I am a doctoral candidate in applied mathematics at Western University (UWO) supervised by Rob Corless, and have recently completed my doctorate in philosophy with Bob Batterman and John Bell.
The subject of my dissertation in philosophy was a study of the epistemology of feasible scientific reasoning. Feasible scientific inference, i.e. inference that is actually possible within a reasonable time-scale in scientific practice, requires computation in increasingly many areas of science, not only in numerical computation but in data handling and model construction as well. Accordingly, the dissertation was in large part a study of the role of …
I am a doctoral candidate in applied mathematics at Western University (UWO) supervised by Rob Corless, and have recently completed my doctorate in philosophy with Bob Batterman and John Bell.
The subject of my dissertation in philosophy was a study of the epistemology of feasible scientific reasoning. Feasible scientific inference, i.e. inference that is actually possible within a reasonable time-scale in scientific practice, requires computation in increasingly many areas of science, not only in numerical computation but in data handling and model construction as well. Accordingly, the dissertation was in large part a study of the role of methods of computing in real theory application, in particular how inferences remain reliable even though feasible methods introduce error throughout the application process.
My research in applied mathematics is related to my philosophical interests, as it focuses on the role and importance of continuity in both numerical and symbolic computing for computational methods to make knowledge about natural phenomena feasibly accessible.
