Christopher Gauker

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Christopher Gauker
Education University of Pittsburgh (PhD)
Era 21st-century philosophy
Region Western philosophy
Institutions
Thesis The Refutation of Internalism: An Essay on Intentionality  (1984)
Doctoral advisor Wilfrid Sellars
Main interests
Philosophy of language
Website www.christophergauker.sbg.ac.at

Christopher Gauker is an American philosopher and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Salzburg. He is known for his works on philosophy of language. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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Life

Gauker grew up in Bloomington, Minnesota and attended the University of Chicago, where Donald Davidson directed his bachelor's thesis. He received his doctoral degree from the University of Pittsburgh, where Wilfrid Sellars directed his dissertation. Before coming to Salzburg, he was a professor at the University of Cincinnati.

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References

  1. "Review: Christopher Gauker, Words without Meaning. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2003. pp. xxi, 299" (PDF).
  2. Weatherson, Brian (8 September 2003). "Review of Words Without Meaning". Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews. ISSN   1538-1617.
  3. Machery, Edouard (23 August 2012). "Review of Words and Images: An Essay on the Origin of Ideas". Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews. ISSN   1538-1617.
  4. Mölder, Bruno (2015). "Interview with Christopher Gauker". Vikerkaar Kultuuriajakiri. 3: 75–80.