Neil Barton

Neil Barton is a Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy at the National University of Singapore and a Part-Time Associate Professor at Universitetet i Oslo. His research focuses on the philosophy and foundations of mathematics, including pluralism and perspectivism in mathematical reasoning, as well as broader areas such as epistemology, the philosophy of science, and the philosophy of religion. Barton investigates frameworks for representing mathematical reasoning and compares different philosophical and mathematical systems for describing mathematical reality.

He holds a PhD from Birkbeck (2017), following undergraduate and master's degrees at University College London. He has held postdoctoral positions at the Universität Wien, Universität Konstanz, and Universitetet i Oslo. His work explores how ideas about numbers can be formed and validated, emphasizing the importance of multiple legitimate perspectives in understanding mathematical truth.

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