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Stephen Schiffer
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Professor of Philosophy; Chair
D.Phil. 1970 (philosophy), Oxford B.A. 1962 (philosophy), Pennsylvania.

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Research Interests:

philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, metaphysics, epistemology

Affiliations:

American Philosophical Association.

Fellowships/Honors:

Visiting Senior Fellow, Council of the Humanities, and Old Dominion Fellow in Philosophy, Princeton University, 1990; City University of New York Creative Incentive Award, 1990; Summer Research Stipend, Committee for Research in the Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of Arizona, 1985; National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Stipend, 1982; German Academic Exchange Service, Summer Research Grant, 1981.

Selected Works:

Some forthcoming papers:

Quandary and Intuitionism: Crispin Wright on Vagueness, forthcoming in A. Miller (ed), Essays for Crispin Wright: Logic, Language and Mathematics (OUP)

The Two-Stage Theory of Meaning, forthcoming in J. Boros (ed.), Paul Horwich’s Minimalist Theory of Meaning and Truth (Brambauer)

Propositions, What Are They Good For?, forthcoming in R. Schantz (ed.), Prospects for Meaning (de Gruyter)

Interest-Relative Invariantism, forthcoming in PPR symposium on Jason Stanley’s Knowledge and Practical Interests

Evidence = Knowledge: Williamson’s Solution to Skepticism, forthcoming in P. Greenough and D. Pritchard, eds., Williamson on Knowledge (OUP)

What is Vagueness?, forthcoming in R. Dietz and S.Moruzzi (eds.), Cuts and Clouds: Essays on the Nature and Logic of Vagueness(OUP)

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