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{{Short description|British analytic philosopher}}
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{{Infobox philosopher
| region = [[Western philosophy]]
| era = [[Contemporary philosophy]]
| name = Paul Horwich
| birth_name = Paul Gordon Horwich
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| birth_date = 1947
| birth_place =
| education = [[Cornell University]]
| school_tradition = [[Analytic philosophy|Analytic]]
| main_interests = [[Philosophy of science]], [[Metaphysics]], [[Epistemology]]
| influences = [[Wittgenstein]]
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| notable_ideas = [[Minimal theory of truth]]
| doctoral_advisor = [[Richard Boyd]]
| thesis_title = The Metric and Topology of Time
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| thesis_year = 1975
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'''Paul Horwich''' (born 1947) is a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[analytic philosophy|analytic philosopher]] at [[New York University]], noted for his contributions to [[philosophy of science]], [[philosophy of physics]], the philosophy of language (especially [[truth]], and meaning) and the interpretation of [[Wittgenstein]]'s later philosophy.
'''Paul Gordon Horwich''' (born 1947) is a British [[analytic philosophy|analytic philosopher]] at [[New York University]], noted for his contributions to [[philosophy of science]], [[philosophy of physics]], the philosophy of language (especially [[truth]] and meaning) and the interpretation of [[Wittgenstein]]'s later philosophy.


==Education and career==
==Education and career==


Horwich earned his PhD from [[Cornell University]], where his thesis advisor was [[Richard Boyd]] (title of the doctoral thesis: ''The Metric and Topology of Time''). He has previously taught at [[MIT]], [[University College London]], and [[CUNY Graduate Center]].<ref>http://philosophy.fas.nyu.edu/docs/IO/1515/CV-Horwich.pdf</ref>
Horwich read Physics at Oxford, graduating in 1968, and earned his PhD in Philosophy from [[Cornell University]] in 1975 with a thesis on ''The Metric and Topology of Time'', under the direction of [[Richard Boyd]]. He began his academic career at [[MIT]], where he taught from 1973 until 1994, when he took up a post at [[University College London]]. He returned to the U.S. in 2000, to take up a chair at the [[CUNY Graduate Center]]. He moved to [[New York University Department of Philosophy|NYU]] in 2005.<ref>[https://as.nyu.edu/content/dam/nyu-as/philosophy/documents/faculty-documents/horwich/Horwich-Paul-CV.pdf as.nyu.edu]</ref>


==Philosophical work==
==Philosophical work==


In ''Truth'' (1990), Horwich presented a detailed defence of the ''minimalistic'' variant of the [[deflationary theory of truth]]. He is opposed to appealing to reference and truth to explicate meaning, and so has defended a naturalistic ''use theory'' of meaning in his book ''Meaning''. Other concepts he has advanced are a probabilistic account of scientific methodology and a unified explanation of temporally asymmetric phenomena.<ref>[http://philosophy.fas.nyu.edu/object/paulhorwich No 3rd party source for this]</ref>
In ''Truth'' (1990), Horwich presented a detailed defence of the [[Minimalism (philosophy)|''minimalist'' variant]] of the [[deflationary theory of truth]]. He is opposed to appealing to reference and truth to explicate meaning, and so has defended a naturalistic [[use theory of meaning]] in his book ''Meaning''. Other concepts he has advanced are a probabilistic account of [[scientific methodology]] and a unified explanation of temporally asymmetric phenomena.<ref>[http://philosophy.fas.nyu.edu/object/paulhorwich NYU faculty page]</ref>


In the context of philosophical speculations about [[time travel]], Horwich coined the term autofanticide for a variant of the [[grandfather paradox]], in which a person goes back in time and deliberately or inadvertently kills his or her infant self.<ref>Asymmetries in Time: Problems in the Philosophy of Science, Paul Horwich, MIT Press, Jan 1, 1987</ref>
In the context of philosophical speculations about [[time travel]], Horwich coined the term autofanticide for a variant of the [[grandfather paradox]], in which a person goes back in time and deliberately or inadvertently kills their infant self.<ref>''Asymmetries in Time: Problems in the Philosophy of Science'' by Paul Horwich, MIT Press, 1987.</ref>


==Books==
==Books==
* ''Probability and Evidence'' (Cambridge University Press, 1982)
* ''Probability and Evidence'' (Cambridge University Press, 1982)<ref>{{Harvnb|Block|2005}}</ref>
* ''Asymmetries in Time'' (MIT Press, Bradford Books, 1987)
* ''Asymmetries in Time'' (MIT Press, Bradford Books, 1987)
* ''Truth'' (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1990; 2nd edn. 1998)
* ''Truth'' (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1990; 2nd edn. 1998)
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* ''From a Deflationary Point of View'' (Oxford University Press, 2004)<ref>[http://ndpr.nd.edu/review.cfm?id=5141 Review of "From a Deflationary Point of View"], accessed January 2011</ref>
* ''From a Deflationary Point of View'' (Oxford University Press, 2004)<ref>[http://ndpr.nd.edu/review.cfm?id=5141 Review of "From a Deflationary Point of View"], accessed January 2011</ref>
* ''Reflections on Meaning'' (Oxford University Press, 2005)
* ''Reflections on Meaning'' (Oxford University Press, 2005)
* ''Truth-Meaning-Reality'' (Oxford University Press, 2010)
* ''Truth—Meaning—Reality'' (Oxford University Press, 2010)
* ''Wittgenstein's Metaphilosophy'' (Oxford University Press, 2012)
* ''Wittgenstein's Metaphilosophy'' (Oxford University Press, 2012)


==References==
==References==

=== Citations ===
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=== Sources ===
* {{Cite encyclopedia|year=2005|title=Horwich, Paul|encyclopedia=[[The Oxford Companion to Philosophy]]|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|location=[[Oxford]]|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WbkSDAAAQBAJ|last=Block|first=N.|editor-last=Honderich|editor-first=T.|editor-link=Ted Honderich|edition=2nd|page=400|isbn=0-19-926479-1}}


==External links==
==External links==
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Latest revision as of 10:09, 12 April 2024

Paul Horwich
Born
Paul Gordon Horwich

1947
EducationCornell University
EraContemporary philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolAnalytic
ThesisThe Metric and Topology of Time (1975)
Doctoral advisorRichard Boyd
Main interests
Philosophy of science, Metaphysics, Epistemology
Notable ideas
Minimal theory of truth

Paul Gordon Horwich (born 1947) is a British analytic philosopher at New York University, noted for his contributions to philosophy of science, philosophy of physics, the philosophy of language (especially truth and meaning) and the interpretation of Wittgenstein's later philosophy.

Education and career

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Horwich read Physics at Oxford, graduating in 1968, and earned his PhD in Philosophy from Cornell University in 1975 with a thesis on The Metric and Topology of Time, under the direction of Richard Boyd. He began his academic career at MIT, where he taught from 1973 until 1994, when he took up a post at University College London. He returned to the U.S. in 2000, to take up a chair at the CUNY Graduate Center. He moved to NYU in 2005.[1]

Philosophical work

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In Truth (1990), Horwich presented a detailed defence of the minimalist variant of the deflationary theory of truth. He is opposed to appealing to reference and truth to explicate meaning, and so has defended a naturalistic use theory of meaning in his book Meaning. Other concepts he has advanced are a probabilistic account of scientific methodology and a unified explanation of temporally asymmetric phenomena.[2]

In the context of philosophical speculations about time travel, Horwich coined the term autofanticide for a variant of the grandfather paradox, in which a person goes back in time and deliberately or inadvertently kills their infant self.[3]

Books

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  • Probability and Evidence (Cambridge University Press, 1982)[4]
  • Asymmetries in Time (MIT Press, Bradford Books, 1987)
  • Truth (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1990; 2nd edn. 1998)
  • Meaning (Oxford University Press, 1998)
  • From a Deflationary Point of View (Oxford University Press, 2004)[5]
  • Reflections on Meaning (Oxford University Press, 2005)
  • Truth—Meaning—Reality (Oxford University Press, 2010)
  • Wittgenstein's Metaphilosophy (Oxford University Press, 2012)

References

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Citations

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  1. ^ as.nyu.edu
  2. ^ NYU faculty page
  3. ^ Asymmetries in Time: Problems in the Philosophy of Science by Paul Horwich, MIT Press, 1987.
  4. ^ Block 2005
  5. ^ Review of "From a Deflationary Point of View", accessed January 2011

Sources

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  • Block, N. (2005). "Horwich, Paul". In Honderich, T. (ed.). The Oxford Companion to Philosophy (2nd ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 400. ISBN 0-19-926479-1.
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