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Amie L. Thomasson

Amie L. Thomasson

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Social Sciences and Humanities

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36
Citations
4814
World Ranking
6527
National Ranking
3153

Overview

Amie L. Thomasson is affiliated with Dartmouth College in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences, and Psychology. Within these broad domains, Thomasson's work concentrates on philosophy and theoretical science, epistemology, ethics, metaphysics, and various aspects of cognitive and social sciences.

Their areas of specialization include:

  • Philosophy
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Cultural Studies

The main research themes covered in Thomasson's work are:

  • Philosophy and Theoretical Science
  • Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics
  • Classical Philosophy and Thought
  • Philosophical Ethics and Theory
  • Language and Cultural Evolution
  • Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation
  • Embodied and Extended Cognition

Thomasson has published extensively in several academic journals, with most articles appearing in the journal Inquiry. Other venues include Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, Principia an international journal of epistemology, Think, and Perspectiva Filosófica. The frequency of publications highlights a continuing engagement with philosophical inquiry and related interdisciplinary fields.

Recent published papers cover diverse philosophical topics:

  • "Conceptual engineering: when do we need it? How can we do it?" (2021) - Inquiry
  • "How should we think about linguistic function?" (2022) - Inquiry
  • "What Do Easy Inferences Get Us?" (2021) - Philosophy and Phenomenological Research
  • "Should Ontology be Explanatory?" (2024) - Principia an international journal of epistemology
  • "Norms and necessity: replies to critics" (2023) - Inquiry

Thomasson's collaborations include coauthoring with Mark Warren and Luiz Helvécio Marques Segundo, reflecting interdisciplinary connections and cooperative scholarship.

Best Publications

  • Fiction and metaphysics

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  • Realism and Human Kinds

    Amie L. Thomasson

  • Ontology Made Easy

    Amie L. Thomasson

  • Phenomenology and Philosophy of Mind

    David Woodruff Smith;Amie Lynn Thomasson

  • A Pragmatic Method for Normative Conceptual Work

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  • Foundations for a Social Ontology

    Amie L. Thomasson

  • Metaphysical Disputes and Metalinguistic Negotiation

    Amie L. Thomasson

  • Speaking of Fictional Characters

    Amie L. Thomasson

  • The ontology of social groups

    Amie L. Thomasson

  • The Ontology of Art and Knowledge in Aesthetics

    Amie L. Thomasson

  • Conceptual engineering: when do we need it? How can we do it?

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  • First-Person Knowledge in Phenomenology

    Amie L. Thomasson

  • Fictional Characters and Literary Practices

    Amie L. Thomasson

  • Modal Normativism and the Methods of Metaphysics

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  • Phenomenal Consciousness and the Phenomenal World

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  • The Ontology of Art

    Amie L. Thomasson

  • How should we think about linguistic function?

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  • Metaphysics and Conceptual Negotiation

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  • What can we do, when we do metaphysics?

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  • Debates about the Ontology of Art: What are We Doing Here?

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  • Experimental Philosophy and the Methods of Ontology

    Amie L. Thomasson

  • Public artifacts, intentions, and norms

    Amie L. Thomasson

  • Self-awareness and self-knowledge

    Amie L. Thomasson

  • Fictionalism versus Deflationism

    Amie L. Thomasson

  • Existence questions

    Amie L. Thomasson

  • METAPHYSICAL ARGUMENTS AGAINST ORDINARY OBJECTS

    Amie L. Thomasson

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