Stephen Yablo

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American philosopher logical paradox person philosopher semantic paradox

Stephen Yablo is an American philosopher best known for his influential work in the philosophy of language and logic, including his formulation of "Yablo's paradox" and extensive analysis of semantic paradoxes.

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Yablo's paradox ×5

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American philosopher → logical paradox → person → philosopher → semantic paradox →
academicAdvisor	Saul Kripke →
citizenship	United States →
educatedAt	Princeton University → University of Toronto →
employer	Massachusetts Institute of Technology →
fieldOfWork	epistemology → metaphysics → philosophical logic → philosophical logic → philosophy of language → philosophy of language → philosophy of mathematics → philosophy of mind →
gender	male →
hasConcept	Yablo's paradox →
influencedBy	David Lewis → Saul Kripke → W. V. O. Quine →
knownFor	Yablo's paradox → work on aboutness → work on fictionalism → work on partial truth → work on semantic paradoxes →
language	English →
namedAfter	Stephen Yablo →
nationality	United States →
notableWork	A Paradox of Existence → Aboutness → Non-Catastrophic Presupposition Failure → Things → Thoughts → Truth and Reflection →
positionHeld	Professor of Philosophy →
researchInterest	counterfactuals → mathematical fictionalism → modality → paradoxes → properties → propositions → reference → truth →
workLocation	Massachusetts Institute of Technology →

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Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Yablo's paradox → Yablo's paradox →	namedAfter
Yablo's paradox →	hasAuthor
liar paradox →	studiedBy