Scott Soames

Philosopher, Author

1946 –

89

Who is Scott Soames?

Scott Soames is a professor of philosophy at the University of Southern California. He specializes in the philosophy of language and the history of analytic philosophy. He is well known for defending and expanding on the program in the philosophy of language started by Saul Kripke as well as being a major critic of two-dimensionalist theories of meaning.

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Born
Aug 11, 1946
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • Stanford University
  • PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Philosophy
    ( - 1976/01)
Employment
  • University of Southern California
Lived in
  • California
    (2004 - )

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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