Edward Zalta

Edward Zalta is a Senior Research Scholar at the Center for the Study of Language and Information in the Department of Philosophy at Stanford University. He has held visiting professorships at institutions including LMU Munich, University of Bamberg, and University of Santiago de Compostela.

His research focuses on:

• Metaphysics and Epistemology
• Philosophy of Mathematics
• Computational Metaphysics
• Philosophical Logic
• Intensional Logic
• Formal Semantics

Zalta designed and serves as Co-Principal Editor of the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, having held the Principal Editor role from 1995 to 2022. His work spans modal logic, contemporary analytic philosophy, and historical figures like Bolzano, Frege, and Carnap.

Scientific recognition includes:

• K. Jon Barwise Prize (2016)
• Covey Award (2009)