Peter Pagin is a Swedish philosopher of language at Stockholm University, known for his work on compositionality, assertion, and the theory of meaning. He has made significant contributions to debates about the norms governing assertion, arguing against a uniquely knowledge-based account in favor of alternatives such as a certainty norm. His research spans the semantics-pragmatics interface, communication theory, and the nature of linguistic content.
Developed influential arguments against the knowledge norm of assertion, defending a certainty-based alternative
Major contributions to the theory of compositionality in natural language semantics
Extended work on the relationship between meaning, interpretation, and communicative context
Co-authored foundational papers on substitutivity and compositionality in intensional contexts
Long-standing faculty member at Stockholm University shaping Scandinavian analytic philosophy