Robert Stainton (born 1964) is a Canadian philosopher/linguist and Distinguished University Professor at the University of Western Ontario. He is known for his works on the philosophy of language, cognitive science/philosophy of the mind, analytic metaphysics/philosophical logic, semantics and pragmatics.[1] He is currently leading a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Insight Grant-funded project on The Metaphysics and Epistemology of Languages with Christopher Viger.[2] He is also “a fanatical carp fisher,” as he told Outdoor Canada.[3]
Robert Stainton | |
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| Robert James Harold Stainton | |
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| Born | 1964 (age 59–60) Toronto |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Awards | Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Glendon College of York University (BA 1987, HBA 1988) MIT (PhD 1993) |
| Thesis | Non-Sentential Assertions (1993) |
| Doctoral advisor | Sylvain Bromberger |
| Other advisors | Noam Chomsky, James Higginbotham |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | philosophy, linguistics |
| Institutions | University of Western Ontario |
| Website | [1] |
Selected publications
edit- Words and Thoughts. Oxford University Press, Oxford: 2006. [248 pp.] (Paperback edition, with corrections: 2009.)
- Knowledge and Mind. (With J. Andrew Brook). The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA: 2000. [253 pp.] (Paperback edition: 2001.)
- Philosophical Perspectives on Language. Broadview Press, Peterborough, ON: 1996. [239 pp.]
- Discourse, Structure and Linguistic Choice: The Theory and Applications of Molecular Sememics by T. Price Caldwell. (Co-edited with Oliver Cresswell) Springer, Dordrecht: 2018. [134 pp.]
- Sourcebook in the History of Philosophy of Language: Primary Source Texts from the Pre-Socratics to Mill. (Co-edited with Margaret Cameron and Benjamin Hill). Springer, Dordrecht: 2017. [1102 pp.]
- Linguistic Content: New Essays on the History of Philosophy of Language. (Co-edited with Margaret Cameron). Oxford University Press, Oxford: 2015. [288 pp.]
- Michael Gregory’s Proposals for a Communication Linguistics. (Co-edited with Jessica de Villiers). Editions du GREF, Toronto: 2009. [340 pp.]
- Compositionality, Context and Semantic Values: Essays in Honour of Ernie Lepore. (Co-edited with Christopher Viger) Springer, Dordrecht: 2009. [281 pp.]
- The Achilles of Rationalist Psychology. (Co-edited with Thomas M. Lennon). Springer, Dordrecht: 2008. [289 pp.]
- Ellipsis and Non-Sentential Speech. (Co-edited with Reinaldo Elugardo) Springer, Dordrecht: 2005. [262 pp.]
References
edit- ^ "Robert Stainton". www.uwo.ca.
- ^ "Award Recipients for Insight Grants: October 2020 Competition". 11 May 2012.
- ^ Sexton, Bob (2002-03-01). "5 Alternative Sportfish • Outdoor Canada". Outdoor Canada. Retrieved 2022-10-20.
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