Benjamin Hill, Western University

Research

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Latest funding

Language of Nature: Reconsidering the Mathematization of Science
SSHRC · 2011 · Principal investigator
$25,000
History of philosophy of language
SSHRC · 2008 · Co-investigator
$82,840
John Locke's early epistemology and his practice of medicine
SSHRC · 2008 · Principal investigator
$25,960

All 4 grants and awards

No publications available.

Language of Nature: Reconsidering the Mathematization of Science

Principal investigatorSSHRC2011Aid to Research Workshops and Conferences in Canada

Principal investigators: Hill, Benjamin D.

Keywords: scientific revolution; history of science; philosophy of science; early modern mathematics; early modern philosophy

$25,000

History of philosophy of language

Co-investigatorSSHRC2008Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Stainton, Robert J.H.

Keywords: history of philosophy; philosophy of language

$82,840

John Locke's early epistemology and his practice of medicine

Principal investigatorSSHRC2008Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Hill, Benjamin D.

Keywords: Locke; John; 17th century epistemology; empiricism; an essay concerning human understanding; medicine's impact on 17th philosophy

$25,960

Francisco Suárez: Last Medieval or First Modern?

Principal investigatorSSHRC2007Aid to Research Workshops and Conferences in Canada

Principal investigators: Hill, Benjamin D.

Keywords: Francisco Suarez; scholastic philosophy; 17th century philosophy

$21,369

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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