Philosophy of Logic and Language, including History of Analytic Philosophy Research Cluster

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The Logic and Language Research Cluster is one of the three clusters of strength which function as foci for research activity in the unit. It supports members’ individual efforts and collaborations across the range of research activities, including publications, conferences and workshops, research grants, and a wide range of interdisciplinary, impact and public engagement activities, providing one route by which the unit contributes to the University-wide research theme of Cultures, Communities and Society.

The cluster has developed organically from its members’ work and is the source of recent and ongoing projects in the metaphysics and epistemology of modality, formal approaches to epistemology and the conceptualization of probability and risk, the foundations of mathematics, and the nature of logical and more broadly of a priori knowledge. The cluster includes a notable strength in the history of analytic philosophy, focusing on the works of Frege, Russell, Wittgenstein and Ramsey. This historical work is driven by a concern with substantive philosophical issues, for instance about the nature of thought, rationality and knowledge, that are shared with the unit’s other research clusters, with the natural result that major collaborative projects tend to be cross-cluster activities.

In addition, the cluster has supported individual research projects. The Stirling Early Analytic Group hosts a series of occasional workshops which aims particularly to integrate research students into the Cluster's research.

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University of Stirling
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