Robert Stainton Explained
| Robert Stainton |
| Native Name: | Robert James Harold Stainton |
| Birth Place: | Toronto |
| Nationality: | Canadian |
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| Awards: | Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada |
| Website: | https://works.bepress.com/robertstainton/ |
| Alma Mater: | Glendon College of York University (BA 1987, HBA 1988)MIT (PhD 1993) |
| Thesis Title: | Non-Sentential Assertions |
| Thesis Url: | https://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/12501?show=full |
| Thesis Year: | 1993 |
| Doctoral Advisor: | Sylvain Bromberger |
| Academic Advisors: | Noam Chomsky, James Higginbotham |
| Discipline: | philosophy, linguistics |
| Workplaces: | University of Western Ontario |
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]
Selected publications
- 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.]
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Robert Stainton . www.uwo.ca . en.
- Web site: Award Recipients for Insight Grants: October 2020 Competition . 11 May 2012 .
- Web site: Sexton . Bob . 2002-03-01 . 5 Alternative Sportfish • Outdoor Canada . 2022-10-20 . Outdoor Canada . en-CA.
