Welcome to my home page. I have been teaching in the Department of Philosophy of The University of Oklahoma since 1989. I usually teach upper-division and graduate-level courses in the areas of philosophy of language and philosophy of mind, which are my main areas of research.

My research in philosophy of language has focused mainly on proper names, definite descriptions, and Davidsonian accounts of the semantics of indirect and direct quotation. I am also working with Professor Robert J. Stainton (Carleton University) on several projects on non-sentential speech-acts. Our collaborative work is in the area of pragmatics and bears on philosophical issues about the relationship between thought and language. My earlier research in philosophy of mind focused on qualia objections to functionalism, while my more recent work has centered on anti-individualistic accounts of mental content. For a complete list of my publications, courses taught, etc., please see my vita.

Selected Publications

• "The Predicate View of Proper Names," In Logical Form and Language, edited by Gerhard Preyer and Georg Peter, (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002), pp. 467-503.
• "Logical Form and the Vernacular," (co-authored with Robert J. Stainton), Mind and Language 16:4, (2001), pp. 393-424.
• "Brain States, Causal Explanation, and the Attitudes," In Explaining Beliefs: Lynne Rudder Baker and Her Critics, edited by Anthonie Meijers (Palo Alto: Stanford CSLI, 2001), pp. 91-118. [With a reply by Lynn Rudder Baker.]
• "Mixed Quotation," In Philosophy and Linguistics, edited by Kumiko Murasugi and Robert J. Stainton, (Boulder, CO: Westview, 1999), pp. 223-244. [With replies by Herman Cappelen and Ernest Lepore.]
• "Samesaying," in Discussions with Donald Davidson: Truth, Meaning, and Knowledge, edited by Ursula Zeglen, (London: Routledge, 1999), pp.102-118. [With a reply by Donald Davidson.]
• "Descriptions, Indexicals, and Speaker Meaning," ProtoSociology 10, (1997), pp. 155- 189.
• "Burge on Content", Philosophy and Phenomenological Research Vol. LIII, (1993), pp.367-384.