Rodney Bertolet is an American philosopher and Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at

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. Bertolt is known for his works on

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. He is a former president of Indiana Philosophical Association (1983–1984).

Books

*''What is Said: A Theory of Indirect Speech Reports'', in the Philosophical Studies Series, ed. K. Lehrer, Kluwer Academic Publishing, 1990

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* 1949 births Living people 21st-century American philosophers American philosophy academics Purdue University faculty Franklin & Marshall College alumni University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni American philosophers of language Semanticists Pragmaticists {{US-philosopher-stub