Assistant Professor of Philosophy

Honours Advisor

Department of Philosophy
University of Calgary
Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4
Canada

Office: 1214 Social Sciences
Phone: (403) 220-3166
Fax: (403) 289-5698
Email: nwyatt@ucalgary.ca

Education

Ph.D., University of Canterbury
M.A., University of Calgary
B.A., University of Calgary

Areas of Interest

Philosophy of Language and Philosophical Linguistics
Philosophy of Logic
Medieval Philosophy
Philosophy of sex and love

Selected Publications

"The pragmatics of empty names" Dialogue. 46 (2007) 663-81.
"What are Beall and Restall pluralists about?", Australasian Journal of Philosophy 82 (2004) 409-420.
"Did Duns Scotus Invent Possible Worlds Semantics?", Australasian Journal of Philosophy 78 (2000) 196-212.

Recent Teaching

Logic II (PHIL 379)
The Medieval and Renaissance Period (PHIL 303)
Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Analytic Philosophy (PHIL 307)
Philosophy of Language (Phil 371)
Speech Act Theory (PHIL 407.02)
The Semantics/Pragmatics Distinction (PHIL 571/671)

Supervisees

MA

• 2002 - Chapman, R. Jonathan: Semantic and Pragmatic Elements in the Process of Understanding, A Non-Linear Approach

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