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Michael Liston

  • Professor Emeritus, Philosophy

Education

PhD, University of California-San Diego

Teaching Interests

Logic and philosophy of science.

Research Interests

His principal research interests lie in the areas of philosophy of science, philosophy of mathematics, and metaphysics and philosophy of language.

Selected Publications

Liston, M. (2024) Review of Penelope Maddy, A Plea for Natural Philosophy. British Journal for the Philosophy of Science https://www.thebsps.org/reviewofbooks/liston-on-maddy/  
Liston, M. (2018) Review of Mark Wilson, Physics Avoidance. ~ 8 pages. Oxford: British Journal of Philosophy of Science.
Liston, M. N. (2017) “Duhem: Images of Science, Historical Continuity, and the First Crisis in Physics”. Transversal: International Journal for the Historiography of Science , 2, 73-84.
Liston, M. N. (2016) Scientific Realism and Antirealism. Fieser, J. , & Dowden, B. (Eds). Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy .
Liston, M. N. (2012) Understanding Scientific Representations: Critical Study of C. Pincock, "Mathematics and Scientific Representation". Philosophia Mathematica . Oxford University Press.
Liston, M. N. (2012) “Review of Polkinghorne, J. (ed.), Meaning in Mathematics”, History and Philosophy of Logic (2012). History and Philosophy of Logic . Taylor and Francis.
Liston, M. N. (2012) Review of Baaz, M., Papadimitriou, C., Putnam, H., Scott, D., Harper, C.(eds.), Kurt Gödel and the Foundations of Mathematics: Horizons of Truth. Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews . Cambride University Press.
Liston, M. N. (2011) On Tins and Tin-Openers. de Regt, H. , Hartmann, S. , & Okasha, S. (Eds). Springer , 1, 2012, 151-160. EPSA Philosophy of Science: Amsterdam 2009.
Liston, M. N. (2010) Rabbits Astray and Significance Awandering. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research , 81(3), 809-819.
Liston, M. N. (2010) Review of Ferreirós, J. and Gray, J.J. (eds.) The Architecture of Modern Mathematics: Essays in History and Philosophy, Oxford 2006. 11(1-2), 167-180. Review of Modern Logic.

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