Curtis Anthony Anderson (born May 29, 1940) is a contemporary

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, currently Professor of Philosophy at the

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. He earned his Ph.D. in philosophy from

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in 1977, where he worked closely with the renowned logician

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. He also holds an M.S. in mathematics from the

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(1965), where he earned his undergraduate degree 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 ...

and mathematics (1964). Anderson's work over the years has focused primarily in the

philosophy of logic Philosophy of logic is the area of philosophy that studies the scope and nature of logic. It investigates the philosophical problems raised by logic, such as the presuppositions often implicitly at work in theories of logic and in their application ...

and the

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, although he also works in such areas as the

philosophy of religion Philosophy of religion is "the philosophical examination of the central themes and concepts involved in religious traditions". Philosophical discussions on such topics date from ancient times, and appear in the earliest known texts concerning ph ...

and has an interest in most areas of traditional philosophy. Prior to his professorship at U.C. Santa Barbara, Anderson held posts notably at the

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, and the

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Publications

*The Paradox of the Knower, 1983. *Divine Omnipotence and Impossible Tasks: An Intensional Analysis, 1984. *Some Difficulties Concerning Russellian Intensional Logic, 1986. *Bealer's Quality and Concept, 1987. *Propositional Attitudes: The Role of Content in Logic, Language, and Mind, 1990. *Analyzing Analysis, 1993.

External links

C.A. Anderson's faculty page at UCSB
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