Two of Professor Kieth Simmons’ former students, Jamin Asay and Susanna Melkonian-Altshuler, have secured a contract with Routledge for a book titled “Truth, Logic, and Paradox: Festschrift for Keith Simmons”. Among the contributors are esteemed Philosophy faculty: Dorit Bar-On, Michael Lynch, Lionel Shapiro, and Julian Schloeder, and two UConn PhDs, Susanna Melkonian-Altshuler and Rashed Ahmad. […]
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Dorit Bar-On: APA 2025 Pacific Division Meeting
At this year’s APA Pacific Division Meeting, Professor of Philosophy Dorit Bar-On will be holding an Author Meets Critics session on her recently published book, Expression and Self-Knowledge.
Dorit Bar-On: Students Selected to Speak at “Practical Mental Representation” Conference
Congratulations to Professor Bar-On‘s graduate students Nimra Asif and Drew Johnson for being selected to give talks at the “Practical Mental Representation” conference at Chapman University! There were only two slots available for contributed talks and both will be discussing the aspect of Ruth Millikan’s work. The “Practical Mental Representations” conference focuses on exploring solutions […]
Dorit Bar-On: Walter C. Murray Lecture
We encourage you to join Dr. Dorit Bar-On in discussing how language might have evolved from animal communication. This exciting event is hosted by the University of Saskatchewan Department of Philosophy on Friday, Jan. 27, 2023 at 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM.
Dorit Bar-On: “How to do things with nonwords” (Biology & Philosophy)
Check out Dorit Bar-On’s recent article in Biology & Philosophy, “How to do things with nonwords: pragmatics, biosemantics, and origins of language in animal communication.” This article features Ruth Millikan’s biosemantic framework, and benefited from several ECOM-based collaborations. ***Abstract*** Recent discussions of animal communication and the evolution of language have advocated adopting a ‘pragmatics-first’ approach, according […]