Kirk Alan Ludwig (born May 11, 1959) 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 ...
who is Professor of Philosophy and Cognitive Science at
Indiana University
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.
Education and career
Ludwig graduated summa cum laude with a B.S. in
physics
Physics is the scientific study of matter, its Elementary particle, fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force. "Physical science is that department of knowledge whi ...
from the
University of California, Santa Barbara
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in 1981 and earned his Ph.D. in
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 ...
at the
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California), is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Berkeley, California, United States. Founded in 1868 and named after t ...
in 1990, where he worked with
Donald Davidson. He joined the faculty at the
University of Florida
The University of Florida (Florida or UF) is a public university, public land-grant university, land-grant research university in Gainesville, Florida, United States. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida and a preem ...
in 1990, where he taught until 2010 when he joined
Indiana University Bloomington
Indiana University Bloomington (IU Bloomington, Indiana University, IU, IUB, or Indiana) is a public university, public research university in Bloomington, Indiana, United States. It is the flagship university, flagship campus of Indiana Univer ...
.
Philosophical work
Ludwig works in
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 ...
,
Philosophy of Mind
Philosophy of mind is a branch of philosophy that deals with the nature of the mind and its relation to the Body (biology), body and the Reality, external world.
The mind–body problem is a paradigmatic issue in philosophy of mind, although a ...
,
Epistemology
Epistemology is the branch of philosophy that examines the nature, origin, and limits of knowledge. Also called "the theory of knowledge", it explores different types of knowledge, such as propositional knowledge about facts, practical knowle ...
,
Metaphysics
Metaphysics is the branch of philosophy that examines the basic structure of reality. It is traditionally seen as the study of mind-independent features of the world, but some theorists view it as an inquiry into the conceptual framework of ...
, and
Philosophy of Action. He is best known for his work on natural language semantics in the tradition of
Donald Davidson, his interpretation of the work of
Donald Davidson with
Ernest Lepore
Ernest or Ernie Lepore (born November 20, 1950) is an American philosopher and cognitive scientist and a professor of philosophy at Rutgers University.
Education and career
Lepore earned his Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota in 1978, and ...
, his work on collective action, shared intention, and institutional agency, and his work on the epistemology of thought experiments and philosophical intuition. He has collaborated extensively with Marija Jankovic,
Ernest Lepore
Ernest or Ernie Lepore (born November 20, 1950) is an American philosopher and cognitive scientist and a professor of philosophy at Rutgers University.
Education and career
Lepore earned his Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota in 1978, and ...
, and Greg Ray, as well as with Emil Badici, John Biro, Daniel Boisvert, Wade Munroe, and
Susan Schneider.
Selected bibliography
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See also
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Donald Davidson
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Radical interpretation Radical interpretation is interpretation of a speaker, including attributing beliefs and desires to them and meanings to their words, from scratch—that is, without relying on translators, dictionaries, or specific prior knowledge of their mental s ...
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Logical Form
In logic, the logical form of a statement is a precisely specified semantic version of that statement in a formal system. Informally, the logical form attempts to formalize a possibly ambiguous statement into a statement with a precise, unamb ...
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Ernest Lepore
Ernest or Ernie Lepore (born November 20, 1950) is an American philosopher and cognitive scientist and a professor of philosophy at Rutgers University.
Education and career
Lepore earned his Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota in 1978, and ...
External links
Kirk Ludwig Indiana University Faculty PageKirk Ludwig Personal WebpageKeynote Address on The Social Construction of Legal Norms, ENSO VI, September 2019
References
21st-century American philosophers
American philosophers of mind
American epistemologists
American metaphysicians
1959 births
Living people
20th-century American philosophers
Action theorists
American philosophers of language
Analytic philosophers
Indiana University faculty
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