Mitchell Green
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[edit]
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[edit]
Books[edit]
- 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Paradox: New Essays on Belief, Rationality and the First Person, edited with John Williams, including eleven previously unpublished essays.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[edit]
- 'Speech Acts,’ in E. Zalta (ed.) The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. (Orig. 2007; revisions 2014.)
Highly cited articles[edit]
- 'Perceiving Emotions', Aristotelian Society Supplementary Volume 84 (2010), 45-61 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8349.2010.00185.x
- 'Speech Acts, the Handicap Principle, and the Expression of Psychological States,’ Mind & Language 24 (2009): 139–163. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0017.2008.01357.x
- ‘Direct Reference, Empty Names, and Implicature,’ Canadian Journal of Philosophy 37 (2007): 419-48 http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/cjp.2007.0021
- ‘Illocutionary Force and Semantic Content,’ Linguistics and Philosophy, 23 (2000): 435–473. http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1005642421177
- ‘Direct Reference and Implicature,’ Philosophical Studies, 91 (1998): 61-90 http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1004212614842
- ‘Quantity, Volubility, and Some Varieties of Discourse,’ Linguistics and Philosophy, 18 (1995): 83–112. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00984962
- 'Indeterminism and the thin red line' (with N. Belnap), Philosophical perspectives 8 (1994), 365-388 http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2214178
References[edit]
- ^ "Mitch Green | Philosophy Department". University of Connecticut. 2 June 2020.
- ^ "Cognitive Science Program Steering Committee | Cognitive Science Program". 2019-01-16. Retrieved 2022-04-30.
- ^ Michel, Jan G. (2019-09-12). "Editor's Introduction: From Signaling and Expression to Conversation and Fiction". Grazer Philosophische Studien. 96 (3): 293–294. doi:10.1163/18756735-09603001. ISSN 0165-9227. S2CID 219252310.
- ^ "Know Thyself: The Philosophy of Self-Knowledge". UConn Today. 7 August 2018.
- ^ Green, Mitchell S. (2007). Self-Expression. Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199283781.001.0001. ISBN 978-0-19-928378-1.
- ^ Eriksson, John (2009). "Review of Self-Expression". The Philosophical Quarterly. 59 (235): 375–379. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9213.2009.618_7.x. ISSN 0031-8094. JSTOR 40208613.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Baxter, Donald (2019-10-04). "Special Issue on Mitchell Green | Philosophy Department". Retrieved 2022-05-01.
- ^ "Epic Undertaking: U.VA. Profeesor Aims to Strengthen Teaching of High School Philosophy". University of Virginia.
- ^ "Mitchell Green, Instructor". Coursera. Retrieved 2022-04-30.
- ^ Weinberg, Justin (7 August 2018). "Bringing the Philosophy of Self-Knowledge to the Public with a MOOC". Daily Nous.
- ^ "Mitchell Green, Philosopher of Language, Mind, Joins UConn Faculty". UConn Today. 2013-05-15. Retrieved 2022-07-20.
- ^ "Mitchell S. Green, 2001–2002". National Humanities Center. Retrieved 2022-07-20.
- ^ "Contemplative Practice Fellowships – The Center for Contemplative Mind in Society". Retrieved 2022-07-20.
- ^ "Mitchell S. Green". ACLS. Retrieved 2022-07-20.
- ^ Eriksson, John (2009). "Review of Self-Expression". The Philosophical Quarterly. 59 (235): 375–379. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9213.2009.618_7.x. ISSN 0031-8094. JSTOR 40208613.
- ^ Jenkins, Phil (2009). "Mitchell S. Green, Self-Expression". Philosophy in Review. 29 (1): 32–34.
- ^ Stephen, Hetherington. "Moore's Paradox: New Essays on Belief, Rationality, and the First Person". Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews.
External links[edit]
- Mitchell Green publications indexed by Google Scholar