Ofra Magidor
Alma materHebrew University of Jerusalem
University of Oxford
Main interests
Metaphysics, Philosophy of language, Epistemology, Philosophy of Mathematics

Ofra Magidor is a philosopher and logician, and current Waynflete Professor of Metaphysical Philosophy[1] at University of Oxford and Fellow of Magdalen College.

Biography

Magidor received her BSc in mathematics, philosophy, and computer science from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 2002, and a BPhil in philosophy from the University of Oxford in 2004. In 2007 she completed her DPhil, also from the University of Oxford.[2] She has lectured at Oxford since 2005, and in 2016 she became the Waynflete Professor of Metaphysical Philosophy, the second woman to hold this position. In 2014, she was the recipient of the Philip Leverhulme Prize,[3] in recognition of her outstanding research achievements which has attracted international acclaim.

Currently, Magidor is on the editorial boards of the journals Disputatio,[4] Ergo,[5] Thought, and Mind.[2][6]

Her father is the mathematician Menachem Magidor.

Books

  • 2013. Category Mistakes, (Oxford University Press). Paperback edition: Oxford University Press, 2016.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Professor Ofra Magidor | Magdalen College Oxford". www.magd.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2022-08-21.
  2. 1 2 "CV". Ofra Magidor. Retrieved 2018-07-26.
  3. ↑ "Philip Leverhulme Prizes 2014" (PDF). Leverhulme Trust. 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-02-07. Retrieved 2018-07-27.
  4. ↑ "About us | Disputatio". www.disputatio.letras.ulisboa.pt. Retrieved 2018-07-27.
  5. ↑ "Ergo, an Open Access Journal of Philosophy - Editors". www.ergophiljournal.org. Retrieved 2018-07-27.
  6. ↑ "Editorial_Board_and_Other_Officers | Mind | Oxford Academic". academic.oup.com. Retrieved 2018-07-27.
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