Josh Dever

Josh Dever is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin, where he teaches in the Department of Philosophy within the College of Liberal Arts. He received his PhD from the University of California, Berkeley and maintains an active research and teaching profile in contemporary philosophy.

His primary research interests include Logic, Philosophy of Language, and Philosophical Logic, with special focus on compositionality in formal semantics, reference theory, conditionals, and semantic values. Professor Dever's work bridges formal semantics with broader philosophical implications throughout core areas of philosophy.

His publications demonstrate significant contributions to the field, including influential journal articles in Linguistics and Philosophy, Philosophical Studies, and Synthese, as well as major co-authored books with Herman Cappelen such as Puzzles of Reference (2018), Bad Language (2019), and Making AI Intelligible (2021). His most recent scholarly contribution appears in Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Language Volume 3 (2023) with the article "Scoreboards Without Scorekeepers".

Professor Dever regularly teaches undergraduate and graduate courses including Philosophy of Language (PHL 332, PHL 394K), Intermediate Symbolic Logic (PHL 344K), and First-Year Seminars (PHL 384F), demonstrating his commitment to both advanced research and undergraduate education.