Dr. Patterson specializes in the philosophy of language.
Douglas Patterson
Education
Ph.D. University of Pittsburgh, 2000
Representative publications
“Understanding the Liar”, in J. C. Beall ed., The Revenge of the Liar: New Essays on the Paradox, Oxford University Press, 2007.
Inquiry 50: 6, Special Issue on Inconsistency Theories of Understanding, guest editor, 2007.
New Essays on Tarski and Philosophy, editor, Oxford University Press, 2008.
“Truth Definitions and Definitional Truth”, in French and Wettstein eds., Truth and its Deformities: Midwest Studies in Philosophy 32, 2008.
“Learnability and Compositionality”, Mind and Language 20:3.
Courses
Fall 2008:
- Philosophy 300, History of Ancient Philosophy
- Philosophy 390, Business Ethics
Contact
Office: 208B Dickens Hall
Email pattersd@ksu.edu
Phone 785-532-0356
Fax 785-532-3522