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Dagfinn Føllesdal
Clarence Irving Lewis Professor of Philosophy

Office: Bldg, 100, rm. 101B
Mailing:
Department of Philosophy, Building 90
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-2155
Phone: (650) 725-0108
Email: dagfinn@csli.stanford.edu

Personal Portrait

Education History
Cand.mag. University of Oslo, 1953 (Mathematics, astronomy, mechanics)
Studies in Oslo and Göttingen 1953-1957 (Mathematics).
Ph.D. Harvard, 1961 (Philosophy)

Areas of Interest
Philosophy of logic and language, Phenomenology, Existentialism, Hermeneutics.
Selected Bibliography
Recent books:
Argumentasjonsteori, språk og vitenskapsfilosofi (with Lars Walløe and Jon Elster). Oslo University Press, 7th edition, 2000. Also German, Swedish and Danish editions.
The Philosophy of W.V. Quine. Editor and Introductions, five volumes. Garland, 2001.
Referential Opacity and Modal Logic (Dissertation, 1961). Routledge, 2004.
Selection of my articles, Oxford University Press, Forthcoming 2005.
Selection of my articles, Poznan Studies in Philosophy, Forthcoming 2005.

(For a complete bibliography, please see Links and Online Papers below.)


Recent Courses
The Structure of Cognition: Introduction to Husserl's Phenomenology.
James and Husserl.
Major Figures in Twentieth Century Philosophy.
Meaning and Experience.
Perception, Representation and Evidence.
Ethical Aspects of Risk.

Links and Online Papers

Downloads:

Vitae in PDF format

Bibliography Overview in PDF format
Complete Bibliography in PDF format

Links:

Personal web page: http://www.hf.uio.no/ifikk/om-instituttet/ansatte/vit/dagfinnf.xml
Short biography: http://www.xrefer.com/entry/552080
Partial bibliography: http://hektor.umcs.lublin.pl/~zlimn/school/2/frames/courses/df-papers.htm


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