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Robert Schwartz

  • Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Philosophy

Education

PhD, University of Pennsylvania

Teaching Interests

  • Introduction to philosophy
  • Philosophy of psychology
  • Philosophy of science
  • Pragmatism

Research Interests

  • Philosophy of psychology
  • Language and mathematical cognition
  • Philosophy of science
  • Pragmatism

Selected Publications

Schwartz, R. Berkeley's Account of Extension in Vision Science. Perception and the History of Philosophy . Routledge Press.
Schwartz, R. Berkeleian Instrumentalism: From Substance to Space. Springer Publisher.
Schwartz, R. Pragmatic Perspectives: Constructivism beyond Truth and Realism. Routledge Press.
Schwartz, R. (2017) Berkeley and Austin on the Argument form Illusion. Cambridge University Press.
Schwartz, R. A. (2017) “Pragmatism, Inquiry, and Knowledge”. Schwartz, R. A. (Ed). Perspektiven der Zeiched und Interpretationsphilosophie . De Gruyter Pub..
Schwartz, R. (2017) "Perceptual Veridicality". Schwartz, R. A. (Ed). Philosophical Topics , 44(2).
Schwartz, R. (2016) Constructivism: Values, Norms, and Obligations. Routledge Publishers.
Schwartz, R. A. (2012) "The Illusion of Visual Illusions". Calabi, . , & Spinacci, . (Eds). The Philosophy and Psychology of Illusions . Palgrave Press.
Schwartz, R. A. (2012) Rethinking Pragmatism (book). Wiley/Blackwell.
Schwartz, R. A. (2011) Projectible Predicates. Cambridge Encylopedia of Language Sciences . Cambridge University Press.
Schwartz, R. A. (2011) Goodman and the Demise of the Syntactic and Semantic Models. Hartman, . (Ed). Handbook of the History of Logic . Elsevier.

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