David Pitt
Professor
Email: dpitt@calstatela.edu
CV
Research Interests
I work in philosophy of mind, philosophy of language and metaphysics.
| Work in Progress |
| The Quality of Thought, under contract with Oxford University Press |
| Forthcoming |
Acquaintance and Phenomenal Concepts, Cambridge Classic Arguments Series: the Knowledge Argument, S. Coleman, ed., Cambridge University Press |
Compositionality and Phenomenal Context Effects, special issue of Inquiry edited by B. Brogaard and D. Gratzia |
What Kind of Science is Linguistics? Festschrift for Paul Postal, M. Neef and C. Behme, eds. |
| PUBLICATIONS |
Conscious Belief, Symposium on Tim Crane’s Aspects of Psychologism, Rivista Internazionale di Filosofia e Pscologia 7, 2016: 121-26. |
Indexical Thought, in U. Kriegel, ed., Phenomenal Intentionality: New Essays, Oxford University Press, 2013 |
Introspection, Phenomenality and the Availability of Intentional Content, in T. Bayne and M. Montague, eds., Cognitive Phenomenology, Oxford University Press, 2011 |
Intentional Psychologism, Philosophical Studies 146, October 2009: 117-138 |
| The Phenomenology of Cognition, or What Is It Like to Think That P?, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research LXIX, July 2004" 1-36 |
On Markerese, Philosophical Forum 34, Nos 3&4, Special Issue: The Philosophical Ideas of Jerrold J. Katz, D. Pitt, invited ed., Fall/Winter 2003: 267-300 |
Reply to Kac, Language 79, March 2003: 197-201 |
Alter Egos and Their Names, The Journal of Philosophy XCVIII, October 2001: 531-552 |
Nativism and the Theory of Content, ProtoSociology 14, 2000: 222-239 |
Compositional Idioms (with Jerrold J. Katz), Language 76, June 2000: 409-432 |
In Defense of Definitions, Philosophical Psychology 12, June 1999: 139-156 |
What is Tonality?, International Journal of Musicology IV, 1995: 291-300 |
| UNPUBLICATIONS (Work in progress; comments appreciated; please do not quote or distribute without permission.) |
| The Paraphenomenal Hypothesis |
| Realist Bundle Theory |
| The Burgean Intuitions |
Educational Background
- Ph.D., Philosophy, 1994
City University of New York, Graduate Center
- M.A., Music (Composition), 1985
Queens College, City University of New York
- B.A., Music, 1981
Haverford College
I used to want to be a composer (I still do, but I've stopped trying). Here are a few of my compositions.
• Five Short Pieces for Piano (1985)
• Sum Scale Invention (1985) (for solo flute)
• Kyrie (1982) (for a capella chorus SATB) (one of these days)
Some Links
• Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
• Dictionary of Philosophy of Mind
• Dave Chalmers's Page
• ANU Centre for Consiousness
• PhilPapers
• Tucson Center for Consciousness Studies
• US Philosophy Departments
