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Mitchell Green

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Mitchell Green is a professor of philosophy at the University of Connecticut,[1] where he sits on the steering committee of the Cognitive Science program[2] and the executive committee of the Graduate School. He is editor-in-chief of the journal Philosophia.

Research work

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His research focuses on philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, aesthetics, and pragmatics.[3] He made influential contributions to speech act theory, the evolutionary biology of communication, to the study of empathy, self-knowledge,[4] self-expression and attitude ascription, and to the epistemology of fiction. His account of communication as self-expression,[5] develops the idea that communication is best understood as a tool for signalling and showing our internal mental states.[6] Green's influential research has been celebrated by a special issue of the international journal Grazer Philosophische Studien, titled Sources of Meaning. Themes from Mitchell S. Green,[7][8] edited by J. Michel, and by a special issue of the journal Organon Filozofia (vol. 28, 2021), titled The Origins of Meaning and the Nature of Speech Acts, edited by M. Witek.

Green previously held a professor position at the University of Virginia (from 1993 to 2013),[9] and currently runs an MOOC at Coursera.[10][11] He has held fellowships from the National Science Foundation,[12] the National Humanities Center,[13] the Center for Contemplative Mind in Society,[14] and the American Council of Learned Societies.[15] He has held visiting research positions at Singapore Management University (2008), the University of Muenster (2015), and was a Mercator Fellow at the Ruhr University Bochum, in the Emmy Noether Research Group (2020–21).

Publications

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Books

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  • The Philosophy of Language, Oxford University Press, 2021. ISBN 978-0190853044
  • Know Thyself: The Value and Limits of Self-Knowledge Routledge, 2017. ISBN 9781138675995
  • Self-Expression, Oxford University Press, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-928378-1[16][17]
  • Engaging Philosophy: A Brief Introduction, Hackett Publishing Company, 2006. ISBN 087220796X.
  • Moore’s Paradox: New Essays on Belief, Rationality and the First Person, edited with John Williams, including eleven previously unpublished essays. Oxford University Press, 2007 ); ISBN 0-19-928279-X[18]

Encyclopedia articles

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  • 'Speech Acts,’ in E. Zalta (ed.) The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. (Orig. 2007; revisions 2014.)

Highly cited articles

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References

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  1. ^ "Mitch Green | Philosophy Department". University of Connecticut. 2 June 2020.
  2. ^ "Cognitive Science Program Steering Committee | Cognitive Science Program". 2019-01-16. Retrieved 2022-04-30.
  3. ^ Michel, Jan G. (12 September 2019). "Editor's Introduction: From Signaling and Expression to Conversation and Fiction". Grazer Philosophische Studien. 96 (3): 293–294. doi:10.1163/18756735-09603001. S2CID 219252310.
  4. ^ "Know Thyself: The Philosophy of Self-Knowledge". UConn Today. 7 August 2018.
  5. ^ Green, Mitchell S. (2007). Self-Expression. doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199283781.001.0001. ISBN 978-0-19-928378-1.[non-primary source needed]
  6. ^ Eriksson, John (2009). "Review of Self-Expression". The Philosophical Quarterly. 59 (235): 375–379. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9213.2009.618_7.x. JSTOR 40208613.
  7. ^ "Grazer Philosophische Studien Volume 96 Issue 3: Special Issue: Sources of Meaning. Themes from Mitchell S. Green, edited by Jan G. Michel (2019)". Brill. Retrieved 2022-05-01.
  8. ^ Baxter, Donald (2019-10-04). "Special Issue on Mitchell Green | Philosophy Department". Retrieved 2022-05-01.
  9. ^ "Epic Undertaking: U.VA. Profeesor Aims to Strengthen Teaching of High School Philosophy". University of Virginia. 31 August 2010.
  10. ^ "Mitchell Green, Instructor". Coursera. Retrieved 2022-04-30.
  11. ^ Weinberg, Justin (7 August 2018). "Bringing the Philosophy of Self-Knowledge to the Public with a MOOC". Daily Nous.
  12. ^ "Mitchell Green, Philosopher of Language, Mind, Joins UConn Faculty". UConn Today. 2013-05-15. Retrieved 2022-07-20.
  13. ^ "Mitchell S. Green, 2001–2002". National Humanities Center. Retrieved 2022-07-20.
  14. ^ "Contemplative Practice Fellowships – The Center for Contemplative Mind in Society". Retrieved 2022-07-20.
  15. ^ "Mitchell S. Green". ACLS. Retrieved 2022-07-20.
  16. ^ Eriksson, John (2009). "Review of Self-Expression". The Philosophical Quarterly. 59 (235): 375–379. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9213.2009.618_7.x. JSTOR 40208613.
  17. ^ Jenkins, Phil (2009). "Mitchell S. Green, Self-Expression". Philosophy in Review. 29 (1): 32–34.
  18. ^ Stephen, Hetherington (16 August 2007). "Moore's Paradox: New Essays on Belief, Rationality, and the First Person". Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews.
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