U of ADepartment of Philosophy
Robert M. Harnish

Robert M. Harnish received his Ph.D. in Philosophy, with a minor in Linguistics from MIT (1972), where he wrote a dissertation on logical form. Since 1971 he has been associated with the University of Arizona, where, until 2005, he was Professor of Philosophy and Linguistics, and Research Scientist in Cognitive Science. He helped to establish the linguistics department in 1974 and become professor of linguistics, and the cognitive science program in 1984 becoming associate director until 1992. He continues to do research, and teach selectively, in his areas of interest: Philosophy of Language (especially Pragmatics), Early Analytic Philosophy (especially Frege), and Cognitive Science (especially Experimental Pragmatics). His major current projects are related to his areas of interest: a book on Frege (Frege's Philosophy of Language), a book on language structure and speech acts (Moods and Performances), and some papers in experimental pragmatics (with Merrill Garrett, Psychology).


BOOKS AND MONOGRAPHS
  • PDP-5 Operator Manual, A computer user's handbook for use at the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, Berkeley, California, 121 pp. (1967)
  • Linguistics: An Introduction to Language and Communication (with Akmajian and Demers), 1ed, M.I.T. Press, 357 + xviii pp. (1979)
  • Linguistic Communication and Speech Acts (with K. Bach), M.I.T. Press, 327 + xviii pp. (1979)
  • Four Lectures on Inferential Pragmatics, in Studies in the Cognitive Sciences, Report No. 13, School of Social Science, UC Irvine, pp. 225 + vi. pp. (1982)
  • Linguistica: Introduzione al linguaggio e alla communicazione (with A. Akmajian and R. Demers), Il Mulino, Bologna, Italia. (1982) [translation of 1979]
  • Linguistica: una introduccion al lenguaje y la communicacion (with A. Akmajian and R. Demers), Alianza Universidad, Madrid. (1984) [translation of 1979]
  • Linguistics: An Introduction to Language and Communication (with A. Akmajian and R. Demers), 2ed, M.I.T. Press, 547 + xvi pp. (1984)
  • The Representation of Knowledge and Belief (edited with M. Brand), University of Arizona Press, 368 + xviii pp. (1986)
  • Neural Connections, Mental Computation (edited with L. Nadel, L. Cooper, P. Culicover), Bradford/MIT Press, 355 + ix pp. (1989)
  • Linguistics: An Introduction to Language and Communication (with R. Demers et al), 3ed, MIT Press, 508 + xiv pp. (1990)
  • Linguistics: An Introduction to Language and Communication Instructor's Manual (with R. Demers et al), M.I.T. Press, 81 pp. (1991)
  • Basic Topics in the Philosophy of Language (ed.), Prentice Hall (USA), Harvester-Wheatsheaf (UK), 633 + xxix pp. (1994)
  • Linguistics: An Introduction to Language and Communication (with R. Demers et al), 4ed, MIT Press, 577+ xv pp. (1995)
  • Linguistica: una introduccion al lenguaje y la communicacion (with A. Akmajian and R. Demers), Alianza Universidad, Madrid. (1995) [translation of 1984]
  • Linguistics: An Introduction to Language and Communication Instructor's Manual (with A. Farmer and R. Demers), M.I.T. Press, c. 70 pp. (1995)
  • Linguistik: Pengaantar Bahasa dan Komunikasi (with A. Akmajian and R. Demers), Kuala Lumpur, Malasia. (1995) [translation of 1984]
  • Linguistics: An Introduction to Language and Communication (with R. Demers et al), 5ed, MIT Press (2001)
  • Perspectives on Semantics, Pragmatics and Discourse: A Festschrift for Ferenc Kiefer (ed. with I. Kenesei), Amsterdam: John Benjamins (2001)
  • Minds, Brains, Computers: The Foundations of Cognitive Science, 433 + xvii pp. Blackwell (2002)
RECENT UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPTS
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SELECTED PUBLISHED ARTICLES
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SELECTED REVIEWS
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ABOUT

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Department of Philosophy
University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona 85721-0027

Social Science
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PO Box 210027
Tucson, Arizona
85721-0027


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