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Faculty

Teresa Robertson
Associate Professor (Ph.D., Princeton)

3074 Wescoe
785-864-3976
teresa@ku.edu

Metaphysics, philosophy of language, twentieth century analytic philosophy.

Curriculum Vitae

  • B. A., University of Washington (Summa Cum Laude)1987
  • M. A., Princeton 1993
  • Ph.D., Princeton 1999

Major Interests

  • Metaphysics
  • Philosophy of Language
  • Twentieth Century Analytic Philosophy

Representative Publications

  • "Possibilities and the Arguments for Origin Essentialism," Mind 107 (October 1998), 729-749.
  • "On Soames's Solution to the Sorites Paradox," Analysis 60:4 (October 2000), pp. 328-334.
  • "Does the New Route Reach Its Destination?" (with Graeme Forbes), Mind 115 (April 2006), pp. 367-373.
  • "Essentialism and Reference to Kinds," Philosophical Books 50:3 (July 2009), pp. 125-141 (in press).

Spring 2011 Courses

  • Phil. 610: Symbolic Logic
  • Phil. 870: Topics in Metaphysics: A Puzzle about Kinds

Fall 2011 Courses

  • Phil. 141: Introduction to Philosophy, Honors
  • Phil. 650: Metaphysics

Spring 2012 Courses

  • Phil. 610: Symbolic Logic
  • Phil. 638: Philosophy of Language


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