Edward N. Zalta
contemporaryAnalytic Philosophyb. 1952
Edward N. Zalta is an American philosopher and senior research scholar at Stanford University's Center for the Study of Language and Information. He is best known as the principal editor of the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy and for developing the theory of abstract objects, a formal axiomatic metaphysics.
Notable Achievements
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Founded and serves as principal editor of the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
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Developed object theory, a formal axiomatic framework for abstract objects
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Authored 'Abstract Objects: An Introduction to Axiomatic Metaphysics' (1983)
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Authored 'Intensional Logic and the Metaphysics of Intentionality' (1988)
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Advanced computational metaphysics using automated reasoning tools