Kirk Alan Ludwig (born May 11, 1959) is an American philosopher who is Professor of Philosophy and Cognitive Science at

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Education and career

Ludwig graduated summa cum laude with a B.S. in

physics Physics is the natural science that studies matter, its fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force. "Physical science is that department of knowledge which r ...

from the

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in 1981 and earned his Ph.D. in philosophy at the

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in 1990, where he worked with Donald Davidson. He joined the faculty at the

University of Florida The University of Florida (Florida or UF) is a public land-grant research university in Gainesville, Florida. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida, traces its origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its ...

in 1990, where he taught until 2010 when he joined

Indiana University Bloomington Indiana University Bloomington (IU Bloomington, Indiana University, IU, or simply Indiana) is a public research university in Bloomington, Indiana. It is the flagship campus of Indiana University and, with over 40,000 students, its largest ca ...

Philosophical work

Ludwig works in

Philosophy of Language In analytic philosophy, philosophy of language investigates the nature of language and the relations between language, language users, and the world. Investigations may include inquiry into the nature of meaning, intentionality, reference, ...

Philosophy of Mind Philosophy of mind is a branch of philosophy that studies the ontology and nature of the mind and its relationship with the body. The mind–body problem is a paradigmatic issue in philosophy of mind, although a number of other issues are add ...

Epistemology Epistemology (; ), or the theory of knowledge, is the branch of philosophy concerned with knowledge. Epistemology is considered a major subfield of philosophy, along with other major subfields such as ethics, logic, and metaphysics. Epis ...

Metaphysics Metaphysics is the branch of philosophy that studies the fundamental nature of reality, the first principles of being, identity and change, space and time, causality, necessity, and possibility. It includes questions about the nature of conscio ...

, and

Philosophy of Action Action theory (or theory of action) is an area in philosophy concerned with theories about the processes causing willful human bodily movements of a more or less complex kind. This area of thought involves epistemology, ethics, metaphysics, j ...

. He is best known for his work on natural language semantics in the tradition of Donald Davidson, his interpretation of the work of Donald Davidson with

Ernest Lepore Ernest or Ernie Lepore (born November 20, 1950) is an American philosopher and cognitive scientist and a professor of philosophy at Rutgers University. Education and career Lepore earned his Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota in 1978, and ...

, his work on collective action, shared intention, and institutional agency, and his work on the epistemology of thought experiments and philosophical intuition. He has collaborated extensively with Marija Jankovic,

, and Greg Ray, as well as with Emil Badici, John Biro, Daniel Boisvert, Wade Munroe, and Susan Schneider.

Selected bibliography

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External links

Kirk Ludwig Indiana University Faculty PageKirk Ludwig Personal WebpageKeynote Address on The Social Construction of Legal Norms, ENSO VI, September 2019

References

21st-century American philosophers Philosophers of mind Epistemologists Metaphysicians 1959 births Living people 20th-century American philosophers Action theorists Philosophers of language Analytic philosophers Indiana University faculty {{US-philosopher-stub

Education and career

Philosophical work

Selected bibliography

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