Dorothy Edgington
Encyclopedia
Dorothy Edgington is a philosopher active in metaphysics
and philosophical logic
. She was Waynflete Professor of Metaphysical Philosophy at the University of Oxford
from 2003 to 2006. Before moving to Oxford Edgington taught for many years at Birkbeck College
, London and now teaches there again part-time. She is especially well known for her work on the logic of conditionals and vagueness.
Metaphysics
Metaphysics is a branch of philosophy concerned with explaining the fundamental nature of being and the world, although the term is not easily defined. Traditionally, metaphysics attempts to answer two basic questions in the broadest possible terms:...
and philosophical logic
Philosophical logic
Philosophical logic is a term introduced by Bertrand Russell to represent his idea that the workings of natural language and thought can only be adequately represented by an artificial language; essentially it was his formalization program for the natural language...
. She was Waynflete Professor of Metaphysical Philosophy at the University of Oxford
University of Oxford
The University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...
from 2003 to 2006. Before moving to Oxford Edgington taught for many years at Birkbeck College
Birkbeck, University of London
Birkbeck, University of London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and a constituent college of the federal University of London. It offers many Master's and Bachelor's degree programmes that can be studied either part-time or full-time, though nearly all teaching is...
, London and now teaches there again part-time. She is especially well known for her work on the logic of conditionals and vagueness.
Articles
- The Paradox of Knowability (1985), Mind 94:557-568. Presents a resolution of Fitch's paradox based on situation semanticsSituation semanticsSituation semantics, pioneered by Jon Barwise and John Perry in the early 1980s, attempts to provide a solid theoretical foundation for reasoning about common-sense and real world situations, typically in the context of theoretical linguistics, philosophy, or applied natural language...
. - On Conditionals (1995), Mind 104:235-329. Defends an epistemic theory of conditionals against a truth-functional one, as part of the Mind's state of the art series.
- Conditionals (2006), The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.