Gareth Evans (philosopher)
| Gareth Evans | |
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| Born | 12 May 1946 London |
| Died | 10 August 1980 (aged 34) Oxford |
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University College, Oxford Christ Church, Oxford Harvard University University of California, Berkeley |
| Era | 20th-century philosophy |
| Region | Western Philosophy |
| School | Analytic philosophy |
| Institutions | University College, Oxford |
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Main interests
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Logic, metaphysics, philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, theory of reference |
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Notable ideas
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Ontological vagueness Nonconceptual mental content |
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Influences
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Gareth Evans (/ˈɛvənz/; 12 May 1946 – 10 August 1980) was a British philosopher who made substantial contributions to logic, philosophy of language and philosophy of mind. He is best known for his posthumous work The Varieties of Reference (1982), edited by John McDowell. The book considers different kinds of reference to objects, and argues for a number of conditions that must obtain for reference to occur.
Gareth Evans was born in London on 12 May 1946. He was educated at Dulwich College and University College, Oxford (1964–67) where he read Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE). His philosophy tutor was Peter Strawson, one of the most eminent Oxford philosophers of the time. Evans became close friends with philosopher Derek Parfit and other prominent members of his academic field such as Christopher Peacocke and Crispin Wright. He was a senior scholar at Christ Church, Oxford (1967–68) and a Kennedy Scholar at Harvard University and University of California, Berkeley (1968–69). He died in Oxford in 1980 of lung cancer at the age of 34. His collected papers (1985) and a book, The Varieties of Reference (1982), edited by John McDowell, were published posthumously.
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