Joel David Hamkins

Joel David Hamkins is a mathematician and philosopher specializing in the mathematics and philosophy of the infinite. His research spans topics in mathematical and philosophical logic and the philosophy of mathematics, from the strong axioms of infinity in set theory to infinitary computability, infinite game theory, and even infinite chess. His philosophical work has been central in the current debate on set-theoretic pluralism and the analysis of mathematical potentialism.

Hamkins is widely known for his mathematics and philosophy commentary in numerous podcasts and public lectures. He is the top user on MathOverflow, the Q & A site for advanced mathematical questions, where he has posted over 2000 mathematical arguments. He writes the popular substack Infinitely More, where he serializes his new books in progress.

Hamkins is the O'Hara Professor of Logic at the University of Notre Dame, previously Professor of Logic at Oxford University and the Sir Peter Strawson Fellow at University College, Oxford, after a longstanding position at the City University of New York.