Themes from Weir: A Celebration of the Philosophy of Alan Weir

Introduction: Themes from  Alan Weir (Stephan Leuenberger and Adam Rieger).- 1. Memoir (Alan Weir).- 2. Can Non-classical logic treat mathematics as exceptional? (Timothy Williamson).- 3. Indeterminacy and Non-classical Logic (Alan Weir).- 4. Neo-classical logic, cloisonnist vagueness, non-objectual truth (Elia Zardini).- 5. The Umpire's Dilemma and the Ashes of Realism (Neil Tennant).- 6. Abstraction and modest reflection (Roy T. Cook).- 7. Mass nouns and plural logic (Eric Snyder and Stewart Shapiro).- 8. Formal proof, informal proof, formalism, and fictionalism (Mary Leng).- 9. Mathematical naturalism and revisionism about mathematics (Marianna Antonutti Marfori).- 10. Perspectives on the Universe (Graham Priest).- 11. Elements of an alternative philosophy of set theory (Marcus Giaquinto).- 12. Eliminativism about Phenomenology (Graham Peebles).- 13. What is the skeptical solution? (Alexander Miller).- 14. Truthmaker Equivalence (Stephan Krämer).- 15. Scope and Probabilistic Reasoning:  A Semantical Resolution of the Two-Envelope Paradox (Gary Kemp).- 16. Representative Range Voting: How to Elect the First President of Scotland (Adam Rieger).- Bibliography of Alan Weir's Writings.

Adam Rieger is also a Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at Glasgow. His main interests are in logic, the philosophy of mathematics and social choice theory, in particular paradoxes, set theory and non-standard voting methods.


Stephan Leuenberger is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Glasgow.  His main research interests are in metaphysics, and in particular the application of formal methods to problems in modality, totality and metaphysical relations such as grounding.