简介：news about greg restall. philosopher, at the university of melbourne.

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Bob Meyer

Earlier today I received the sad news that Bob Meyer, my former colleague at the ANU, and friend, two-time collaborator, died last night, after a long struggle with cancer. Bob will be sorely missed by many of us. His warmth and humour, his brilliance, and his willingness to talk logic (and much more) to anyone and everyone, will all be impossible to re... (311 天前)

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More on Words

Allen Hazen pointed me to this nice interview Julian Bagnini conducted with Ernie Lepore, on words. Lepore comes to the same sort of conclusion as Kaplan – that identity conditions for words are tricky. He’s right. ... (311 天前)

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Types, Tokens and Names

The quote from yesterday’s quiz was from the inimitable David Kaplan, in the article ”Words” (Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, Supplementary Volume, LXIV 1990). As Robbie mentioned in the comments “Words” is such a cool paper. I want to give an example of how cool it is.It’s tempting to think of words, repeatable things that the are, as th... (311 天前)

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Quiz for today

Here is today’s quiz question. Which master of exposition said this, and where?After arguing for years, unconvincingly, that semantic value (properly understood) is not affected by substitution, I hit upon a brilliant, new, and completely successful, strategy: argue, instead, that semantic value is affected by substitution.Here’s a hint: the quote oc... (311 天前)

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Spandrels of Truth

Whoever thought that teaching in three subjects, chairing one committee, participating in another one with a honking big project to keep on the rails for the next few months, supervsing n research students (for a seriously large value of ’n’) and trying to keep your research ticking over would keep you busy with work? I did think that. But now I know i... (311 天前)

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Back in the saddle

I’m back in Melbourne. Z and I have been back for over a week – and I’ve been back at work since the middle of last week, slowly setting up while Z has been settling into school. C returns tomorrow, and the place will feel like home at last.The philosophy blogosphere is all a-flutter with the release of the 2009 Leiter Report. We have known for some ... (311 天前)

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Holiday, in progress

We’re having a wonderful time on our holiday, cruising through the southwest of the USA. The sights have been spectacular, varied and unexpected. The highlight so far was Bryce Canyon. The Grand Canyon is grand, and sublime in its own way. Bryce Canyon was totally unexpected: I had no idea erosion could do just that. Z ran around like a madman enjoying ... (311 天前)

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