Davide Rizza

Diploma di Laurea in Filosofia (2003)

Ph.D. Philosophy, University of Sheffield (2009)

I obtained my first degree in Philosophy Università Statale di Milano, Italy, defending in the final viva voce exam a thesis on the history of the vector calculus, focussing on the work of Hermann Grassmann and Giuseppe Peano. I then moved to the UK, where I obtained a PhD from the University of Sheffield: my thesis makes use of neglected but important results in the foundations of measurement to develop a novel account of the applicability of mathematics. I became a fixed-term Associate Tutor at UEA in September 2009. From September 2010 I was a permanent member of staff in the School of Philosophy. Since 2015 I am a permanent member of the School of PPL (Politics, Philosophy, Languages and Communication Studies). I am currently an Assistant Professor at UEA and was the Head of Philosophy between 2019 and 2025.   

Philosophy of mathematical practice, especially the genesis and articulation of mathematical problem-solving methodologies in social science.
American Pragmatism and its current relevance to epistemology and philosophy of science (with a focus on Dewey's logical and epistemological writings and C. I. Lewis' conceptual pragmatism). 
Foundations of measurement, especially the epistemological significance of mathematical work in measurement theory.
History of logic, especially model theory between the 1940s and the 1960's.  

First Year

• Ancient Philosophy
• Philosophy of Social Transformation
• Early Modern Philosophy
• Logic

Second Year

• Knowledge, Science and Proof

Third Year

• Further Logic