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76Invariantism about 'can' and 'may' (as well as 'might')Linguistics and Philosophy 36 (2): 181-185. 2013.Braun (Linguistics & Philosophy 35, 461–489, 2012) argued for a non- relativist, invariantist theory of ‘might’. Yanovich (Linguistics & Philosophy, 2013) argues that Braun’s theory is inconsistent with certain facts concerning diachronic meaning changes in ‘might’, ‘can’, and ‘may’. This paper replies to Yanovich’s objection
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50Propositions and QuestionsIn Chris Tillman & Adam Murray (eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Propositions, Routledge. 2022.
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43Extension, Intension, Character, and beyondIn Gillian Russell Delia Graff Fara (ed.), The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Language, Routledge. pp. 9. 2012.This article explains some of the technical terms used in semantic theory and philosophy of language.
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41Consciousness and Cognition (review)Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 69 (2): 484-491. 2004.Michael Thau’s book challenges much of current orthodox theory about consciousness and cognition. It is an enormously stimulating tour de force. I highly recommend it.
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32Coming to Our Senses: A Naturalistic Program for Semantic Localism (review)Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 60 (2): 489-492. 2000.Review of Michael Devitt's "Coming to Our Senses"
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20Coming to Our Senses: A Naturalistic Program for Semantic Localism by Michael Devitt (review)Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 60 (2): 489-492. 2000.Michael Devitt is dismayed by the current proliferation of competing semantic theories. He is equally dismayed by the lack of prospects for resolving the disputes between them. In this book, he proposes some methods for resolving these disputes. He also advances his own theory of meaning, which he argues is justified by the methodology he proposes.
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14Mill and the Missing ReferentsIn Heimir Geirsson & Stephen Biggs (eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Linguistic Reference, Routledge. pp. 373-383. 2021.
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10Katz on Names Without BearersPhilosophical Review 104 (4): 553-576. 1995.Millian theories of proper names say that the meaning of a proper name is just its referent. These theories have an appealing kind of simplicity to them, but they also have an apparently serious problem with names that fail to refer. Consider, for example, sentence.
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8The Reality of Meaning and the Meaning of Reality (review)Philosophical Review 103 (1): 148-150. 1994.
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Utterances and expressions in semantics and logicIn Ken Turner & Laurence R. Horn (eds.), Pragmatics, truth and underspecification: towards an atlas of meaning, Brill. 2018.
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Knowing How and Knowing AnswersPhilosophical Inquiry 36 (1-2): 244. 2012.This paper argues for Propositionalism about knowing-how (also known as Intellectualism). On this view, knowing how to G reduces to propositional knowledge. It argues for this view without relying on contemporary theories of the semantics of interrogatives. It answers various objections.
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Still for Direct ReferenceIn Andrea Bianchi (ed.), Language and Reality from a Naturalistic Perspective: Themes from Michael Devitt, Springer. pp. 193-235. 2020.
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David F. Austin, What's the Meaning of'This'? A Puzzle about Demonstrative BeliefMinds and Machines 7 297-302. 1997.
Areas of Specialization
Philosophy of Language |
Metaphysics and Epistemology |
Logic and Philosophy of Logic |
Areas of Interest
Philosophy of Language |
Metaphysics and Epistemology |
Logic and Philosophy of Logic |