Robert May
Distinguished Professor
Davis , Ca 95616
Education:
- Ph.D.: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1977
Biography:
Dissertation: "The Grammar of Quantification"
Areas of Specialization: Philosophy of language, philosophy of logic, history of early analytic philosophy, Frege, theoretical linguistics: syntax and semantics.
Joined the UC Davis Philosophy Faculty: 2006
2011-2012 Course Schedule
Fall
Not Teaching
Winter
178 – Frege
238 – Philosophy of Language Workshop
Spring
12 – Introduction to Symbolic Logic
137A – Philosophy of Language: Theory of Reference
Other Courses
178 Frege
189J Topics in Philosophy of Language (Chomsky)
237 Philosophy of Language Seminar
290 History of Philosophy Seminar (Frege)
Recent Publications
"The Invariance of Sense," Journal of Philosophy, Vol. 103, 111-144, 2006
"Frege on Indexicals," The Philosophical Review, Vol. 115, 487 - 516, 2006
Currently Supervising Dissertations
None
