Kenneth Taylor (philosopher)

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Kenneth Allen Taylor (* 1954 in Sandusky , Ohio ; † December 2, 2019 ) was an American philosopher and professor at Stanford University .

Taylor studied at the University of Notre Dame until 1977 and received his doctorate in 1984 from the University of Chicago with Leonard Linsky (1922–2012). He then worked at Rutgers University , the University of Maryland at College Park , Wesleyan University , the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Middlebury College .

His research interests were in the areas of philosophy of language and philosophy of mind . Among other things, he focused on the topics of semantics, reference, naturalism and relativism.

Texts

  • Truth and Meaning. An Introduction to the Philosophy of Language - Blackwell Publishing 1998.
  • Reference and the Rational Mind - CSLI Publications 2003.
  • Referring to the World - Oxford University Press 2010.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Natalie Jabbar: Stanford philosophy professor and co-host of Philosophy Talk Ken Taylor dies at 65th Stanford University, December 4, 2019, accessed on December 9, 2019 .

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personal data
SURNAME Taylor, Kenneth
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Taylor, Kenneth Allen (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American philosopher
DATE OF BIRTH 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Sandusky (Ohio)
DATE OF DEATH 2nd December 2019