Penelope Maddy

Penelope Maddy
Maddy in 2004
Born	(1950-07-04) July 4, 1950 (age 74) Tulsa, Oklahoma
Education	Princeton University (PhD, 1979)
Era	Contemporary philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	Analytic philosophy
Institutions	University of California, Irvine
Thesis	Set Theoretical Realism (1979)
Doctoral advisor	John P. Burgess
Main interests	Philosophy of mathematics
Notable ideas	Set-theoretic realism (also known as naturalized Platonism),[1] mathematical naturalism

Penelope Maddy (born 4 July 1950) is an American philosopher. Maddy is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Logic and Philosophy of Science and of Mathematics at the University of California, Irvine. She is well known for her influential work in the philosophy of mathematics, where she has worked on mathematical realism (especially set-theoretic realism) and mathematical naturalism.