Ernest Lepore
Ernest LePore | |
|---|---|
| Born | 20 November 1950 (age 70) |
| Alma mater | University of Minnesota |
| Era | Contemporary philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Analytic philosophy |
Main interests | Philosophy of mind, philosophy of language |
show
Influences | |
Ernest or Ernie Lepore (born November 20, 1950)[1] 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 began teaching at the University of Notre Dame before joining the philosophy department at Rutgers University in 1981, where he has taught ever since.[2]
Philosophical work[]
He is well known for his work on the philosophy of language and mind, sometimes in collaboration with Jerry Fodor, Herman Cappelen and Kirk Ludwig, as well as his work on philosophical logic and the philosophy of Donald Davidson.
Selected publications[]
- Imagination and Convention: Distinguishing Grammar and Inference in Language, with Matthew Stone (Oxford University Press, 2015)
- Handbook in Philosophy of Language, ed. with B. Smith, (Oxford University Press, 2006)
- Insensitive Semantics, with Herman Cappelen (2004, Basil Blackwell)
- Donald Davidson: Truth, Meaning, Rationality in Mind, with Kirk Ludwig (Oxford University Press, 2005)
- Donald Davidson's truth-theoretic Semantics, with Kirk Ludwig (Oxford University Press, 2007),
- Meaning and Argument, with Sam Cumming (Blackwell, 2000)
- Holism: A Shopper's Guide, with Jerry Fodor (Blackwell, 1991)
- The Compositionality Papers, with Jerry Fodor (Oxford University Press, 2002)
- What Every Student Should Know with Sarah-Jane Leslie (Rutgers Press, 2002).
References[]
- ^ "LePore, Ernest 1950-". WorldCat Identities. Retrieved December 25, 2018.
- ^ https://ruccs.rutgers.edu/lepore
External links[]
- Rutgers faculty home page for Dr. Lepore
- Curriculum vitae
- Meaning, truth, language, reality, an interview with 3:AM Magazine
| show Authority control  |
|---|
 | This biography of an American philosopher is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by . |
Categories:
- 1950 births
- 20th-century American essayists
- 20th-century American non-fiction writers
- 20th-century American philosophers
- 21st-century American essayists
- 21st-century American non-fiction writers
- 21st-century American philosophers
- American logicians
- American male essayists
- American male non-fiction writers
- American philosophers
- American philosophy academics
- Analytic philosophers
- Cognitive scientists
- Contemporary philosophers
- History of logic
- Living people
- Philosophers of language
- Philosophers of logic
- Philosophers of mind
- Philosophy writers
- Rationality theorists
- Rutgers University faculty
- University of Minnesota alumni
- University of Notre Dame faculty
- American philosopher stubs