Ernest or Ernie Lepore (born November 20, 1950) is an American

philosopher Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, Value (ethics and social sciences), value, mind, and language. It is a rational an ...

and

cognitive scientist Cognitive science is the interdisciplinary, scientific study of the mind and its processes. It examines the nature, the tasks, and the functions of cognition (in a broad sense). Mental faculties of concern to cognitive scientists include percep ...

and a professor of

philosophy Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, Value (ethics and social sciences), value, mind, and language. It is a rational an ...

Rutgers University Rutgers University ( ), officially Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a Public university, public land-grant research university consisting of three campuses in New Jersey. Chartered in 1766, Rutgers was originally called Queen's C ...

Education and career

Lepore earned his Ph.D. from the

University of Minnesota The University of Minnesota Twin Cities (historically known as University of Minnesota) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint ...

in 1978, and began teaching at the

University of Notre Dame The University of Notre Dame du Lac (known simply as Notre Dame; ; ND) is a Private university, private Catholic research university in Notre Dame, Indiana, United States. Founded in 1842 by members of the Congregation of Holy Cross, a Cathol ...

before joining the philosophy department at

in 1981, where he has taught ever since.

Philosophical work

He is well known for his work on the

philosophy of language Philosophy of language refers to the philosophical study of the nature of language. It investigates the relationship between language, language users, and the world. Investigations may include inquiry into the nature of Meaning (philosophy), me ...

and

mind The mind is that which thinks, feels, perceives, imagines, remembers, and wills. It covers the totality of mental phenomena, including both conscious processes, through which an individual is aware of external and internal circumstances ...

, sometimes in collaboration with

Jerry Fodor Jerry Alan Fodor ( ; April 22, 1935 – November 29, 2017) was an American philosopher and the author of works in the fields of philosophy of mind and cognitive science. His writings in these fields laid the groundwork for the modularity of min ...

, Herman Cappelen and Kirk Ludwig, as well as his work on

philosophical logic Understood in a narrow sense, philosophical logic is the area of logic that studies the application of logical methods to philosophical problems, often in the form of extended logical systems like modal logic. Some theorists conceive philosophic ...

and the philosophy of Donald Davidson.

Selected publications

*''Imagination and Convention: Distinguishing Grammar and Inference in Language'', with Matthew Stone (Oxford University Press, 2015) *''Handbook in Philosophy of Language'', ed. with B. C. Smith, (Oxford University Press, 2006) *''Insensitive Semantics'', with Herman Cappelen (2004, Basil Blackwell) *''Donald Davidson: Truth, Meaning, Rationality in Mind'', with Kirk Ludwig (Oxford University Press, 2005) *''Donald Davidson's truth-theoretic Semantics'', with Kirk Ludwig (Oxford University Press, 2007), *''Meaning and Argument'', with Sam Cumming (Blackwell, 2000) *''Holism: A Shopper's Guide'', with

(Blackwell, 1991) *''The Compositionality Papers'', with Jerry Fodor (Oxford University Press, 2002) *''What Every Student Should Know '' with Sarah-Jane Leslie (Rutgers Press, 2002).

References

External links

Rutgers faculty home page for Dr. Lepore

Curriculum vitae

Meaning, truth, language, reality, an interview with 3:AM Magazine
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