Joop Leo
Joop Leo
Contact information:
+31 30 6917627 / +31 6 12020311
Research interests:
Metaphysics
Philosophical logic
In 2006, after graduating cum laude in philosophy, I obtained a PhD position at Utrecht University to do research on the metaphysical structure of relations. My training as a mathematician proved to be useful in dealing with this intriguing problem. The analysis resulted in a new theory of relations, which I called the polymorphic theory of relations. For my PhD research I worked closely with Kit Fine and Albert Visser. In 2008 I went to New York University for a short period as a visiting scholar, and in November 2010 I received my PhD. In July 2012, I received a Veni grant from NWO to develop a new logic for reasoning in a natural way about ‘real’ relations, like the love relation.