Kiki Wang

Linton Wang (CV)

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Associate Professor

Department of Philosophy

National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan

My research centers on information-theoretical aspects of knowledge, meaning and language use, concerning how natural languages and logic contribute to information processing and exchange, and how semantic concepts like intentionality, meaning, and truth, emerge from the framework. The areas that I work on include philosophy of language, formal semantics, philosophy of mind, and philosophical logic, and their connections and related issues with metaphysics, epistemology, linguistics, and cognitive science. I am currently also working on applied ethics, especially medical ethics.

副教授

國立中正大學哲學系

王一奇博士於2005年取得美國德州大學奧斯汀分校哲學博士，並於同年開始任教於國立中正大學哲學系。主要研究領域在語言哲學、形式語意學、知識論、及哲學邏輯，興趣同時涵蓋心靈哲學、應用倫理學、及生物學哲學。目前研究主題集中在理性、證成、及缺損推理等相關議題，主要的工作集中在利用缺損推理捕捉理性及證成的特性，同時論證一個以內在論為基礎的理性及證成理論。主要出版文章包含 "Skeptical Conclusion" (Erkenntnis 2010, with Oliver Tai), “Epistemic Comparative Conditionals” (Synthese 2008)、”How Development May Direct Evolution” (Philosophy and Biology 2003, with Justin Garson and Sahotra Sarkar)。已授課科目有大學部的基礎邏輯、知識論、奎因、古典美國實用主義、理性與理由等，研究所有知識論、證成理論、知識心理學、語言哲學、哲學語意學、動態語意學等。

Office Phone: 886-5-2720411 ext. 31404

Email: lintonwang@ccu.edu.tw

Website: http://homepage.seed.net.tw/web/kikiwang

Publications

Refereed Journal Articles

Wang, L. & Tai, O. (2010), "Skeptical Conclusions," Erkenntnis, 72, 177-204. (doi:10.1007/s10670-009-9198-2)
Wang, L. (2009), "A New Paradox of Deontic Logic and Its Solutions (新應然邏輯悖論及其解決方案)," Philosophical Researches, Supplement Volume (哲學研究2009增刊), 162-166.
Wang, L. (2008), “Epistemic Comparative Conditionals,” Synthese, 162, 133-156. (PDF) (The original publication is available at www.springerlink.com).
W.-F. Wang & Wang, L. (王一奇) (2008), “We Need a Unified New Theory for Conditionals (我們需要一個有關於條件句的統一新理論),” EurAmerica (歐美研究), 38, 65-102.
W.-F. Wang (王文方) & Wang, L. (王一奇) (2007), “A Revision of Lewis’ Semantics for Subjunctive Conditionals (對路易士虛擬條件句語意論的一個修正),” Philosophical Researches, Supplement Volume (哲學研究2007增刊), pp. 76-79. (China, in Chinese). (PDF)
Wang, L. & McCready, E. (2005), "The Indefiniteness Effect," Snippets 11, pp. 11-12. (PDF)
Wang, L., Reese, B. & McCready, E. (2005), "The Projection Problem of Nominal Appositives," Snippets 10. pp. 13-14. (PDF)
Garson, J., Wang, L. & Sarkar, S. (2003), “How Development May Direct Evolution,” Biology and Philosophy, 18: 2, pp. 353-370.

Refereed Book Chapters

Wang, L. & McCready, E. (2007), "Aspects of the Indefiniteness Effect," in Washio, T., Satoh, K., Takeda, H., Inokuchi, A. (Eds.), New Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 4384), pp. 162-176. (PDF)
Wang, L., McCready, E. & Asher, N. (2006), "Information Dependency in Quantificational Subordination," in von Heusinger, K. & Turner, K. (2006), (eds.), Where Semantics Meets Pragmatics, Oxford: Elsevier Press, pp. 267-304.(PDF)

Papers in Published Conference Proceedings

Wang, L. & W.-F. Wang (2007), "Defeasible Reasoning Meets Epistemic Possibilities," in Johan van Benthem, Shier Ju, and Frank Veltman (eds.), A Meeting of the Mind: Proceedings of the Workshop on Logic, Rationality, and Interaction, College Publications, London, pp. 327-331. (PDF)
Wang, L., McCready, E. & Brian, R. (2004), "Nominal Appositives in Context", in Michal Martínez, Asier Alcázar, & Roberto Hernández (eds.), Proceedings of Western Conference on Linguistics 2004 (WECOL 2004), Department of Linguistics, California State University, Fresno, California, pp. 411-423. (PDF)
Asher, N. & Wang, L. (2003), "Ambiguity, and Anaphora with Plurals in Discourse," in Young, R. & Zhou, Y. (2003), (eds.), Proceedings of Semantics and Linguistic Theory XIII (SALT XIII), Ithaca: CLC Publications, pp. 19-36. (PDF)

International Conference Presentations

Wang, L. & Ma, W.-F. (2007), "A Deontological Justification for Health Promotion Interventions," paper presented at Setting an Ethical Agenda for Health Promotion, Ghent, Belgium, September, 18-20, 2007.
Wang, L. & W.-F. Wang (2007), "Defeasible Reasoning Meets Epistemic Possibilities," paper presented at the Workshop on Logic, Rationality, and Interaction, Beijing, China, August 5-9, 2007.
Wang, L. & McCready, E. (2006), "Anaphoric Binding across Questions," paper presented at Logic and Engineering of Natural Language Semantics 2006, Tokyo, Japan, June 5-6, 2006. (PDF)
Wang, L. & McCready, E. (2006), "A Semantic Analysis for Chinese Possessives," paper presented at The 5th International Conference on Logic and Cognition, Institute of Logic and Cognition, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China, May 29-30, 2006. (PDF) (Invited Speaker)

Wang, L., & McCready, E. (2005), "Maximality and Plurality," paper presented at Logic and Engineering of Natural Language Semantics 2005 (LENLS 2005), Kitakyushu, Japan, June 13th-14th, 2005. (Abstract) (Presentation) (PDF)
Wang, L., McCready, E. & Brian, R. (2004), "Nominal Appositives in Context", accepted as an alternative to be presented at Western Conference on Linguistics (WECOL 2004), University of Southern California, California, November 12-14 2004. (Handout)
Wang, L. & Asher, N. (2004), "An Intensional Semantics for Pronoun Numbers," paper presented at the 32nd Society for Exact Philosophy, University of Maryland, Maryland, May 13-16 2004. (Presentation) (Handout)
Asher, N., Denis, P., Kuhn, J., Larson, E., McCready, E., Palmer, A., Reese, B., & Wang, L. (2004), "Extracting and Using Discourse Structure to Resolve Anaphoric Dependency Combining Logico-Semantic and Statistical Approaches," paper presented at Workshop on SDRT, TALN' 04, Fez, Morocco, April 22, 2004. (PDF)
Wang, L., McCready, E. & Asher, N. (2003), "Information Dependency in Quantificational Subordination," paper presented at Where Semantics Meets Pragmatics: First International Workshop on Current Research in the Semantics-Pragmatics Interface, State University of Michigan, Michigan, July 11-13 2003. (Abstract) (Presentation) (Handout)
Asher, N. & Wang, L. (2003), "Unspecification, Ambiguity, and Anaphora with Plurals," paper presented at Semantics and Linguistic Theory 13 (SALT 13), University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, May 9-11 2003. (Abstract) (Presentation)
Sarkar, S., Garson, J. & Wang, L. (2002), “How Development May Direct Evolution: Some Simple Models,” paper presented at The Third Annual Philosophy and Developed Biology Workshop, University of Texas at Austin, Texas, April 5-6 2002. (PDF)
Wang, H. L., Wu, S.H., Wang, L., Sung, C. L., Hsu, W. L., & Shih, W. K. (2000), “Semantic Search on Internet Tabular Information Extraction for Answering Queries,” paper presented at the Ninth International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management, November 6-11, 2000 Washington, D.C. (PDF)

Taiwan and China Conference Presentations

Wang, L. (2009), “Scientific Knowledge and Extended Epistemic Virtues,” presented at the Fourth Workshop of Body, Meaning, and Cognition, Academia Sinica, Taipei, November, 21, 2009.
Wang, L. (2009), “Virtue Epistemology and the Psychology of Epistemic Virtues,” presented at the 2009 Annual Conference of Taiwan Philosophy Association, National Sun-Yat-Sen University, Kaoshiung, October, 24-25, 2009.
Wang, L. (2009), “A New Paradox of Deontic Logic and Its Solutions,” paper presented at the Fourth Cross-Straight Conference on Logic Teaching and Research, Hong Kong Baptist University and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, June 24-25, 2009. (In Chinese)
Wang, L. & W.-F. Wang (2009), "Vagueness and Paradox in Gradable Predicates," paper presented at the 6th Workshop on Formal Syntax and Semantic, National Taiwan Normal University, January, 10-11, 2009.
Wang, L. (2008), "The Problem of Conditional Obligations," presented at the 2007 Annual Conference of Taiwan Philosophy Association, National Chung Chi University, October, 20-21, 2008.
Wang, L. & Wang, W.-F. (2007), “Vagueness and Paradox in Gradable Predicates,” paper presented at the Fourth Conference on Experience and Truth, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, Nov. 9-10, 2007.
Wang, L. (2007), "Skeptical Conclusions," paper presented at the 2007 Annual Conference of Taiwan Philosophy Association, October, 20-21, 2007.
Wang, L. & Wang, W.-F. (2006), “Implicatures and Defeat,” paper presented at the Third Conference on Experience and Truth, Soochow University, Taipei, Taiwan, Nov. 24-25, 2006.
Wang, W.-F. & Wang, L. (2006), “A New Semantics for Subjunctive Conditionals,” paper presented at the Third Conference on Experience and Truth, Soochow University, Taipei, Taiwan, Nov. 24-25, 2006.
Wang, L. (2006), “Epistemic Comparative Conditionals,” paper presented at the 2006 annual conference of Taiwan Philosophical Association, National Chung Cheng University, Chia-Yi, Taiwan, Nov. 18-19, 2006.
Wang, L. & Wang, W.-F. (2006), “A Logical Investigation on the Cancellation of Implicature,” paper presented at the Second Cross-Straight Logic Conference, Nanjin University, Nanjing, China, Oct. 28-30, 2006.
W.-F. Wang & Wang, L. (2006), “A Revision of Lewis’ Semantics for Subjunctive Conditionals,” paper presented at the Second Cross-Straight Logic Conference, Nanjin University, Nanjing, China, Oct. 28-30, 2006. (in Chinese)
Wang, L. & McCready, E. (2006), "Some Characterizations of Chinese Possessives," paper presented at The 4th Workshop on Formal Syntax and Semantics, Institute of Linguistics, National Chung Cheng University, April 14-15, 2006. (PDF)
Wang, L. & McCready, E. (2005), "Intuiting the Truth about Definite Descriptions," paper presented at The Second Conference on Experience and Truth (第二屆經驗與真理研討會), National Taiwan University, June-24th/25th-2005, Taipei, Taiwan. (Presentation) (PDF)
Wang, L. (1998), "Mistaking Cognitive Concepts as the Mind: Dissociating the cognitive theories from the mind," presented at the 1998 Graduate Student Essay Competition held by Taiwan Philosophical Association.
Wang, L. (1996), "Consciousness and Time," presented at the 1996 Graduate Student Essay Competition held by Taiwan Philosophical Association.