Pascal O'Gorman
Emeritus Professor

Pascal O'Gorman was born in Ennis, Co. Clare. He graduated with a B.Sc. in mathematics and mathematical physics at NUIG. He then studied philosophy at L'Institut Supérieur de Philosophie, Leuven and at the National University of Ireland.

Contact Details

• E-Mail: francis.ogormannuigalway.ie

Research and Publications

O'Gorman's postgraduate PhD research focused on Poíncaré's geometrical conventionalism. Poíncaré's philosophy of arithmetic, geometry and physics continues to be an abiding research interest on which he has published in various international journals. He has also published on various debates in philosophy of science, ranging over Churchland, Davidson, Hesse, Popper, Quine, van Fraassen and Wittgenstein. In recent years, with his colleague, Professor Boylan, he has made an original contribution to economic methodology, especially in their development of causal holism.

Rationality and Relativity: The Quest for Objective Knowledge, Avebury, 1989
Philosophy of Economics: Alternative Perspectives, (with T.A. Boylan eds.), SSRC, NUIG, 1993
From Logic to Chaos Theory: Poíncaré's Portrait of the Scientific Mind, Royal Irish Academy, 1999
Problems, Concepts and Arguments, OSCAIL, 2000
Philosophy of Language, OSCAIL, 2000
Economic Theory and Explanation, (with T.A Boylan eds.), Presse Universitaire de France, 2001

In addition to contributions to a range of edited books, he has published in a number of journals including:

Cambridge Journal of Economics
Ekonomia
Foundations of Science
History of European Ideas
International Studies in Philosophy of Science
Journal of Interdisciplinary Economics
Methodus
Philosophical Studies
Review of Political Economy
Revue Internationale de Philosophie
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science

Other Academic Activities/Positions

Subject Leader of Philosophy, OSCAIL programme
Secretary Royal Irish Academy, National Committee for History and Philosophy of Science
Member of Royal Irish Academy, National Committee for Philosophy
Member of various editorial boards and acts as referee for various international journals
Member of various international philosophical societies

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