Philosophy of Language

Philosophy of language is increasingly being pursued in ways that are informed by developments in linguistics, and Maryland is at the forefront of this movement. We already have one joint faculty appointment with Linguistics, with another to be added in the near future. The Linguistics Department here at Maryland is generally reckoned to be first rate.

Faculty in this area

        Erin Eaker (Philosophy of Language, Propositional Attitude Ascriptions)
        John Horty (Semantics, Philosophy of Language)
        Michael Morreau (Semantics of Conditionals)
        Paul Pietroski (Philosophy of Language, Semantics, Linguistics)
        Georges Rey (Philosophy of Linguistics)

Recent seminars in this area

        Meanings and Concepts (Pietroski, 2009)
        The Semantics of Attitude Reports (Eaker and Hacquard, 2008)
        Naming, Necessity, and Natural Kinds (Eaker, 2008)
        The Semantics/Pragmatics Distinction (Pietroski, 2006)
        Between Meanings and Truth Conditions (Pietroski, 2005)