Dr Brendan Larvor
DPhil (Oxon)
Job title: Principal Lecturer
Email Address: B.P.Larvor@herts.ac.uk
Telephone Number: 01707 28 5659
Memberships and Appointments: British Humanist Association Philosophers' Committee
Brendan Larvor studied philosophy and mathematics at Balliol College before embarking on a brief career as a systems analyst. He quickly resumed his studies in philosophy, taking an MA from Queen's University Ontario before returning to Balliol to write a doctoral thesis on the philosophy of mathematics of Imre Lakatos. He taught at the Universities of Liverpool and Oxford before joining Hertfordshire in 1997. He specialises in the history and philosophy of mathematics and science. His current project is to develop a historically sensitive and properly philosophical approach to the study of mathematical practice.
Research Interests
Philosophy of Mathematics; situated rationalityTeaching specialisms
Logic; Philosophy of Science; HegelCollaborations and Projects
UH-funded Inter-faculty PhD supervision: Well-being in the Workplace (jointly with Christeen George in Psychology).
HEA-funded project ‘Immortal goods’: critical friendships among beginning
philosophers (with John Lippitt)
Conference: Two Streams in the Philosophy of Mathematics