Gareth Evans

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Gareth Evans was a British philosopher renowned for his influential work in the philosophy of language and mind, particularly on reference, identity, and the nature of thought.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British philosopher ⓘ
human ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
academicAdvisor Michael Dummett ⓘ
birthDate 1946-05-12 ⓘ
causeOfDeath lung cancer ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
deathDate 1980-08-10 ⓘ
educatedAt Oxford University ⓘ
University College, Oxford ⓘ
employer University College, Oxford ⓘ
University of Oxford ⓘ
familyName Evans ⓘ
fieldOfWork logic ⓘ
metaphysics ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
philosophy of language ⓘ
philosophy of mind ⓘ
fullName Gareth Evans ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
givenName Gareth ⓘ
linked to: Sir Gareth
influenced John McDowell ⓘ
Timothy Williamson ⓘ
contemporary philosophy of language ⓘ
contemporary philosophy of mind ⓘ
influencedBy Bertrand Russell ⓘ
Gottlob Frege ⓘ
Michael Dummett ⓘ
P. F. Strawson ⓘ
Saul Kripke ⓘ
knownFor contributions to the theory of demonstratives ⓘ
theory of reference and singular terms ⓘ
work on identity ⓘ
work on perception and thought ⓘ
work on proper names ⓘ
work on reference ⓘ
work on self-knowledge ⓘ
work on the nature of thought ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
nationality British ⓘ
notableWork The Varieties of Reference ⓘ
“Identity and Predication” ⓘ
“Pronouns, Quantifiers, and Relative Clauses” ⓘ
“Reference and Contingency” ⓘ
“Understanding Demonstratives” ⓘ
placeOfBirth England ⓘ
placeOfDeath England ⓘ
Oxford ⓘ
positionHeld Wykeham Professor of Logic at Oxford ⓘ

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P. F. Strawson → influenced → Gareth Evans ⓘ
Gareth Evans → fullName → Gareth Evans ⓘ
The Varieties of Reference → author → Gareth Evans ⓘ
Reference and Contingency → author → Gareth Evans ⓘ
subject linked to: “Reference and Contingency”
Pronouns, Quantifiers, and Relative Clauses → author → Gareth Evans ⓘ
Understanding Demonstratives → author → Gareth Evans ⓘ
Understanding Demonstratives → hasAuthor → Gareth Evans ⓘ
Identity and Predication → author → Gareth Evans ⓘ
subject linked to: “Identity and Predication”
Identity and Predication → hasAuthor → Gareth Evans ⓘ
subject linked to: “Identity and Predication”
Gareth Evans → fullName → Gareth Evans ⓘ
subject linked to: Gareth Evans (philosopher)