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Brendan Larvor studied philosophy and mathematics at Balliol College before embarking on a brief career as a systems analyst. He quickly resumed his studies in philosophy, taking an MA from Queen's University Ontario before returning to Balliol to write a doctoral thesis on the philosophy of mathematics of Imre Lakatos. He taught at the Universities of Liverpool and Oxford before joining Hertfordshire in 1997. He specialises in the history and philosophy of mathematics and science. His current project is to develop a historically sensitive and properly philosophical approach to the study of mathematical practice

In recent years, he has developed a philosophical interest in pedagogy in higher education.

Research interests

Philosophy of mathematical practice

Philosophy of education 

Humanism

Teaching specialisms

Logic 

Philosophy of science and mathematics

Kant

Hegel

Nietzsche 

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