Keith Simmons (philosopher)

Keith Simmons
Born
Keith Eric George Simmons
EducationUniversity of Keele (BA)
University College London (MPhil)
UCLA (PhD)
AwardsNational Humanities Center Fellowship, Institute of the Arts and Humanities Borden Fellowship, University Distinguished Teaching Award
Era21st-century philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolAnalytic
InstitutionsUniversity of Connecticut, UNC Chapel Hill
ThesisThe Liar Paradox (1987)
Doctoral advisorTyler Burge
Other academic advisorsDonald A. Martin, David Kaplan, Marilyn McCord Adams
Doctoral studentsPeter Alward
Main interests
Logic, philosophy of mind
Websitehttps://www.keithegsimmons.com/

Keith Eric George Simmons is an American philosopher and Professor of Philosophy at University of Connecticut.[1] He is known for his works on logic and philosophy of mind.[2][3][4][5]

Books

  • Semantic Singularities: Paradoxes of Reference, Predication, and Truth, Oxford University Press 2018
  • Truth (Oxford Readings in Philosophy), edited with Simon Blackburn, Oxford University Press 1999
  • Universality and the Liar: An Essay on Truth and the Diagonal Argument, Cambridge University Press 1993

See also

References

  1. ^ "Philosophy Department Faculty". University of Connecticut. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  2. ^ Antonelli, Gian Aldo (January 1996). "Book Review: Keith Simmons. Universality and the Liar: An Essay on Truth and the Diagonal Argument". Notre Dame Journal of Formal Logic. 37 (1). doi:10.1305/ndjfl/1040067322. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
  3. ^ Woleński, Jan (April 1995). "Review of Keith Simmons, Universality and the Liar: An Essay on Truth and the Diagonal Argument". Modern Logic. 5 (2): 199–201. ISSN 1047-5982. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
  4. ^ Hill, Christopher S. (January 2006). "Replies to Marian David, Anil Gupta, and Keith Simmons". Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. 72 (1): 205–222. doi:10.1111/j.1933-1592.2006.tb00500.x. ISSN 0031-8205.
  5. ^ "UConn, USC philosophy departments defy downward trend in humanities". Retrieved 1 December 2018.


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