Aberdein, Andrew
Professor
Arts and Communication
Florida Institute of Technology
United States of America
Biography
Dr. Aberdein has taught at Florida Tech since 2003. He has also held visiting research positions at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland and the University of Windsor in Ontario. Prior to his appointment at Florida Tech he was a Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh. He graduated with a Ph.D. in Logic & Metaphysics from the University of St. Andrews in 2001.
Research Interest
Much of Dr. Aberdein's research is concerned with the interplay of formal and informal accounts of human reason. He is particularly interested in argumentation theory, and its use in understanding science, technology, and mathematics
Publications
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The argument of mathematics, Andrew Aberdein & Ian Dove, edd. (Dordrecht: Springer, 2013).
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In defence of virtue: The legitimacy of agent-based argument appraisal. Informal logic 34(1), 2014, pp. 77–93.
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Beauty is not simplicity: An analysis of mathematicians’ proof appraisals (with Matthew Inglis). Philosophia mathematica, forthcoming.
