Claire Ortiz Hill has always been an independent scholar. She holds a BA and an MA from the University of California, Riverside and a Maîtrise and Doctorat from the University of Paris, Sorbonne. Her research interests lie primarily in the fields of Husserl's philosophy of logic and mathematics, the Austro-German roots of twentieth-century philosophy, and related issues in Analytic philosophy. She has published: The Roots of Twentieth Century Philosophy in Husserl, Frege and Russell; Rethinking Identity and Metaphysics, On the Foundations of Analytic Philosophy; The Roots and Flowers of Evil in Baudelaire, Nietzsche and Hitler; Husserl or Frege, Meaning, Objectivity and Mathematics with G. Rosado Haddock, The Road Not Taken, On Husserl's Philosophy of Logic and Mathematics with J. da Silva and over 60 papers.