Palle Yourgrau

Title

Harry A. Wolfson Professor of Philosophy

Philosophy

Expertise

Philosophy of language. Philosophy of mathematics. Philosophy of time. Greek philosophy.

Profile

Research and publications range from the metaphysics of birth and death to epistemology, philosophy of mathematics and philosophy of language (with special reference to Gottlob Frege), the philosophy of space and time, and Plato and Aristotle.

Degrees

University of California, Los Angeles, Ph.D.

Cornell University, B.A.

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Contact

Email:	yourgrau@brandeis.edu
Phone:	781-736-2782
Office:	Rabb, 332

Awards and Honors

Appointed to the Harry A. Wolfson Chair of Philosophy, Brandeis University (2005)

Courses Taught

PHIL	37a	Philosophy of Language
PHIL	38b	Philosophy of Mathematics
PHIL	146a	Idea of God
PHIL	161a	Plato
PHIL	162b	Aristotle
USEM	19a	Dangerous Beauty

Scholarship

Yourgrau, Palle. "Letter to the Editor: Reply to Review." Rev. of Palle Yourgrau, _A World Without Time: The Forgotten Legacy of Gödel and Einstein_, by John Stachel, Reviewer. Notices of the American Mathematical Society vol. Vol. 54, No. 10 November, 2007: Pg. 1281.

Yourgrau, Palle, N. Koertge. "Update on entry, "Kurt Gödel" (original entry by Gregory Moore)." New Dictionary of Scientific Biography. 2007.

Yourgrau, Palle. _Un Mondo Sin Tiempo: El Legado de Gödel y Einstein_ [Spanish translation of _A World Without Time: The Forgotten Legacy of Gödel and Einstein_ (Basic Books)]. 2005. Tusquets Editores, October, 2007.

Yourgrau, Palle (translated into Spanish by the journal). "Introduction to Kurt Gödel, "A Remark about the Relationship between Relativity Theory Theory and Idealistic Philosophy"." Teorema: An International Journal of Philosophy Vol. XXV/3. (2006): Ppg. 95 - 102.

Yourgrau,Palle, Paul Edwards (original editor). Goedel, Kurt. Second Edition (revised original article) ed. MacMillan, 2005.

Yourgrau,Palle. A World Without Time: The Forgotten Legacy of Goedel and Einstein. Paperback edition now out in the US. Translations now out in France and Germany. ed. Basic Books, 2005.

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