Unpublished Papers

Forthcoming Publications

Rigor and Structure: An Essay in the Philosophy of Mathematical Practice

First complete draft. References & Bibliography remain to be added. Comments invited.
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"Madagascar Revisited"

Historical and philosophical remarks on a famous example in the theory of reference. To appear in Analysis.
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"Modal Logic in the Modal Sense of Modality"

My contribution to a Festschrift for Jouko Väänänen. Incorporates material from my Kripke Lecture.
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"Parsons & the Structuralist View"

Written for a projected collection of papers on Charles Parsons' Mathematical Thought & Its Objects.
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"On a Derivation of the Necessity of Identity"

Logical, philosophical, and historical remarks on a frequently misunderstood argument. The historical part of the discussion draws on archival material. To appear in Synthese.
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Review of Richard Heck, Frege's Theorem

To appear in Journal of Philosophy.
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Review of Kevin Scharp, Replacing Truth

To appear in Studia Logica.
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Review of Volker Halbach, Axiomatic Theories of Truth

To appear in Studia Logica.
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"Friedman and the Axiomatization of Kripke's Theory of Truth"

Talk for the Ohio State University conference celebrating Harvey Friedman's 60th birthday, to appear in a proceedings volume edited by Neil Tennant.
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"Intuitions of Three Kinds in Goedel's Views on the Continuum"

To appear in Interpreting Goedel edited by Juliette Kennedy, Cambridge University Press.
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"Lewis on Set Theory"

Written for a Blackwell volume on David Lewis edited by Barry Loewer and Jonathan Schaffer.
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"Quine's Philosophy of Logic and Mathematics"

Written for a Wiley volume on W. V. Quine edited by Gilbert Harman et al.
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"Logic & Philosophial Methodology"

Written for H. Cappelen, T. Gendler, J. Hawthorn, eds., Oxford Handbook of Philosophical Methodology.
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Further Publications

To download my curriculum vitae in doc format click here or to download in pdf format click here . Electronic files for most items since 1995, and hard-copy reprints of most the items before that date are available on request. (Be sure to indicate to what address you want it sent.) My e-mail address is: jburgess@princeton.edu