"Creativity, Freedom, and Authority: A New Perspective on the Metaphysics of Mathematics" presented at the Buffalo Logic Colloquium, University at Buffalo (September 2008).