| Erich Rast
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E-mail: erich@snafu.de
My current research project is to develop and investigate models of communication that are based on a reasonable representation of individual discourse participants' beliefs. This involves dealing with formal problems such as belief revision with iterated and graded beliefs, but also requires a thorough examination of contemporary philosophical stances towards non-indexical context-dependency (Bach, Recanati, Stanley, etc.). I'm also interested in argumentation theory, linguistic interfaces, formal epistemology, and other common topics such as epistemic and semantic two-dimensionalism, theories of reference, and referential opacity.
Current Professional Status
Post-Doc researcher at IFL with funding from FCT
Areas of Specialization
Philosophy of Language, Philosophical Logic and its Applications, Formal Semantics and Pragmatics, Computational Ontology
Main Areas of Expertise
Logic, Philosophy of Language, Epistemology, Continental and Analytic Philosophy of 20th Century, General Linguistics
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current research interests
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- Applications of Dynamic Epistemic Logic and Belief Revision to Formal Pragmatics
- Context Dependency in Sender/Receiver Communication Models
- Argumentation Theory
- Semanto-Pragmatic Composition and Linguistic Interfaces |
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ongoing research projects
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- Context and Communication
- Intentions and Conventions |
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recent publications and lectures
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- Reference and Indexicality. Logos Berlin, Berlin 2007. 328 pages, ISBN 978-3832517243.
- Reference and Indexicality. PhD Thesis, Roskilde University 2006. (Note: Book and thesis are not identical, please don't quote one for the other.)
- 'What do we believe in?'. In: Guldborg-Hansen, Pelle / Pedersen, Stig Andur: Shipping News. Vol. 3 (December 2003). PHIS. Roskilde University Press, Denmark.
Selected Talks
2008-03-19: The Problem of the Essential Indexical Revisited, IFL regular seminar, UNL, Portugal
2007-12-19: Pragmatic Context, Emotion, Cognition, and Communication, IFL, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2007-05/06: Logische Aspekte der Bezugnahme, series of extracurricular talks at invitation of PD Dr Uwe Scheffler, Humboldt University Berlin, Germany
2005-07-01: Deskriptivismus und modale Aspekte der Existenz, Humboldt University Berlin, Germany
2004-11-06: Modest Possibilism, 3rd PHIS Graduate Conference, Sandbjerg Estate, Denmark
2003-09-19: Are essential indexicals really essential?, RUC Friday Seminar, Roskilde University, Denmark
Sessions of Research Group Meetings
2008-02-21 A Reformulation of Kaplan's Logic of Demonstratives, IFL context group seminar (sesson for students and other researchers)
2008-02-19 Introduction to Indexicality and Assorted Philosophical Problems, IFL context group seminar (session for students and other researchers) |
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educational background
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Since 2008: Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal: Postdoc Researcher at Instituto de Filosofia da Linguagem (IFL), funded by FCT
2003-2006: Roskilde University, Denmark: PhD with topic Reference and Indexicality under supervision of Prof. Stig Andur Pedersen, funded externally by Danish Research Council
1995-2002: MA in Philosophy and General Linguistics at Humboldt University and Technical University of Berlin
1992-1995: Philosophy and General Linguistics at Eberhardt-Karls University of Tübingen |
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