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Stephen Schiffer | |
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| Born | 1940 (age 84–85) |
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| Era | Contemporary philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Analytic |
| Main interests | Philosophy of language |
Stephen Schiffer (born 1940) is an American philosopher and currently Silver Professor of Philosophy atNew York University. He is a specialist in thephilosophy of language.
Schiffer was awarded aBachelor of Arts in philosophy from theUniversity of Pennsylvania in 1962 and aPh.D. in philosophy fromOxford University in 1970. He taught at theUniversity of California, Berkeley, theUniversity of Arizona, and theGraduate Center of the City University of New York before moving to theNew York University Department of Philosophy. He was elected afellow of theAmerican Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2007.[1]
He has specialized in thephilosophy of language, and is the author of three significant works concerning semantic meaning:Meaning (OUP, 1972),Remnants of Meaning (MIT Press, 1987), andThe Things We Mean (OUP, 2003).
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