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Edward N. Zalta

Edward N. Zalta is a Senior Research Scholar in the Philosophy Department at Stanford University. His research specialties include:

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

He is the winner of the K. Jon Barwise Prize (2016), and the Covey Award (2009).

Zalta has taught courses and faculty seminars at Stanford University, Rice University, the University of Salzburg, University of Auckland, University of Tasmania, University of Padua, University of Santiago de Compostela, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München (Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy), University of Amsterdam (Institute for Logic, Language, and Computation), University of Stockholm, Higher School of Economics (National Research University)/Moscow, and University of Bamberg, He has lectured in universities in over 20 countries around the world. His other philosophical interests include: modal logic, formal semantics, contemporary analytic philosophy, and contemporary history of philosophy (Bolzano, Brentano, Frege, Meinong, Husserl, Russell, early Wittgenstein, Carnap, Quine).

Zalta served as Principal Editor of the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy from 1995 to 2022, and now serves as Co-Principal Editor.

Upcoming Presentations:

• Lecture, Issues Nine Club Series, Institute of Philosophy, Slovak Academy of Sciences, October 10, 2024 (via Zoom).

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