Hartry Field

Hartry Field
Born30 November 1946
Education
Alma materUniversity of Wisconsin
Harvard University
Doctoral advisorHilary Putnam
Philosophical work
EraContemporary philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolAnalytic
Mathematical fictionalism
Main interestsPhilosophy of science, philosophy of mathematics, epistemology, philosophy of mind
Notable ideasMathematical fictionalism, epistemic rejectionism

Hartry Hamlin Field (born November 30, 1946) is an American philosopher. He is Silver Professor of Philosophy at New York University; he is a notable contributor to philosophy of science, philosophy of mathematics, epistemology, and philosophy of mind.