Dorothy Edgington
Dorothy Edgington is a philosopher active in metaphysics and philosophical logic. She was Waynflete Professor of Metaphysical Philosophy at the University of Oxford[1] from 2003[2] to 2006. Before moving to Oxford Edgington taught for many years at Birkbeck College, London[1] and now teaches there again[2] part-time. She is especially well known for her work on the logic of conditionals and vagueness.[1]
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.
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