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Following logical realism where it leadsPhilosophical Studies 176 (1): 117-139. 2019.
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Investigating illocutionary monismSynthese 196 (3): 1151-1165. 2019.Suppose I make an utterance, intending it to be a command. You don’t take it to be one. Must one of us be wrong? In other words, must each utterance have, at most, one illocutionary force? Current debates over the constitutive norm of assertion and over illocutionary silencing, tend to assume that the answer is yes—that each utterance must be either an assertion, or a command, or a question, but not more than one of these. While I think that this assumption is intuitive, I will argue in this pap…Read more
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From an ontological point of viewOxford University Press. 2003.From an Ontological Point of View is a highly original and accessible exploration of fundamental questions about what there is. John Heil discusses such issues as whether the world includes levels of reality; the nature of objects and properties; the demands of realism; what makes things true; qualities, powers, and the relation these bear to one another. He advances an account of the fundamental constituents of the world around us, and applies this account to problems that have plagued recent w…Read more
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Areas of Interest
Relations |
Truthmakers |
Liar Paradox |
Metaphysics and Epistemology |
Philosophy of Language |