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Keith Eric George Simmons is an American philosopher and Professor of
Philosophy
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at
University of Connecticut
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. He is known for his works on
logic
Logic is the study of correct reasoning. It includes both formal and informal logic. Formal logic is the study of deductively valid inferences or logical truths. It examines how conclusions follow from premises based on the structure o ...
and
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 ...
.
Books
*''Semantic Singularities: Paradoxes of Reference, Predication, and Truth'', Oxford University Press 2018
* ''Truth'' (Oxford Readings in Philosophy), edited with
Simon Blackburn
Simon Walter Blackburn (born 12 July 1944) is an English philosopher known for his work in metaethics, where he defends quasi-realism, and in the philosophy of language. More recently, he has gained a large general audience from his efforts ...
, Oxford University Press 1999
* ''Universality and the Liar: An Essay on Truth and the Diagonal Argument'', Cambridge University Press 1993
See also
*
Cantor's diagonal argument
Cantor's diagonal argument (among various similar namesthe diagonalisation argument, the diagonal slash argument, the anti-diagonal argument, the diagonal method, and Cantor's diagonalization proof) is a mathematical proof that there are infin ...
References
External links
Personal website
21st-century American philosophers
American philosophy academics
University of California, Los Angeles alumni
Living people
American logicians
American philosophers of mind
American philosophers of language
Alumni of University College London
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill faculty
Alumni of Keele University
Year of birth missing (living people)
University of Connecticut faculty
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