Ian N Proops

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Biography

Professor Proops, who joined the Department in January 2009, works on Kant's theoretical philosophy and History of Analytic Philosophy (especially, Frege, Russell and Wittgenstein). He also has teaching interests in Pre-Kantian Early Modern Philosophy, Philosophy of Language, and Hegel. His current research interests in History of Analytic Philosophy include: Frege's "concept horse" problem: Russell's logicism and his conception of logic; Russell and Wittgenstein's logical atomism;  and Russell’s theory of descriptions. His current and recent work on Kant spans a number of central topics in Kant's theoretical philosophy, including: Kant's conception of analytic judgment; the Transcendental Deduction of the Categories, the Paralogisms, Kant's criticisms of the Ontological Argument, and his resolution of the Mathematical Antinomies. Professor Proops's recent publications include: "Russell and the Universalist Conception of Logic" (Noûs, 2007); "Russell's Reasons for Logicism" (Journal of the History of Philosophy, 2006) and "Kant's Conception of Analytic Judgment" (Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, 2005). Professor Proops is a founding co-editor of The Review of Symbolic Logic, and the History of Analytic Philosophy subject editor for Philosophy Compass.