Mark Steiner
Mark Steiner | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 6, 1942 |
| Died | April 6, 2020(aged 77) Shaare Zedek Medical Center,Israel |
| Education | Columbia University(1965), Ph.D. fromPrinceton University(1972) |
| Occupation | Professor of philosophy |
| Employer | Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
| Known for | WritingThe Applicability of Mathematics as a Philosophical Problem |
Mark Steiner(May 6, 1942 – April 6, 2020) was an American-bornIsraeliprofessor ofphilosophy.He taughtphilosophy of mathematicsandphysicsat theHebrew University of Jerusalem.Steiner died after contractingCOVID-19during theCOVID-19 pandemic.
Biography
[edit]Mark Steiner was born inthe Bronx,New York.[1]He graduated fromColumbia Universityin 1965 and studied at theUniversity of Oxfordas aFulbright Fellow.He then received hisPh.D.in philosophy fromPrinceton Universityin 1972 after completing a doctoral dissertation titled "On mathematical knowledge."[2][3]Steiner taught at Columbia from 1970 to 1977.[3]
Steiner died on April 6, 2020, inShaare Zedek Medical Center,after contracting theCOVID-19virusduring theCOVID-19 pandemic in Israel.[4][5]
Academic career
[edit]Steiner is best known for his bookThe Applicability of Mathematics as a Philosophical Problem,in which he attempted to explain the historical utility ofmathematicsinphysics.The book may be considered an extended meditation on the issues raised byEugene Wigner's article "The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences".[6]Steiner is also the author of the bookMathematical Knowledge.
Steiner also translatedReuven Agushewitz's philosophical workEmune un Apikorsesfrom Yiddish.[7]
References
[edit]- ^"Columbia College Today".RetrievedApr 7,2020.
- ^Steiner, Mark Jay (1972).On mathematical knowledge.
- ^ab"Columbia College Today".College.columbia.edu.Retrieved2020-04-08.
- ^אדיר ינקו,4 חולים נוספים מתו מקורונה – מניין הקורבנות עלה ל-55,April 6th, 2020,ynet
- ^Justin Weinberg,Mark Steiner (1942-2020),April 6th, 2020, Daily Nous
- ^"The Last Magic: Review of The Applicability of Mathematics as a Philosophical Problem by Mark Steiner (Harvard University Press".billdembski.RetrievedApr 7,2020.
- ^Steiner, Mark (2002)."Philosophizing in Yiddish: Rabbi Reuven Agushewitz on Freedom of the Will".The Torah U-Madda Journal.11:1–34.ISSN1050-4745.JSTOR40914685.
External links
[edit]- Faculty address pageArchived2020-08-08 at theWayback Machine
- 1942 births
- 2020 deaths
- Writers from the Bronx
- American emigrants to Israel
- Israeli people of American-Jewish descent
- Jewish American academics
- Jewish philosophers
- Philosophers of mathematics
- Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Israel
- Academic staff of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- Princeton University alumni
- 20th-century Israeli philosophers
- 21st-century Israeli philosophers
- Columbia College (New York) alumni
- Columbia University faculty