Edward N. Zalta
Curriculum Vitæ

Address: Philosophy Department, c/o Cordura Hall, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305
Phone: 650-723-0488 (work)
Marital Status: married (to Susanne Z. Riehemann), no children
Electronic Mail: zalta@csli.stanford.edu
World Wide Web Home Page: https://mally.stanford.edu/zalta.html

Education

Ph.D., Philosophy, University of Massachusetts/Amherst, February 1981
(Thesis Director: Terence Parsons)

B.A., Cum Laude, Ideas and Methods, Rice University, May 1975
(approved by the departments of Philosophy, Biology, Behavioral Science, and Music)

Areas of Specialization

• Metaphysics and Epistemology
• Philosophy of Mathematics
• Philosophical Logic/Philosophy of Logic
• Computational Metaphysics

Areas of Competence

• Philosophy of Language/Intensional Logic
• Philosophy of Mind/Intentionality
• Contemporary Analytic Philosophy
• Contemporary History of Philosophy: Bolzano, Brentano, Husserl, Meinong, Frege, Russell, early Wittgenstein, Carnap, Quine
• Modern Philosophy: Rationalists, Empiricists, Kant

Professional Experience

• Senior Research Scholar
  Philosophy Department, Stanford University
  September 2021 – present
• Senior Research Scholar
  Center for the Study of Language and Information, Stanford University
  September 1997 – August 2021
• Senior Researcher
  Center for the Study of Language and Information, Stanford University
  September 1989 – August 1997
• Acting Assistant Professor
  Department of Philosophy, Stanford University
• Acting Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, Stanford University
  September 1991 – August 1992

September 1990 – August 1991i
September 1989 – August 1990
September 1988 – August 1989
September 1987 – August 1988
September 1986 – August 1987
September 1985 – August 1986
• Postdoctoral Fellow
  Center for the Study of Language and Information, Stanford University
  September 1984 – August 1986
• Assistant Professor
  Department of Philosophy, Rice University
  September 1981 – August 1982

Other Professional Experience

• Consulting Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy,
  Stanford University (September 1996 – August 1997)
• Acting Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy,
  Stanford University (Spring Quarter, 1996)
• Visiting Professor, Institut für Philosophie, Universität Salzburg
  (March 2003, June 1995, June 1992, June 1990)
• Visiting Lecturer, Department of Philosophy, University of Auckland,
  New Zealand (Spring Term, 1994)
• Visiting Lecturer, Department of Philosophy, University of Auckland,
  New Zealand (March 1981 – August 1981)
• Teaching Associate, Department of Philosophy, University of Massachusetts,
  Amherst (AYs: 1978–79, 1979–80; and Fall 1980)

Awards and Fellowships:

• K.~Jon Barwise Prize, 2016, American Philosophical Association/Committee for Philosophy and Computers. [See http://www.apaonline.org/?barwise for details.]
• Simon Covey Award, June 2009, The International Association for Computing and Philosophy. [See http://ia-cap.org/awards-covey.php for details.]
• William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Grant #2005--6238, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy Project, $190,000, September 1, 2005 -- October 31, 2008
• National Endowment for the Humanities, Division of Preservation and Access Award #PA-51255-05, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy Project, $150,000, October 2005 -- September 2007
• National Endowment for the Humanities, Challenge Grant Division Award #CH-50156,
  SOLINET/Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, $500,000, January 2005 -- December 2008, coauthors: Colin Allen and Sandra Nyberg
• National Endowment for the Humanities, Division of Preservation and Access Grant #PA–50133-03,
  Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
  Project, $300,000, October 2003 – September 2005,
  co-author: Colin Allen
• Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Officer's Grant,
  Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy Project,
  $43,000, February 2002 – August 2002,
  coauthor: Colin Allen
• National Science Foundation, Digital Libraries Initiative II Grant #IIS-9981549,
  Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy Project,
  $528,000, September 2000 – August 2003,
  coauthors: Colin Allen and Uri Nodelman
• National Endowment for the Humanities, Division of Preservation and Access Grant #PA-23167-98,
  Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy Project,
  $134,000, September 1998 – August 2000
• Postdoctoral Fellowship, Center for the Study of Language and Information, Stanford University, 1984-1986
• Teaching Associateship, University of Massachusetts/Amherst, 1978-1980
• Teaching Assistantship, University of Massachusetts/Amherst, 1977-1978
• Graduate Fellowship, Rice University, Spring 1975
• ΦΒΚ, Rice University, May 1975

Publications

Books:

Articles:

Critical Studies and Reviews:

Entries in Reference Works:

Online Monographs:

Extracurricular Refereed Publications:

Translations

T6.	Chinese translation of [A33], ‘’, Minjing Li (trans.), in Values and Culture, 6 (2009): 168--198, Beijing: Beijing Normal University Publishing Group.
T5.	Czech translation of A9, ‘O Logice Ontologického Dukazu’, Petr Hromek (trans.), in Studia Neoaristotelica, 4/1 (2007): 5–27.
T4.	French translation of A27, ‘Une base commune et quelques liens surprenants’, Jimmy Plourde (trans.), in Action, Rationalité & Décision/Actions, Rationality and Decisions, D. Vanderveken and D. Fisette (eds.), London: College Publications, 2008.
T3.	Romanian translation of A22, ‘O Teorie Leibniziana a Conceptelor’, Delia-Ana Serbescu (trans.), in Analysis and Metaphysics, 4/2 (Supplement) (December 2005): 7–75.
T2.	Chinese translation of A14, ‘’, Xing Tao Tao (trans.), in Zhexue Yicong [Philosophical Translations], 1 (1994): 45–53, Beijing: Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.
T1.	German translation of A28, ‘Erzählung als Taufe des Helden: Wie man auf fiktionale Objekte Bezug nimmt’, Arnold Günther (trans.), in Zeitschrift für Semiotik 9/1–2 (1987): 85–95. [Note: This translation appeared 16 years prior to the publication in English.]

Works in Progress

• ‘The Power of Predication and Quantification’, manuscript under review, for inclusion in Existence and Nonexistence, G.S.~Ciola, M.~Crimi, and C.~Normore (eds.), Open Philosophy, 7(1), Berlin: De Gruyter.
• ‘Definitions in a Hyperintensional Free Logic’, manuscript, submitted for inclusion in a memorial volume for Edgard Morscher, edited by Otto Neumaier and Peter Simons.
• ‘The Metaphysics of Possibility Semantics’, coauthor: Uri Nodelman, manuscript in progress.
• ‘An Axiom Forestalling Modal Collapse and its Application (in Object Theory)’, manuscript in progress.
• Principia Logico-Metaphysica, multi-volume monograph, in progress

Courses:

Ludwig Maximilian Universität München, Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy

• Graduate Seminar: Axiomatic Metaphysics: June 2024 (12 lectures)
• Graduate Seminar: Axiomatic Metaphysics: June 2022 (12 lectures)
• Graduate Seminar: Axiomatic Metaphysics: June 2018 (12 lectures)
• Graduate Seminar: Axiomatic Metaphysics: June 2016 (12 lectures)
• Graduate Seminar: Axiomatic Metaphysics: June 2014 (12 lectures)
• Graduate Seminar: Axiomatic Metaphysics: June 2012 (12 lectures)
• Graduate Seminar: Axiomatic Metaphysics: June 2011 (5 lectures)

Lecture Series on The Axiomatic Theory of Abstract Objects, Institute for Logic, Language and Cognition (ILLC), May 22–24, 2017 (5 lectures)

Logic Summer School, Australian National University
Axiomatic Object Theory, December 12–16, 2016 (5 lectures)

Götenborgs Universitet, Department of Philosophy

• Blockseminar: The Axiomatic Theory of Abstract Objects, May 2-3, 2016
  4 lectures

Stockholms Universitet, Department of Philosophy

• Blockseminar: The Axiomatic Theory of Abstract Objects, April 25-28, 2016
  8 lectures

Lunds Universitet, Department of Philosophy

• Blockseminar: The Axiomatic Theory of Abstract Objects, April 21-22, 2016
  4 lectures

Stanford University, Department of Philosophy (n/m = Qtr/Yr)

• Graduate Seminar: Platonism and Naturalism: 1/96
• Graduate Seminar: Object Theory: 1/90
• Graduate Seminar: Axiomatic Metaphysics: 3/86
• Graduate Seminar: Events: 1-2/85-86
• Graduate Seminar: The Semantics of Fiction: 3/85
• Mind, Matter, and Meaning (Philosophy 80): 3/92, 3/91, 1/89, 1/88
• Metaphysics (Philosophy 187): 1/90
• Philosophy of Language (Philosophy 180): 3/89
• The British Empiricists (Philosophy 123): 2/91
• Basic Concepts in Modal Logic (Philosophy 169): 3/90
• Modern Philosophy: Descartes to Kant (Philosophy 102): 2/89, 2/86
• Biomedical Ethics (Philosophy 78): 3/96, 1/91, 1/87, 1/86
• Computers and Ethics (Philosophy 75): 3/88
• Undergraduate Seminar (Philosophy 194): 3/92 (194B), 2/88 (194E)
• Basic Concepts in Mathematical Logic (Philosophy 159): 1/86

Universität Salzburg, Institut für Philosophie

• Graduate Seminar on Metaphysics and Ontology,
  March 2003, June 1995, June 1992, June 1990

University of Auckland (New Zealand), Department of Philosophy

• Meaning, Reference, and Truth, Spring 1994
• Philosophy of Language (Graduate), Spring 1994
• Philosophy of Religion (Graduate), Spring 1994
• Informal Semantics, Terms I, II, 1981
• Contemporary Analytic Philosophy, Term I, 1981
• Mathematical Logic, Term II, 1981
• Biomedical Ethics, Term II, 1981

Rice University, Department of Philosophy

• Introduction to Logic, Spring 1982
• Philosophical Logic, Spring 1982
• Metaphysics, Fall 1981

University of Massachusetts/Amherst, Department of Philosophy

• Introduction to Philosophy, Fall 1980, 1979, 1978; Spring 1979
• Biomedical Ethics, Spring 1980

Invited Lectures:

Invited Conference Lectures

• Keynote, Issues on the (Im)possible Conference, Institute of Philosophy SAS, Bratislava, Slovak Republic, May 27–29, 2025.
• Invited Lecture, Workshop on ‘Logicism’, Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität, June 8, 2024.
• Invited Lecture (via Zoom), Conference ``The Sense of Metaphysics/Ontology: Object, Method, Concept, Grounds, Criticism'', Department of Social Sciences, University of Occupational Safety Management, Katowice, Poland, June 7, 2024.
• Invited Lecture, 2nd Pan-American Symposium on the History of Logic, UCLA, June 20, 2023.
• Keynote, XIX Brazilian Logic Conference, Joao Pessoa, Brazil, May 6–10, 2019,
  https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/logbog/AQTXbHL5dU8
• Invited Lecture, APA Committee Session (Philosophical Insights from Computational Studies: Why Should Computational Thinking Matter to Philosophers?), Pacific APA, Vancouver, April 17–20, 2019
• Keynote, Formal Methods and Science In Philosophy III Conference, Dubrovnik, Croatia, April 11–13, 2019,
  https://www.iuc.hr/conference-details.php?id=326
• Invited Lecture, Conference on Logic and Theoretical Philosophy, Tsinghua University, Beijing, October 27--28, 2018,
  http://tsinghualogic.net/JRC/?p=1079
• Keynote, Bhaktivedanta Institute Conference on Mathematics and Reality, Indian Institute of Technology/Bhubaneswar, October 6--7, 2018,
  http://aissq.binstitute.org/index.html
• Keynote, IACAP 2018 (International Association for Computing and Philosophy, Annual Meeting), Warsaw, June 21–23.
• Workshop, “Intensional Logic and Metaphysics of Intentionality 30 years later”, University of Warsaw, June 20, 2018.
• Keynote, 2nd Conference on Context, Cognition and Communication (“Contexts, Concepts, and Objects”), University of Warsaw, June 16–19, 2018
• Invited Lecture (‘Barwise Prize Lecture’), Eastern Division Meetings, American Philosophical Association, January 2018.
• Invited Lecture, Workshop on Type Theory, Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy, May 17, 2017
• Invited Lecture, Logic Conference, Philosophy Department, Stockholm University, April 29, 2016
• Keynote, University of Pittsburgh/Carnegie Mellon University Graduate Student Philosophy Conference, Pittsburgh, April 9, 2016.
• Plenary Invited Lecture, Académie Internationale de Philosophie des Sciences, A Coruña, Spain, September 22–25, 2015.
• Plenary Invited Lecture, 25th International Conference on Automated Deduction (CADE-25) Berlin, Germany, August 1–7, 2015.
• Invited Lecture, Wikimania Conference, hosted by Wikimedia Foundation, Mexico City, July 17–19, 2015
• Keynote Lecture, Conference on Russell, Federal Fluminensis University, Niteroi, Brazil, April 8--10, 2013.
• Workshop Keynote, Between First- and Second-Order Logic Workshop, 4th World Congress and School on Universal Logic, Rio de Janeiro, April 3--7, 2013.
• Keynote Lecture, 7th International Conference on Formal Ontology in Information Systems (FOIS 2012), Graz, July 2012.
• Keynote Lecture, Symposium on Computational Philosophy, Birmingham, U.K., July 2012.
• Workshop on Computational Metaphysics, Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, June 11, 2011.
• Workshop on Modality, Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, June 5, 2011.
• Workshop on Ontological Dependence, University of Bristol, February 12–13, 2011
• Workshop on Logic and Philosophy, University of Delhi, Delhi, January 5–6, 2011
• Plenary Session, Ontology Conference, North Carolina State University/Raleigh, September 25, 2009, Presentation Title: Three Lines of Investigation at the Metaphysics Research Lab
• Covey Award Lecture, 2009 North American Conference on Computing and Philosophy, Indiana University/Bloomington, June 14, 2009, Presentation Title: Achieving Leibniz's Goal of a Computational Metaphysics
• Keynote Lecture, 37th meeting of the Society for Exact Philosophy, University of Alberta/Canada, May 7, 2009, Presentation Title: A (Computational) System of the World
• Plenary Session, 31st International Wittgenstein Symposium, Kirchberg, Austria, August 2008, Presentation Title: A Defense of Logicism
• Association of Symbolic Logic meetings, Pasadena, CA, March 21, 2008, Presentation Title: Reflections on Logical Foundations for Mathematics
• Plenary Session, Conference on Logic and Cross-Cultural Communication, Qinghai Normal University, Xining, China, June 20, 2007, Presentation Title: Logic and a Universal Language
• Plenary Session, International Conference, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China, June 16, 2007, Presentation Title: New Results in Computational Metaphysics
• London-Paris Workshop, Institut d'Histoire et de Philosophie des Sciences et des Techniques (IHPST), Paris, December 17, 2006, Presentation Title: Comparing Two Methods for Introducing Abstracta
• Keynote Lecture, II International Colloquium on Metaphysics, Universidade Federale do Rio Grande do Norte, November 8, 2006, Presentation Title: Three Lines of Investigation at the Metaphysics Research Lab
• ‘Terence Parsons Fest’, Philosophy Department, UCLA, October 28, 2005, Presentation Title: Parsons' Bridge Principle and the Philosophy of Mathematics
• Plenary Session, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China, May 20, 2004, Presentation Title: Frege's Context Principle, Truth, and Reference
• Computing and Philosophy Conference, August 8, 2003, copresentation with Branden Fitelson, Presentation Title: Steps Toward a Computational Metaphysics (Lecture, Slides)
• Young Leibniz Conference, Rice University, April 20, 2003, Presentation Title: Computational Metaphysics and Leibniz's Work
• Keynote Lecture, Conference on Action, Attitudes and Decision, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, October 4, 2002, Presentation Title: Ontology Without Tears: A Solution to the Problem of Abstract Objects (That Even a Naturalist Could Love)
• Arché Conference, ‘Does Mathematics Need a Foundation’, University of St. Andrews, Scotland, Summer 2002, Presentation Title: Convergence in the Philosophy of Mathematics
• Plenary Session, Workshop on Fiction, Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale, Vercelli, Italy, June 4 2002, Presentation Title: What is Fictional Discourse About?
• Plenary Session, Workshop on Philosophy of Logic and Mathematics, University of Cambridge, June 1, 2002, Presentation Title: Frege, Boolos, and Logical Objects
• Symposium, Pacific Division, APA, March 28, 2002, Presentation Title: How to Derive Important Kripkean Claims (and Validate Other Such Claims)
• Keynote Lecture, Spindel Conference, University of Memphis, September 2001, Presentation Title: A Common Ground and Some Surprising Connections
• Plenary Session, LOGICA 2000 Conference, Liblice, Czech Republic, June 2000, Presentation Title: What are Mathematical Objects? — Steps Toward a New Philosophy of Mathematics
• Plenary Session, Conference on Naturalism, Baylor University, April 2000, Presentation Title: Effectiveness Without Design: A Naturalist Philosophy of Mathematics
• Plenary Session, 22nd International Wittgenstein Symposium, Kirchberg, Austria (August 1999), Presentation Title: A Solution to the Problem of Abstract Objects
• ‘Naming, Necessity, and More’ Conference, University of Haifa, Israel, June 1999, Presentation Title: How to Derive Important Kripkean Claims
• Plenary Session, International Frege Symposium, Slovenian Society for Analytic Philosophy, Slovenia, November 1998, Presentation Title: Natural Numbers and Natural Cardinals as Abstract Objects: A Partial Reconstruction of Frege's Grundgesetze in Object Theory
• Association for Symbolic Logic Meetings, Los Angeles, March 1998, Presentation Title: Natural Numbers and Natural Cardinals as Abstract Objects: A Partial Reconstruction of Frege's Grundgesetze in Object Theory
• Keynote Lecture, 11th Amsterdam Colloquium, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, December 1997, Presentation Title: On the Application of Logic to Certain Philosophical Questions
• Plenary Session, Workshop on Concepts of Reduction in Logic and Philosophy, 3. Internationaler Kongress der Gesellschaft für Analytische Philosophie, Munich, Germany, September 1997, Presentation Title: Two Concepts of Reduction in Object Theory
• International Mally Symposium, Universität Salzburg, Austria, June 1992, Presentation Title: Mally's Determinates and Husserl's Noemata
• Author-Meets-Critics Session, Pacific Division, APA, March 1992, Presentation Title: Intensional Logic and the Metaphysics of Intentionality
• Plenary Session, Minnesota Conference on Language and Linguistics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, October 1989, Presentation Title: Intensional Logic and the Metaphysics of Intentionality

Invited Department Lectures

• Lecture (via Zoom), in the Issues Nine Club Series (August -- November 2024), Institute of Philosophy, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovak Republic, October 10, 2024.
• Colloquium, Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität, June 6, 2024
• Lecture, Workshop (Quantification and Existential Import), Joint Project of the Universität Bochum and Universität Göttingen, September 1, 2023.
• Logic Colloquium, Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität, June 6, 2023
• Workshop, Lehrstuhl für AI Systems Engineering, Universität of Bamberg, 5 lectures, June 1 -- June 3, 2023
• Seminar, Institut of Philosophy ASCR, Czech Academy of Sciences, 2 lectures, May 29 and May 30, 2023
• OCIE Seminar in the History and Philosophy of Mathematics and Logic, Chapman University, October 21, 2022.
• Colloquium, Lehrstuhl für AI Systems Engineering, Universität of Bamberg, June 1, 2022
• Lecture Series (5 Lectures), Philosophy Department, Universität Bochum, May 25--27, 2022
• Colloquium, Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy, Ludwig-Maximilans Universität, May 12, 2022.
• Colloquium, Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy, Ludwig-Maximilans Universität, June 10, 2021, via Zoom.
• Colloquium, Department of Philosophy, University of Queensland, April 30, 2021, via Zoom.
• Presentation, Google N2Formal Reading Group, April 20, 2021, via Zoom.
• Colloquium Logicae, Centre for Logic, Epistemology, and the History of Science (CLE), University of Campinas, October 28, 2020, via Zoom.
• Colloquium, Group for Analytic Metaphysics and Epistemology (GAME), Texas A&M University, May 27, 2020, via Zoom.
• Colloquium, Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science, University of California/Irvine, November 1, 2019.
• Faculty Lecture Series (6 lectures), Faculty of the School of Philosophy at the National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow, October 7–11, 2019.
• Logic Seminar, Philosophy Department, University of Adelaide, December 9, 2016
• Department Colloquium, Philosophy Department, Monash University, December 8, 2016
• Department Colloquium, Philosophy Department, Göteborgs Universitet, May 4, 2016
• University of California/Berkeley, Logic Colloquium, November 20, 2015
• University of California/Davis, Logic and Philosophy of Mathematics Workshop, October 21, 2015
• AIC Seminar, SRI, June 18, 2013
• Faculty Lecture Series (6 lectures), Departamento de Lóxica e Filosofía Moral, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, April 2012.
• Lecture Series, Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, June 1, 2011 – June 13, 2011.
• Philosophy of Mathemathics Seminar, University of Oxford, February 14, 2011
• Logic Seminar, University of Cambridge, February 10, 2011
• Department of Philosophy, Logic, and Scientific Method, London School of Economics, February 8, 2011
• The Philosophical Society, University of Oxford, February 4, 2011
• Uniwersytet Opolski, Opole, December 17, 2010
• Uniwersytet Jagiello\'nski, Krakow, December 15, 2010
• Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski, Lublin, December 14, 2010
• Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Sk\l odowskiej, Lublin, December 13, 2010
• Uniwersytet Warszawski, Warsaw, December 10, 2010
• Seminar, Department of Philosophy, Rice University, November 23, 2010
• Colloquium, Grupo de Lógica, Lenguaje e Información, Universidad de Sevilla, November 2, 2010.
• Colloquium, Departamento de Lóxica e Filosofía Moral, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, October 29, 2010.
• Colloquium, Institute for Logic, Cognition, Language and Information, University of the Basque Country in Donostia – San Sebastián, October 27, 2010
• Lecture Series, Departament de Lògica, Història, i Filosofia de la Ciència, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, October 21, 22, 25, 2010.
• Colloquium, Department of Philosophy, Texas A&M University, March 2, 2010.
• Lab on Computational Metaphysics, University of California/Davis, January 28, 2010.
• Colloquium, Department of Philosophy, University of California/Davis, January 29, 2010.
• Logic & Philosophy of Science Department, University of California/Irvine, October29, 2009.
• AIC Seminar, SRI, March 5, 2009
• Philosophy Department, Princeton University, October 16, 2008
• Philosophy Department, Georgetown University, October 14,2008
• Philosophy Department, San José State University, September 30, 2008
• Recherches Epistémologiques et Historiques sur les Sciences Exactes et les Institutions Scientifiques, Université Paris 7, March 12, 2008.
• Institut d'Histoire et de Philosophie des Sciences et des Techniques, Paris, March 11, 2008.
• Department of Philosophy, Arizona State University, October 5, 2007
• Department of Philosophy, Capitol Normal University, Beijing, China, June 27, 2007
• Department of Philosophy, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China, June 26, 2007
• Institute of Logic and Cognition, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China, June 15, 2007
• Lecture Series, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru, April 30–May 4, 2007
• Department of Philosophy, U. Texas/Austin, March 29, 2007.
• Arché, St. Andrews University, December 19, 2006
• Institut Jean-Nicod, Paris, December 15, 2006
• Institute for Logic, Language and Cognition, University of Amsterdam, December 13, 2006.
• Department of Philosophy, University of Utrecht, December 12, 2006
• Departamento de Filosofia, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, November 13, 2006
• Centro de Lógica, Epistemologia e História da Ciência (CLE), Universidade Estadual de Campinas, November 10, 2006
• Philosophy Department, University of Bristol, March 15, 2006
• Jowett Philosophical Society, Oxford University, March 10, 2006
• Philosophy Department, Texas A&M University, February 23, 2006
• Humanities Informatics Lecture, Glasscock Center, Texas A&M University, February 22, 2006
• Philosophy Department, Simon Fraser University, March 11, 2005.
• Philosophy Department, Chiba University, December 2004.
• Philosophy Department, Hokkaido University, December 3,6,and 7, 2004.
• Institute of Logic and Cognition, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China, May 23, 2004
• Philosophy Department, Hong Kong University, May 18, 2004
• Department of Philosophy, U. South Carolina/Columbia, April 15, 2004
• Philosophy Department, Carnegie Mellon, March 4, 2004
• Center for the Philosophy of Science, U. Pittsburgh, March 2, 2004
• Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science, University of California/Irvine, November 21, 2003
• Institut für Philosophie, Universität Salzburg, March 13, 2003
• Seminar für Philosophie, Logik, und Wissenschaftstheories, Universität München, March 6, 2003
• Dipartmento di Lettere e Filosofia, Università degli Studi di Torino, June 7, 2002
• Dipartmento di Filosofia, Università degli Studi di Milano, June 6, 2002
• Dipartmento di Filosofia, Università degli Studi di Genova, Italy, June 5, 2002
• Departement d’études cognitives, École Normale Supérieure and Institut Jean-Nicod, Paris, May 30, 2002
• Discussion Group, Oriel College, University of Oxford, May 29, 2002
• Philosophy Programme, School of Advanced Study, University of London, May 28, 2002
• Philosophy Department, Kings College, University of London, May 27, 2002.
• Philosophy Department, U. Maryland, March 20, 2002
• Philosophy Department, University of Arizona, October 2001
• Philosophy Program (RSSS), Australian National University, October 2001
• Joint Faculty Seminar, University of Sydney and Macquarie University, October 2001
• Dipartimento di Filosofia (Lecture Series), Università degli Studi di Padova, Italy Series, June 2001
• Philosophy Department, University of Washington, March 2001
• Working Group on History and Philosophy of Logic, Mathematics and Science, University of California, Berkeley, February 2001
• Technical Forum, Xerox PARC, February 2001
• Philosophy Department, Columbia University, December 2000
• Philosophy Department, Notre Dame University, October 2000
• Philosophy Department, Indiana University/Bloomington, October 2000
• Logic Group, Indiana University/Bloomington, October 2000
• Digital Library Seminar, UC/Berkeley, September 2000
• Institut für Logik und Wissenschaftstheorie, Universität Leipzig, Germany, June 2000
• Institut für Philosophie, Wissenschaftstheorie, Wissenschafts- und Technikgeschichte, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany, June 2000
• Philosophy Department, University of St. Andrews, Scotland, September 1999
• Philosophy Department, University of Edinburg, Scotland, September 1999
• Graduiertenkolleg Kognitionswissenschaft, Universität Hamburg, Germany, December 1998
• Studiengang Philosophie, Universität Bremen, Germany, December 1998
• Philosophisches Seminar, Universität Bonn, Germany, December 1998
• Philosophy Department, University of Tasmania, Australia, September 1998
• Philosophy Department, University of Queensland, Australia, July 1998
• Center for Cognitive Science, Rutgers University, December 1997
• Philosophy Program (RSSS), Australian National University, July 1997
• Philosophy Department, Monash University, Australia, June 1997
• Philosophy Department, University of Melbourne, Australia, June 1997
• Philosophy Department, University of Colorado/Boulder, February 1997
• Philosophy Department, Texas A&M University, November 1995
• Philosophy Department, San Jose State University, September 1995
• Institut für Philosophie, Universität Salzburg, Austria, June 1995
• Institut für Philosophie, Universität Graz, Austria, June 1995
• Seminar für Sprachwissenschaft, Institut für Philosophie, Universität Tübingen, Germany, June 1995
• Institut für Philosophie, Logik, und Wissenschaftstheorie, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität, Munich, Germany, June 1995
• Philosophy Department, University of California/Irvine, February 1995
• Philosophy Department, University of California/Santa Barbara, February 1995
• Philosophy Department, Ohio State Univesity, November 1994
• Philosophy Department, University of Adelaide, Australia, June 1994
• Philosophy Department, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, June 1994
• Philosophy Department, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, June 1994
• Philosophy Program, Research School of the Social Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, May 1994
• Department of Traditional and Modern Philosophy, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, May 1994
• Philosophy Department, University of New England, Armidale, Australia, May 1994
• Philosophy Department, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, May 1994
• Philosophy Department, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, April 1994
• Philosophy Department, Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand, April 1994
• Philosophy Department, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand, April 1994
• Philosophy Department, University of Alberta, Edmonton (Alberta), Canada, February 1994
• Philosophy Department, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA, January 1994
• Philosophy Department, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, December 1993
• Philosophy Department, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, November 1993
• Philosophy Department, California State University, Northridge, CA, November 1993
• Seminar für Sprachwissenschaft, Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, June 1993
• Centrum für Informations- und Sprachverarbeitung, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität, Munich, Germany, May 1993
• Institut für Philosophie, Universität Salzburg, Austria, May 1993
• Seminar für Sprachwissenschaft, Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, July 1992
• Institut für Philosophie, Universität Graz, Austria, June 1992
• Seminar für Philosophie, Logik, und Wissenschaftstheorie, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität, Munich, Germany, June 1992
• Philosophy Department, University of Houston, Houston, TX, March 1991
• Seminar für Philosophie, Logik, und Wissenschaftstheorie, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität, Munich, Germany, June 1990
• Institut für Philosophie, Universität Salzburg, August 1989
• Philosophy Department, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, March 1989
• Philosophy Department, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, March 1989
• Cognitive Science Program, University of California/Berkeley, CA, November 1985
• Computer Science Department, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, March 1983
• Philosophy Department, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand, July 1981
• Philosophy Department, Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand, March 1981

Lectures in Graduate Seminars and Classes

• 2 lectures, special course for Philosophy, Mathematics, and Computer Science M.A. students, in the Department of Mathematics & Computer Science, Freie Universität Berlin, June 28 and 30, 2016.
• Graduate Student Lab, Computational Metaphysics, Princeton University, October 16, 2008
• Graduate Seminar, Philosophy of Language, University of California/Davis, March 5, 2008
• Graduate Seminar (Special Workshop), University of Texas/Austin, March 30, 2007
• Graduate Seminar, Metaphysics, University of California/Riverside, October 26, 2006
• Graduate Seminar, Philosophy of Mathematics, University of Bristol, March 14, 2006
• Graduate Seminar, History of Logic, Simon Fraser University, March 3, 2006
• Graduate Seminar, Metaphysics, Princeton University, November 1994
• Graduate Seminar, Logic, CUNY/Graduate Center, November 1994

Contributed Conference Papers and Commentaries:

• Australasian Association of Logic Conference, Melbourne, Australia, July 2009
• Australasian Association of Philosophy Conference, Melbourne, Australia, July 2009
• European Computing and Philosophy Conference, Pavia, Italy, June 2004
• CSLI Workshop on Logic, Language, and Computation, May 2001
• Pacific APA, March 2001 (Commentary)
• Ancient Studies -- New Technology Conference, Salve Regina University, December 2000
• Computing and Philosophy Conference, Pittsburgh, August 2000
• Australasian Association of Philosophy Conference, Brisbane, Australia, July 2-7, 2000
• Pacific APA, April 2000
• Eastern APA, December 1999
• Twentieth World Congress of Philosophy, Boston, August 1998
• Australasian Association of Philosophy, Sydney, July 1998 (Contributed Paper)
• Australasian Association of Philosophy, Sydney, July 1998 (Commentary)
• Australasian Association of Logic, Sydney, July 1998
• Stanford Workshop on ‘Empty Names’, March 1998
• Eastern APA, December 1997
  (Group Meeting: Society for Machines and Mentality)
• Australasian Association of Philosophy, July 1997
• Australasian Association of Logic, July 1997
• Pacific APA, April 1996
  (Group Meeting: Society for the Study of Husserl's Philosophy)
• Australasian Association of Philosophy (New Zealand Division), May 1994
• Pacific APA, March 1993 (Commentary)
• Conference on Situation Theory and Its Applications, September 1990
• Pacific APA, March 1990
• Pacific APA, March 1987
• Eastern APA, December 1986 (Commentary)
• Pacific APA, March 1986
• Eastern APA, December 1985
• Pacific APA, March 1985
• Eastern APA, October 1983
• Pacific APA, March 1983
• Eastern APA, December 1981
• Australasian Association of Logic Conference, July 1981
• Australasian Association of Philosophy, May 1981

Other Professional Activities

• Editorships:
  • Co-Principal Editor, 1995 – present, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
    World Wide Web site (URL) = https://plato.stanford.edu/
  • Principal Editor, 1995 – 2022, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
    World Wide Web site (URL) = https://plato.stanford.edu/
  • Editor, 1994 – present, The Metaphysics Research Lab Web Pages
    World Wide Web site (URL) = https://mally.stanford.edu/
  • Associate Editor, 1997 – present, Hippias
    (Limited Area Search of Philosophy on the Internet)
    World Wide Web site (URL) = http://hippias.evansville.edu/
  • Assistant Editor, Themes From Kaplan, Joseph Almog, Howard Wettstein, and John Perry (eds.), New York: Oxford University Press, 1989
• Journal Referee:
  • Journal of Philosophical Logic
  • Linguistics and Philosophy
  • Noûs
  • Philosophy and Phenomenological Research
  • Synthese
  • Philosophical Studies
  • Notre Dame Journal of Formal Logic
  • Erkenntnis
  • Studia Logica
  • Journal for the History of Analytic Philosophy
  • CSLI Publications
  • National Endowment for the Humanities
• Coauthor: Computational Metaphysics web pages. Coauthors: Branden Fitelson and Paul E. Oppenheimer
  <https://mally.stanford.edu/cm/>
• Member, Program Committee, Pacific Division, APA 1993–1996
• Invited Panel, Pacific Division, APA, March 2002: The Impact of Computing on Research (Special session sponsored by the APA Committee on Philosophy and Computers)
• Invited Lectures on the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
  • PKP Scholarly Publishing Conference, Vancouver, July 2007
  • Center for Studies in Higher Education, U. California/Berkeley, April, 2006
  • American Library Association, San, Antonio, TX, January 2006
  • The Charleston Conference, Charleston, SC, November 2005
  • Open Educational Content Conference, Utah State University, September 2005
  • National Endowment for the Humanities, Washington, D.C., July 2005
  • Simon Fraser University Library, Vancouver, March 2005
  • The Charleston Conference, Charleston, SC, November 2004
  • American Library Association, Orlando, FL, June 2004
  • International Coalition of Library Consortia, Las Vegas, NV, March 2003
  • Computing Arts Conference (Digital Resources for Research in the Humanities), University of Sydney, September 2001.
  • National Endowment for the Humanities, Workshop on Encyclopedias, Washington, D.C., June 2000