Associate Professor
Office: E&T A424
Phone: (323) 343-4192
Email: dpitt@calstatela.edu
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Reasearch Interests
I work in philosophy of mind, philosophy of language and metaphysics. My current project in philosophy of mind is a phenomenally-based theory of thought content.
| PUBLICATIONS |
| "Indexical Thought" (forthcoming) |
| "Introspection, Phenomenality and the Availability of Intentional Content" forthcoming, Cognitive Phenomenology, T Bayne and M Montague, eds., Oxford University Press |
| "Intentional Psychologism" Philosophical Studies, 2009 |
| "The Phenomenology of Cognition, or, What Is It Like to Think That P?" Philosophy & Phenomenological Research, 2004 |
| "Mental Representation" Stanford Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 2000/2004/2008 |
| "On Markerese" Philosophical Forum, 2003 |
| "Alter Egos and Their Names" Journal of Philosophy, 2001 |
| "Compositional Idioms" Language, 2000 (with Jerrold J. Katz) |
| "Nativism and the Theory of Content" Protosociology, 2000 |
| "In Defense of Definitions" Philosophical Psychology, 1999 |
| "What Is Tonality?" International Journal of Musiciology, 1995 |
| UNPUBLICATIONS (Work in progress; comments appreciated; do not quote or distribute without permission.) |
| "The Paraphenomenal Hypothesis" |
| "Unconscious Intentionality" |
| "Realist Bundle Theory" |
| "The Burgean Intuitions" |
Educational Background
- Ph.D., Philosophy, 1994
City University of New York, Graduate Center
- M.A., Music (Composition), 1985
Queens College, City University of New York
- B.A., Music, 1981
Haverford College

