Matthew E. Moore
Professor
Philosophy
Location: 3300 Boylan Hall
Phone: 718.951.5000 x6879
Fax: 718.951.4675
Email:
I was born and raised in Southern California, and received my bachelor's degree in English from UC Berkeley. Before returning to graduate school to study philosophy, I worked as a database programmer and technical manager.
Education:
Ph.D., University of Illinois - 2000 (Philosophy)
M.A., University of Chicago - 1990 (Library Science)
M.A., San Francisco State University - 1985 (Philosophy)
A.B., University of California, Berkeley - 1981 (English)
Areas of Expertise:
Logic and philosophy of mathematics. Moore has published on nonstandard analysis and on the philosophy of set theory. His current research concerns the philosophy of mathematics of the American philosopher C.S. Peirce.
Books and Publications
"The Peircean Continuum" (with Francisco Vargas). Forthcoming in Stewart Shapiro and Geoffrey Hellman, eds. The History of Continuity (Oxford University Press). (Books and Publications: Forthcoming Publications) 2020
"Peirce's Prepunctual Continuum." Cuadernos de Sistemática Peirceana 7, 128-139 (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2015
"Peirce's Topical Theory of Continuity." Synthese 192:1055-1071. (Books and Publications: Forthcoming Publications) 2015
"Peirce on Perfect Sets, Revised." Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society 45.4: 649-67. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2010
"Scotistic Structures." Cognitio 11.1: 79-100. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2010
New Essays on Peirce's Mathematical Philosophy. Chicago: Open Court. (Books and Publications: Book (Edited)) 2010
Philosophy of Mathematics: Selected Writings by Charles S. Peirce. Bloomington, Ind.: Indiana University Press. (Books and Publications: Book (Edited)) 2010
"Naturalism, Truth and Beauty in Mathematics." Philosophia Mathematica (III) 15.2, June: 141-65. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2007
"On Peirce's Discovery of Cantor's Theorem." Cognitio 8.2: 223-48. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2007
"The Completeness of the Real Line." Critica 39.117, December: 61-86. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2007
"The Genesis of the Peircean Continuum." Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society 43.4: 425-69. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2007
C.S. Peirce on the Philosophy of Mathematics: Selected Writings. Indiana University Press. (Books and Publications: Forthcoming Publications) 2007
New Essays on the Mathematical Philosophy of C.S. Peirce. Open Court. (Books and Publications: Forthcoming Publications) 2007
"Naturalizing Dissension." Pacific Philosophical Quarterly 87: 325-34. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2006
"A Cantorian Argument Against Infinitesimals." Synthese 133: 305-30. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2002
"Archimedean Intuitions." Theoria 68: 185-204. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2002
Awards, Honors and Fellowships
PSC-CUNY 39 Research Award, 2008-09. (Grants and Fellowships) 2008
Rodney G. Dennis Fellowship in the Study of Manuscripts, Houghton Library, Harvard University. (Grants and Fellowships) 2008
PSC-CUNY 37 Research Award, 2006-07. (Grants and Fellowships) 2006
PSC-CUNY 35 Research Award, 2004-05. (Grants and Fellowships) 2004
Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums
"The Historical Position of Peirce's Continuum." Symposium on Peirce's Mathematics, Unversidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogota. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2015
"The Future of Peirce's Mathematics." Charles S. Peirce International Centennial Congress. University of Massachusetts, Lowell. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2014
"Theorematic Incompleteness." Charles S. Peirce International Centennial Congress. University of Massachusetts, Lowell. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2014
"The Diagrammatic Understanding of Structure." Winter Symposium on Extended Problem Solving. Aarhus University. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2013
"Is Synechism Necessary?" 14th International Meeting on Pragmatism. Sao Paulo, Brazil. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2012
"Peirce's Topical Theory of Continuity." International Summer School for Semiotics and Structural Studies. Imatra, Finland, June. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2010
"Scotistic Structures." 12th International Meeting on Pragmatism. Center for Pragmatism Studies, Pontifical Catholic University of Sao Paulo. November. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2009
"Peirce on Perfect Sets, Revised." New York Pragmatist Forum. New York, September. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2008
"On Peirce's Proofs of Cantor's Theorem." Annual Meeting of the History of Science Society. Arlington, Va., November. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Contributed Talk) 2007
"Peirce's Cantor." AMS-MAA Special Session on History of Mathematics, Joint Mathematics Meetings. New Orleans, January. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Contributed Talk) 2007
"Cardinality and Confusion in the Peircean Continuum." AMS-MAA Special Session on History of Mathematics, Joint Mathematics Meetings. San Antonio, January. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Contributed Talk) 2006
"Mathematical Realism, Abductively." Fall 2006 Philosophy Colloquium Series. CUNY Graduate Center. New York, September. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2006
"Naturalism, Truth and Beauty in Mathematics." Spring Meeting of the Association for Symbolic Logic. San Francisco, March. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Contributed Talk) 2005
"Naturalizing Dissension." Fifth Midwest Philosophy of Mathematics Workshop. Notre Dame. November. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Contributed Talk) 2004
"Mathematical Realism and Set Theoretic Practice." Fourth Midwest Philosophy of Mathematics Workshop. Notre Dame. November. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Contributed Talk) 2003
Professional Leadership
Co-Chair, Program Committee. Charles S. Peirce International Centennial Congress. University of Massachusetts, Lowell. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2014
Member, Implementation Team, Presidential Task Force on Retention and Graduation Success. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2011
Member, Steering Committee, Charles S. Peirce International Centennial Congress, 2010-14. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2010
Program Committee co-chair, Charles S. Peirce International Centennial Congress, 2010-14. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2010
Steering Committee, Foundations of Excellence Transfer Focus. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2010
Chairman, Philosophy Department, 2009-present. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2009
Chairman, Search Committee, Chief Librarian, 2008-09. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2008
Member, Committee on Master Planning, Budget and Educational Policy, 2008-10. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2008
Member, Executive Committee, Charles S. Peirce Society, 2008-11. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2008
Chapter President, Phi Beta Kappa, 2007-present. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2007
Departmental Core Coordinator, 2007-08. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2007
Member, Department Appointments Committee, 2007-present. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2007
Delegate to Faculty Council, 2006-09. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2006
Deputy chairman, Philosophy Department, 2006-09. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2006
Member, Faculty Council on Committee Computer Utilization and Educational Technology, 2006-08. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2006
Member, IT Planning Subcommittee. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2006
Member, Middle States Steering Committee, 2006-09. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2006
Chairman, Department Outcomes Assessment Committee, 2005-09. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2005
Chapter vice president, Phi Beta Kappa, 2005-07. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2005
Department representative, PSC-CUNY, 2005-09. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2005
Member, Department Curriculum Committee, 2005-09. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2005
Member, Department Search Committee. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2005
Member, Outcomes Assessment Task Force, 2005-08. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2005
Strategic Planning Committee, "Engaged Intellectual Community." (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2005
Department library liaison, 2004-05. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2004
Department technology supervisor, 2004-07. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2004
Department treasurer, 2004-08. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2004
Member, Advisory Committee on Academic Computing, 2004-07. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2004
Member, Department Subcommittee, Writing-Intensive Major. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2004
Member, Faculty Council on Committee Computer Utilization and Educational Technology, 2004-05 (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2004
Member, Selection Committee, Phi Beta Kappa, 2004-07 (chairman, 2005-07). (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2004
Member, Student Technology Fee Committee, 2004-08. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2004
Member, Teaching, Learning Technology Roundtable, 2004-07. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2004
Member, Department Curriculum Committee, 2003-04. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2003
Other Professional Activities
Referee, Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society. 2007
Reviewer, Science and Society Program, National Science Foundation. 2007
Referee, Erkenntnis. 2004
Referee, Synthese. 2003
