Robert Kraut
Professor
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Columbus, OH
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Areas of Expertise
- Metaphysics
- Aesthetic Theory
- Philosophy of Language
Education
- B.A. Brooklyn College, 1969
- M.A. University of Pittsburgh, 1973
- Ph.D. University of Pittsburgh, 1976
Prof. Kraut's PhilPapers page
Publications:
- Artworld Metaphysics (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007); paperback edition 2010.
- "Ontology: Music and Art," The Monist 95 (October 2012): 684-710.
- “The Metaphysics of Artistic Expression: a Case Study in Projectivism,” in R. Johnson and M. Smith (eds.), Passions and Projections: Themes from the Philosophy of Simon Blackburn (Oxford University Press, 2015).
- "Three Carnaps on Ontology," in Blatti and Lapointe (eds.), Ontology After Carnap (Oxford University Press, 2016).
- "Universals, Metaphysical Explanations, and Pragmatism," Journal of Philosophy CVII (November 2010): 590-609.
- "Why Does Jazz Matter to Aesthetic Theory?," Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 63:1 (Winter 2005): 3-15.
- "Varieties of Pragmatism," Mind 99 (April 1990): 157-183; reprinted in Alan Malachowski(ed.), Richard Rorty (Sage Publications, 2002).
- "Metaphysical Explanation and the Philosophy of Mathematics," Philosophia Mathematica (3) Vol. 9 (June 2001): 154-183.
- "Robust Deflationism," Philosophical Review 102:2 (April 1993): 247-263.
- "Perceiving the Music Correctly," in Michael Krausz (ed.), The Interpretation of Music: Philosophical Essays (Oxford University Press, 1993): 103-116.
- "Feelings in Context," Journal of Philosophy LXXXIII (November 1986): 642-53.