Dorothy Edgington
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Dorothy Margaret Doig Edgington FBA (nee Milne, born 29 April 1941) is a philosopher active in metaphysics and philosophical logic[1]. She was Waynflete Professor of Metaphysical Philosophy at the University of Oxford[2] from 2003[3] to 2006. Before moving to Oxford Edgington taught for many years at Birkbeck College, London[2] and now teaches there again[3] part-time. She is especially well known for her work on the logic of conditionals and vagueness.[2]
[edit] Articles
- The Paradox of Knowability (1985), Mind 94:557-568. Presents a resolution of Fitch's paradox based on situation semantics.
- 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.
[edit] References
- ^ EDGINGTON, Prof. Dorothy Margaret Doig’, Who's Who 2012, A & C Black, 2012; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2011 ; online edn, Nov 2011 accessed 25 Jan 2012
- ^ a b c Sue James (5 November 2004). "Department audit". The Times. http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storyCode=192253§ioncode=26. Retrieved 25 December 2010.
- ^ a b "Prof. Dorothy Edgington returns to Birkbeck". http://www.bbk.ac.uk/phil/news/dorothyedgington2. Retrieved 25 December 2010.
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