Research Expertise and Interest

ancient philosophy, philosophical logic, philosophy of language, epistemology

Research Description

John MacFarlane is a professor in the Department of Philosophy. In addition, he is a member of the Group in Logic and the Methodology of Science and a co-organizer of the Meaning Sciences Club and the Townsend Center Working Group in the History and Philosophy of Logic, Mathematics, and Science. Most of his work is in the philosophy of logic and language. Other research interests include metaphysics and epistemology, the philosophy of mathematics, philosophical logic, the history of logic, Frege, Kant, ancient philosophy (particularly Aristotle), and fiddlosophy. He also enjoys making his own tools.