Hourya Benis Sinaceur facts for kids
Hourya Sinaceur is a famous philosopher from Morocco. She is an expert in the history and theory of mathematics. This means she studies how math ideas developed over time and the deep thinking behind them.
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About Hourya Sinaceur
Early Life and Background
Hourya Benis was born in 1940 in Casablanca, a big city in Morocco. She grew up to become a very respected thinker in her field.
Her Work and Research
Throughout her career, Hourya Sinaceur worked at important institutions. She was a researcher at Paris-Sorbonne University in Paris, France. She also worked at the French National Centre for Scientific Research, which is a major research organization also in Paris.
She was also part of the National French Committee of History and Philosophy of Science. This committee helps study and understand the history and ideas behind science and philosophy in France.
Important Books
Hourya Sinaceur has written several important books about mathematics and philosophy.
- Her book Corps et Modèles was published in 1991. It was later translated into English as Field and Models: From Sturm to Tarski and Robinson in 2003.
- She also wrote Functions and Generality of Logic: Reflections on Dedekind's and Frege's logicisms, which came out in 2015. These books explore complex ideas about how logic and math work.
More Information
- Sinaceur, H., 2001. "Alfred Tarski: Semantic shift, heuristic shift in metamathematics", Synthese 126: 49–65.
- "Alfred Tarski Life and Logic", Review by Sinaceur [1]
- Presentation (in French) and bibliography of recent work on IHPST [2]
See also
In Spanish: Hourya Benis Sinaceur para niños
