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                                        Stephen SchifferStephen Schiffer
Professor of Philosophy; Chair

Department of Philosophy
5 Washington Place
New York, NY 10003 
Phone: (212) 998-8227
Fax: (212) 995-4179
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D.Phil. 1970 (philosophy), Oxford B.A. 1962 (philosophy), Pennsylvania.



STEPHEN SCHIFFER (D.Phil., Oxford), Professor of Philosophy, works primarily in philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, and metaphysics. He is the author of numerous articles and of three books: Meaning (Oxford University Press, 1972), Remnants of Meaning (MIT Press, 1987), and The Things We Mean (Oxford University Press, fall 2003). He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Some forthcoming papers:

Quandary and Intuitionism: Crispin Wright on Vagueness, forthcoming in A. Miller (ed), Essays for Crispin Wright: Logic, Language and Mathematics (OUP)

The Two-Stage Theory of Meaning, forthcoming in J. Boros (ed.), Paul Horwich’s Minimalist Theory of Meaning and Truth (Brambauer)

Propositions, What Are They Good For?, forthcoming in R. Schantz (ed.), Prospects for Meaning (de Gruyter)

Interest-Relative Invariantism, forthcoming in PPR symposium on Jason Stanley’s Knowledge and Practical Interests

Evidence = Knowledge: Williamson’s Solution to Skepticism, forthcoming in P. Greenough and D. Pritchard, eds., Williamson on Knowledge (OUP)

What is Vagueness?, forthcoming in R. Dietz and S.Moruzzi (eds.), Cuts and Clouds: Essays on the Nature and Logic of Vagueness(OUP)

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