Anil Gupta (philosopher)

Anil Gupta
Alma mater	University of London (B.Sc.) University of Pittsburgh (Ph.D.)
Era	20th/21st-century philosophy
Region	Western Philosophy
School	Analytic philosophy
Main interests	Logic Epistemology Philosophy of language Metaphysics
Notable ideas	Revision Theory of Truth Hypothetical Given General theory of definitions

Anil K. Gupta (born 1949) is an Indian-American philosopher who works primarily in logic, philosophy of language, metaphysics, and epistemology. Gupta is the Alan Ross Anderson Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh. He is also a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Biography

Gupta earned his B.Sc. with first class honours from the University of London in 1969. He then attended the University of Pittsburgh where he received his M.A. (1973) and Ph.D. (1977). Gupta has taught at several universities: McGill University (1975-1982), University of Illinois at Chicago (1982-1989), Indiana University (1989-2000). In 2001 Gupta joined the Department of Philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh where he served as Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and, since 2013, as Alan Ross Anderson Chair.

Honors and awards

• A.C.L.S. Fellowship, 1988–89; 2003–2004
• N.E.H. Fellowship for University Teachers, 1988–1989; 2003–2004; 2010
• Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, 1998–1999
• Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
• Recipient, 225th Anniversary Medallion of the University of Pittsburgh, 2013
• Simon Lectures, University of Toronto, 2007
• Whitehead Lectures, Harvard University, 2012

Select publications

• Modal Logic and Truth (1978). Journal of Philosophical Logic 7 (1):441–472.
• The Logic of Common Nouns: An Investigation in Quantified Modal Logic (1980). Yale University Press.
• Truth and Paradox (1982). Journal of Philosophical Logic 11: 1-60.
• The Meaning of Truth (1987). In Ernest Lepore (ed.), New Directions in Semantics. Academic Press 453–480.
• Remarks on Definitions and the Concept of Truth (1988). Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society 89:227–246.
• The Revision Theory of Truth (written with Nuel Belnap) (1993). MIT Press.
• Minimalism (1993). Philosophical Perspectives 7: 359–369
• Empiricism and Experience (2006). Oxford University Press.
• Equivalence, Reliability, and Convergence: Replies to McDowell, Peacocke, and Neta (2009). Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 79: 490–508.
• Truth, Meaning, Experience (2011). Oxford University Press.
• An Account of Conscious Experience (2012). Analytic Philosophy 53: 1-29.
• The Relationship of Experience to Thought (2013). The Monist 96 (2):252-294.

Select discussions of Gupta's work

• Kapitan, T. (1984). Review of The Logic of Common Nouns: An Investigation in Quantified Modal Logic. Noûs 18: 166–173.
• McGee, V. (1996). Review of The Revision Theory of Truth. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 56: 727–730.
• Antonelli, G.A. (1996) What's in a Function?. Synthese 107: 167–204.
• McDowell, J. (2009). The Given in Experience: Comment on Gupta. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 79: 468–474.
• Peacocke, C. (2009). Perception, Content and Rationality. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 79: 475–471.
• Neta, R. (2009). Empiricism about Experience. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 79: 482–489.
• Corbi, J.E. (2009). The Insight of Empiricism: In Defence of a Hypothetical but Propositional Given. International Journal of Philosophical Studies 17: 289–298.
• Grimaltos, T. & Moya, C.J. (2009). Content, Meaning and Truth. International Journal of Philosophical Studies 17: 299–305.
• Iranzo, V. (2009). On the Epistemic Authority of Experience. International Journal of Philosophical Studies 17: 307–314.
• Fernández, J.M. (2009). On the Reliability of Experience and the Norm of Revision. International Journal of Philosophical Studies 17: 315–321.
• Abad, J.V. (2009). Empiricism and Experience: Two Problems. International Journal of Philosophical Studies 17: 323–328.
• Frey, C. (2011). On the Rational Contribution of Experiential Transparency. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 82: 721–732.
• Schafer, K. (2011). The Rationalism in Anil Gupta's Empiricism and Experience. Philosophical Studies 152: 1–15.
• Berker, S. (2011). Gupta's Gambit. Philosophical Studies 152: 17–39.
• Ray, N. (2012). Ordinary Empirical Judgments and our Scientific Knowledge: An Extension of Reformed Empiricism to the Philosophy of Science Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. Paper 580.

See also

• Modal logic
• Revision theory
• Philosophical logic
• Philosophy_of_perception
• Truth

External links

• Gupta's personal web page
• Gupta's profile at the University of Pittsburgh
• Gupta's profile on Philpapers.org
• Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry on the Revision Theory of Truth
• Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews entry on Empiricism and Experience
• Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews entry on Truth, Meaning, Experience