Jeff Speaks

Jeff Speaks is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, specializing in Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Language, and Metaphysics. He holds a PhD from Princeton University and has been at Notre Dame since 2006. His research focuses on semantic theory, propositional structure, and the nature of perceptual content. He has taught courses on metaphysics, philosophy of language, paradoxes, and semantics.

Education: Ph.D., Princeton University (2003). His work explores topics like propositional unity, the role of propositions in semantics, and the relationship between perception and conceptual content. He has published extensively in journals such as Australasian Journal of Philosophy and Philosophical Studies.

Recent publications include analyses of the schmidentity strategy, propositions as Cambridge properties, and debates about perceptual content. Though no awards are explicitly listed, his contributions to philosophical semantics and metaphysics have been widely cited. He co-teaches advanced seminars on properties and propositions and has advised multiple graduate courses in philosophy.