08.2017 PhD in Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley
05.2007 BA summa cum laude in Philosophy with Honors (minor in Mathematics), University of Pennsylvania
Post-doctoral | ||
present | Principal Investigator, Frege Among the Formalists, FWF ESPRIT Grant, University of Vienna | |
10.2021 | 03.2022 | IVC Fellow, Institute Vienna Circle, University of Vienna |
04.2021 | 09.2021 | Post-doctoral researcher, General and Computational Linguistics (65%) and Philosophy (35%), University of Tübingen |
06.2019 | 03.2021 | Post-doctoral researcher, General and Computational Linguistics, University of Tübingen |
10.2018 | 12.2018 | Visiting post-doctoral researcher, Free University Berlin |
09.2017 | 08.2018 | Berkeley Connect Fellow, University of California, Berkeley |
Pre-doctoral | ||
08.2009 | 08.2017 | PhD student in Philosophy (50%), University of California, Berkeley |
07.2008 | 07.2009 | Research coordinator, Computational Memory Lab, University of Pennsylvania |
Web technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React, Bootstrap, XML, XSLT), Python (Django, Numpy/Scipy), Git, Unix (Debian GNU/Linux, others), Databases and SQL (PostgreSQL, SQLite), Emacs and Elisp
General and Computational Linguistics, Universität Tübingen (FT, 06.2019–09.2021)
Computational Memory Lab, University of Pennsylvania (FT, 07.2008–07.2009)
Publishers’ Assistant (FT, 09.2007–06.2008)
Haematologic Technologies, Inc. (PT, Summers 2003–2006)
Kelly Writers House (PT, Semesters 2003–2007)
Lawrence, Richard. 2021. “Frege, Hankel, and Formalism in the Foundations”. Journal for the History of Analytical Philosophy 9 (11) 5–27. https://doi.org/10.15173/jhap.v9i11.5007
Lawrence, Richard. 2021. “Giving the value of a variable”. Kriterion — Journal of Philosophy 35. https://doi.org/10.1515/krt-2021-0007
Lawrence, Richard. Forthcoming. “Review of K. Hossack, Knowledge and the Philosophy of Number.” History and Philosophy of Logic. https://doi.org/10.1080/01445340.2022.2080373
Lawrence, Richard. 2017. “Review of K. Felka, Talking about Numbers: Easy Arguments for Mathematical Realism.” History and Philosophy of Logic 38 (4): 390–94. https://doi.org/10.1080/01445340.2017.1331988
Hinrichs, Marie, Richard Lawrence and Erhard Hinrichs. 2020. “Exploring and visualizing wordnet data with GermaNet Rover”. In: Proceedings of CLARIN Annual Conference 2020. Eds. C. Navarretta and M. Eskevich. Virtual Edition. http://office.clarin.eu/v/CE-2020-1738-CLARIN2020_ConferenceProceedings.pdf
Lawrence, Richard. 2019 (first release). germanet-common. https://github.com/Germanet-sfs/germanet-common
Lawrence, Richard and Marie Hinrichs. 2020 (first release). GermaNet Rover. https://weblicht.sfs.uni-tuebingen.de/rover/
Lawrence, Richard. 2017. Nominalization, Specification, and Investigation. University of California, Berkeley. Committee: Professors John MacFarlane and Paolo Mancosu (co-chairs, Philosophy), Hannah Ginsborg (third member, Philosophy) and Line Mikkelsen (outside member, Linguistics). https://www.proquest.com/docview/2014397432
Lawrence, Richard. “Who are the persons, and how many are the numbers?”. Under review.
Lawrence, Richard. “Mathmatical formalism: shifting perspectives”. Under review.
2021 | Visiting Research Fellowship, Institute Vienna Circle, University of Vienna |
2019 | Master Class Travel Fellowship, Journal of the History of Philosophy |
2018 | Researcher Mobility Fund Fellowship, Free University Berlin |
2017 | Berkeley Connect Mentoring Fellowship, University of California, Berkeley |
2014 | Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award, University of California, Berkeley |
2007 | President’s Award for Undergraduate Research, University of Pennsylvania |
Summer 2021 | Frege und FormalismusU |
Winter 2020–21 | Technology and Ethics |
Summer 2020 | Freges Grundlagen der ArithmetikD |
Winter 2019–20 | Reference to Numbers and Other Abstract ObjectsU |
U: upper-level course
D: course taught in German
Summer 2018 | Ancient Philosophy |
Summer 2017 | Introduction to Logic |
Summer 2015 | Ancient Philosophy |
Summer 2014 | Ancient Philosophy |
Additional teaching experience as Graduate Student Instructor includes upper-level courses in Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Mathematics, Aristotle, and Philosophical Methods.