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36Of Course there are Fictional CharactersRevue Internationale de Philosophie 262 (4): 615-630. 2012.I argue that there is no straightforward inference from there being fictional characters to any interesting form of realism. One reason is that “fictional” may be an intensional operator with wide scope, depriving the quantifier of its usual force. Another is that not all uses of “there are” are ontologically committing. A realist needs to show that neither of these phenomena are present in “There are fictional characters”. Other roads to realism run into difficulties when negotiating the role t…Read more
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35Semantic Theory and Grammatical StructureAristotelian Society Supplementary Volume 54 (1). 1980.
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35Logical forms: an introduction to philosophical logicBlackwell. 1991.Logical Forms explains both the detailed problems involved in finding logical forms and also the theoretical underpinnings of philosophical logic. In this revised edition, exercises are integrated throughout the book. The result is a genuinely interactive introduction which engages the reader in developing the argument. Each chapter concludes with updated notes to guide further reading.
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35Names in free logical truth theoryIn José Luis Bermúdez (ed.), Thought, Reference, and Experience: Themes From the Philosophy of Gareth Evans, Clarendon Press. 2005.Evans envisaged a language containing both Russellian and descriptive names. A language with descriptive names, which can contribute to truth conditions even if they have no bearer, needs a free logical truth theory. But a metalanguage with this logic threatens to emasculate Russellian names. The paper details this problem and shows, on Evans's behalf, how it might be resolved.
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34Hume's idea of necessary connection/A idéia de conexão necessária em HumeManuscrito 30 (2): 341-355. 2007.Hume seems to tell us that our ideas are copies of our corresponding impres-sions, that we have an idea of necessary connection, but that we have no corresponding impression, since nothing can be known to be really necessarily connected. The paper considers two ways of reinterpreting the doctrine of the origins of ideas so as to avoid the apparent inconsistency. If we see the doctrine as concerned primarily with establishing conditions under which we possess an idea, there is no need for an idea…Read more
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31Austerity and OpennessIn Cynthia Macdonald & Graham Macdonald (eds.), McDowell and his critics, Blackwell. pp. 6--1. 2006.Article
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27Review: Scott Soames, Philosophical Analysis in the Twentieth Century: Volume 1: The Dawn of Analysis Princeton University Press, 2003 (review)Philosophical Studies 129 (3). 2006.
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25Call for Papers for'SORITES'SORITES is a new refereed all-English electronic international quarterly of analytical philosophyAustralasian Journal of Philosophy 73 (2). 1995.
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24Philosophical Analysis in the Twentieth Century, Volume 1: The Dawn of Analysis (review)Philosophical Studies 129 (3): 645-665. 2005.I discuss Soames's proposal that Moore could have avoided a central problem in his moral philosophy if he had utilized a method he himself pioneered in epistemology. The problem in Moore's moral philossophy concerns what it is for a moral claim to be self-evident. The method in Moore's epistemology concerns not denying the obvious. In view of the distance between something's being self-evident and its being obvious, it is suggested that Soames's proposal is mistaken
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21Intentionality Without ExoticaIn Robin Jeshion (ed.), New Essays on Singular Thought, Oxford University Press. 2010.
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21Bertrand Arthur William RussellRoyal Institute of Philosophy Lectures 20 217-218. 1986.Bertrand Russell , born in Trelleck, Wales, was the grandson of the first Earl Russell, who introduced the Reform Bill of 1832 and served as prime minister under Queen Victoria. He studied mathematics and philosophy at Trinity College, Cambridge, 1890–1894, was a Fellow of Trinity College, 1895–1901, a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1908, and was a lecturer in philosophy, 1910–1916. Among his publications in philosophy in this period were An Essay on the Foundations of Geometry , A Critical Expo…Read more
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19Thinking About ThingsOxford University Press. 2018.Mark Sainsbury presents an original account of how language works when describing mental states, based on a new theory of what is involved in attributing attitudes like thinking, hoping, and wanting. He offers solutions to longstanding puzzles about how we can direct our thought to such a diversity of things, including things that do not exist.
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18The Reference Book. By John Hawthorne and David Manley. Oxford University Press, 2012, pp. 280, £30. ISBN: 978-0-19-969367-2 (review)Philosophy 88 (3): 475-478. 2013.
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16III*—Tolerating VaguenessProceedings of the Aristotelian Society 89 (1): 33-48. 1989.R. M. Sainsbury; III*—Tolerating Vagueness, Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, Volume 89, Issue 1, 1 June 1989, Pages 33–48, https://doi.org/10.1093/arist.
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12Indexicals and Reported SpeechIn T. J. Smiley & Thomas Baldwin (eds.), Studies in the Philosophy of Logic and Knowledge, Published For the British Academy By Oxford University Press. pp. 209. 2004.
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11Departing From Frege: Essays in the Philosophy of LanguageRoutledge. 2002.Frege is now regarded as one of the world's greatest philosophers, and the founder of modern logic. Mark Sainsbury argues that we must depart considerably from Frege's views if we are to work towards an adequate conception of natural language. This is an outstanding contribution to philosophy of language and logic and will be invaluable to all those interested in Frege and the philosophy of language.
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9Option negation and dialetheiasIn Graham Priest, Jc Beall & Bradley P. Armour-Garb (eds.), The Law of Non-Contradiction : New Philosophical Essays, Oxford University Press. pp. 85--92. 2004.
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