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Research output per year
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Research overview
Dr Ball's research interests include a wide range of issues in the philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, and related areas. He has written on foundational issues in semantics and the foundations of linguistic meaning and on the nature of concepts and concept possession, and has applied views in these areas to debates about the nature of consciousness, about epistemology, and elsewhere. His research also includes projects in developmental and comparative psychology.
Profile Keywords
Philosophy of mind; philosophy of language
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Definition and dispute: a defence of temporal externalism
Ball, D. N., 15 Feb 2024, Oxford: Oxford University Press. 208 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Revisionary analysis without meaning change (or, could women be analytically oppressed?)
Ball, D. N., 23 Jan 2020, Conceptual Engineering and Conceptual Ethics. Burgess, A., Cappelen, H. & Plunkett, D. (eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 36-58Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Monsters and the theoretical role of context
Rabern, B. & Ball, D., 22 Mar 2019, In: Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. 98, 2, p. 392-416Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A puzzle about accommodation and truth
Ball, D. & Huvenes, T. T., Mar 2022, In: Philosophical Studies. 179, 3, p. 759–776 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Capuchin monkeys individuate objects based on spatio-temporal and property/kind information: evidence from looking and reaching measures
Kersken, V., Zhang, D., Gomez, J.-C., Seed, A. M. & Ball, D. N., 1 Aug 2020, In: Animal Behavior and Cognition. 7, 3, p. 343-364 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Projects
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Rethinking mind and meaning: Rethinking mind and meaning: A case study from a co-disciplinary appraoch
Cappelen, H. W. (PI) & Ball, D. N. (CoI)
Arts and Humanities Research Council
1/09/14 → 31/12/16
Project: Standard
Activities
- 1 Public lecture/debate/seminar
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Workshop with Kingsbarns Primary School pupils
Ball, D. N. (Speaker)
20 Jun 2016Activity: Talk or presentation types › Public lecture/debate/seminar
Impacts
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Changing Public Opinion About the Mental Abilities of Animals
Seed, A. M. (Participant), Gomez, J.-C. (Participant), Ball, D. N. (Participant), Call, J. (Participant), , C. (Participant) & Byrne, R. W. (Participant)
Impact: Public Discourse Impact