The Philosophy of David Kaplan
Joseph Almog and Paolo Leonardi
Abstract
David Kaplan's intellectual influence on 20th-century analytic philosophy has been transformative. He introduced lasting innovations in the philosophy of language and philosophical logic. Just as important, however, is Kaplan's way of doing philosophy; generous but incisive, his profoundly interactive style mentored countless generations of students, many of whom contribute to this book. This book collects new, previously unpublished articles on Kaplan, analyzing a broad spectrum of topics ranging from cutting-edge linguistics and the philosophy of mathematics, to metaphysics, the foundations ... More
David Kaplan's intellectual influence on 20th-century analytic philosophy has been transformative. He introduced lasting innovations in the philosophy of language and philosophical logic. Just as important, however, is Kaplan's way of doing philosophy; generous but incisive, his profoundly interactive style mentored countless generations of students, many of whom contribute to this book. This book collects new, previously unpublished articles on Kaplan, analyzing a broad spectrum of topics ranging from cutting-edge linguistics and the philosophy of mathematics, to metaphysics, the foundations of pragmatics, and the theory of communication. With its historical introduction and personal tributes, this book also reveals much of Kaplan's life and times, highlighting the key players of analytic philosophy of the last century, and underscoring Kaplan's substantial impact on contemporary philosophy.
Keywords:
analytic philosophy,
philosophical logic,
philosophy of mathematics,
metaphysics,
foundations of pragmatics,
theory of communication
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2009 |
Print ISBN-13: 9780195367881 |
| Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: May 2009 |
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195367881.001.0001 |
Authors
Affiliations are at time of print publication.
Joseph Almog, editor
UCLA
Paolo Leonardi, editor
University of Bologna, Italy
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