David Braun

PhD

David Braun, PhD.

David Braun

PhD

David Braun

PhD

Professor Emeritus

Areas of Specialization

Philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, metaphysics, logic

Education

PhD, UCLA

Current Research

Non-referring terms, indexicals and demonstratives, attitude ascriptions, and questions and answers

Courses

  • Philosophy of Language
  • Philosophy of Mind
  • Logic
  • Introduction to Philosophy

Selected Publications

  • “Still for Direct Reference,” in Andrea Bianchi (Ed.), Language and Reality from a Naturalistic Perspective: Themes from Michael Devitt. Springer, 2019.
  • “Utterances and Expressions in Semantics and Logic,” in Ken Turner and Laurence Horn, (Eds.), Pragmatics, Truth, and Underspecification: Towards an Atlas of Meaning. Brill, 2018.
  • “Implicating Questions,” Mind & Language 26 (2011), 574-595.
  • “Complex Demonstratives and Their Singular Contents,” Linguistics and Philosophy 31 (2008), 57-99.
  • “Vague, So Untrue,” (with Theodore Sider), Noûs 41 (2007), 133-156.
  • “Now You Know Who Hong Oak Yun Is,” Philosophical Issues 16 (2006), pp.24-42.
  • “Empty Names, Fictional Names, Mythical Names,” Noûs 39 (2005), pp. 596-631.