Philosophy of Language

Faculty working in Philosophy of Language

In a Banner Year for Hiring, Illinois Philosophy Welcomes Three New Tenure-Track Faculty Members
The Philosophy Department is happy to announce a banner year in hiring, with 3 exciting new members of our tenure-track faculty. Please join us in welcoming Professors Alison Duncan Kerr, Kevin...
Illinois Philosophy Welcomes Professor Kar as New Department Head
The College of Liberal Arts & Sciences has appointed Professor Robin Kar as the new Interim Department Head of the...

John Schwenkler
Professor John Schwenkler joins us as a Full Professor of Philosophy, with broad research interests in the philosophy of mind, philosophy of action, philosophy of language, ethics, moral psychology,...
Kevin Scharp
Professor Kevin Scharp is a Professor of Philosophy, with broad research interests in the philosophy of language, meta-ethics, the philosophy of artificial intelligence, theories of truth, the...
Semantics for Reasons (by Bryan Weaver and Kevin Scharp)
The book aims to present and defend a contextualist semantics of reasons locutions, which play a fundamental role in ethics and other areas of contemporary philosophy. The authors then use the...
Robin Kar
Robin (Rob) Kar is a Professor of Law and Philosophy and current Head of the Philosophy Department. His research interests range from ethics, meta-ethics, moral psychology, political philosophy,...
The Lockean Mind (eds. Jessica Gordon - Roth and Shelley Weinberg)
This 2021 collection provides a comprehensive survey of Locke’s work, not only placing it in its historical context but also exploring its contemporary significance. Comprising almost sixty chapters...