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Michael Devitt: Works & Science

Michael Devitt (/ˈdɛvɪt/; born 1938) is an Australian philosopher currently teaching at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York in New York City. His primary interests include philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, metaphysics and epistemology. His current work involves the philosophy of linguistics, foundational issues in semantics…

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Michael Devitt topic overview

The analysis highlights Works and Science as prominent areas in the source structure around Michael Devitt.

Related topics
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Source areas
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Connected nodes
52
Extracted relationships
33
Related term clusters
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Bridge connections
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What this topic covers Research coverage

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Academic positions · 13 topics
Overview · 13 topics
Education · 10 topics
Philosophical work · 7 topics
Publications · 4 topics

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Key facts & relationships

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Born
1938 (age 87–88)
Era
Contemporary philosophy
Main interests
Philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, metaphysics, epistemology
Notable ideas
Criticism of the transcendental argument against eliminativism
Region
Western philosophy
School
Analytic philosophy Scientific realism

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Overview

Education

Academic positions

Philosophical work

Publications

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How Michael Devitt connects Entity context

The extracted context around Michael Devitt shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Michael Devitt → Australian National University, College Park, CUNY Graduate Center, Department, Distinguished Professor, Executive Officer, Following, Harvard, Harvard University, Head, Macquarie University, Maryland, Michigan, Modern Philosophy, Nottingham, Philosophy, Philosophy Program, Professor, Southern California, Sydney Another extracted example is Michael Devitt → 1938 (age 87–88). Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Michael Devitt

Top relations

related to Academic positions · 27
Michael Devitt → Australian National University, College Park, CUNY Graduate Center, Department, Distinguished Professor, Executive Officer, Following, Harvard, Harvard University, Head, Macquarie University, Maryland, Michigan, Modern Philosophy, Nottingham, Philosophy, Philosophy Program, Professor, Southern California, Sydney
Born · 1
Michael Devitt → 1938 (age 87–88)
Era · 1
Michael Devitt → Contemporary philosophy
Main interests · 1
Michael Devitt → Philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, metaphysics, epistemology
Notable ideas · 1
Michael Devitt → Criticism of the transcendental argument against eliminativism
Region · 1
Michael Devitt → Western philosophy
School · 1
Michael Devitt → Analytic philosophy Scientific realism

Important terminology

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Important terminology

philosophy university press devitt metaphysics sydney michael new language epistemology pp york realism eliminativism citation professor true teaching center semantic

Michael Devitt relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 33 structured relationships around Michael Devitt. Examples in this analysis include Michael Devitt → Born → 1938 (age 87–88) and Michael Devitt → Era → Contemporary philosophy. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

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Michael DevittBorn1938 (age 87–88)1.00infobox
Michael DevittEraContemporary philosophy1.00infobox
Michael DevittMain interestsPhilosophy of language, philosophy of mind, metaphysics, epistemology1.00infobox
Michael DevittNotable ideasCriticism of the transcendental argument against eliminativism1.00infobox
Michael DevittRegionWestern philosophy1.00infobox
Michael DevittSchoolAnalytic philosophy Scientific realism1.00infobox
Michael Devittrelated to Academic positionsFollowing0.60section
Michael Devittrelated to Academic positionsHarvard0.60section
Michael Devittrelated to Academic positionsSydney0.60section
Michael Devittrelated to Academic positionsPhilosophy0.60section
Michael Devittrelated to Academic positionsHead0.60section
Michael Devittrelated to Academic positionsDepartment0.60section

Related concept clusters Related term clusters

The concept neighborhoods around Michael Devitt bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Eliminativism, Harvard and Michael. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

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  • graduate center of the city university of new york
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  • university of maryland, college park
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    • Harvard
    • Needed
  • the women's college, university of sydney
    • Positions
    • Professor
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    • Harvard
    • Sydney
    • Teaching
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    • Devitt
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    • Interests
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  • bradfield college
    • Positions
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    • Devitt
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    • Interests
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    • Mind
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    • Work
    • Eliminativism
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Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Michael Devitt, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Michael Devitt with Overview. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

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Michael Devitt — Overview · splits 39 ⟂ 14
Michael Devitt — Academic positions · splits 39 ⟂ 14
Michael Devitt — Education · splits 42 ⟂ 11
Michael Devitt — Philosophical work · splits 45 ⟂ 8
Michael Devitt — Publications · splits 48 ⟂ 5

Map overview Semantic statistics

Michael Devitt

Nodes53
Edges52
Triples33
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.037736
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Michael Devitt to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Works & Science, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Michael Devitt · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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