Kit Fine

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academic logician philosopher

Kit Fine is a prominent contemporary philosopher best known for his influential work in metaphysics, logic, and the philosophy of language.

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instanceOf academic ⓘ
logician ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
awardReceived Guggenheim Fellowship ⓘ
Royal Society of Canada Fellowship ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1946 ⓘ
educatedAt University of Oxford ⓘ
University of Warwick ⓘ
employer New York University ⓘ
University of Birmingham ⓘ
fieldOfWork logic ⓘ
metaphysics ⓘ
ontology ⓘ
philosophy of language ⓘ
philosophy of logic ⓘ
philosophy of mathematics ⓘ
hasWritten “Acts, Events and Things” ⓘ
“Compounds and Aggregates” ⓘ
“Essence and Modality” ⓘ
“Guide to Ground” ⓘ
“In Defense of Three-Dimensionalism” ⓘ
“Neutral Relations” ⓘ
“Reasoning with Arbitrary Objects” ⓘ
“Semantic Relationism” ⓘ
“Tense and Reality” ⓘ
“The Limits of Abstraction” ⓘ
“The Non-Identity of a Material Thing and Its Matter” ⓘ
“The Problem of Vagueness” ⓘ
“The Question of Realism” ⓘ
“The Structure of Reality” ⓘ
“The Varieties of Necessity” ⓘ
“Things in Themselves” ⓘ
influenced contemporary essentialism ⓘ
metaphysical grounding theory ⓘ
knownFor essentialism ⓘ
non-classical mereology ⓘ
semantic relationism ⓘ
theory of grounding ⓘ
truthmaker semantics ⓘ
work in logic ⓘ
work in metaphysics ⓘ
work in philosophy of language ⓘ
work on modality ⓘ
work on vagueness ⓘ
memberOf American Academy of Arts and Sciences ⓘ
nationality British ⓘ
placeOfBirth United Kingdom ⓘ
positionHeld Professor of Philosophy at New York University ⓘ
Professor of Philosophy at the University of Birmingham ⓘ
Silver Professor of Philosophy at New York University ⓘ

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Saul Kripke → influenced → Kit Fine ⓘ
Melvin Fitting → coAuthor → Kit Fine ⓘ
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counterpart theory → debatedBy → Kit Fine ⓘ
John Hawthorne → influencedBy → Kit Fine ⓘ
Arthur Prior → influenced → Kit Fine ⓘ