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Robert J. Stainton is a Distinguished University Professor of Philosophy at The University of Western Ontario, where he has been faculty since 2004. His work primarily applies empirical linguistics to philosophical issues and philosophical analysis to language-related problems.
Stainton was educated at Glendon College of York University in Toronto and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His research interests focus on philosophy of language and empirical linguistics, with recent work examining the intersection of language, cognition, and metaphysics.
He is currently leading a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Insight Grant-funded project on The Metaphysics and Epistemology of Languages with Christopher Viger. His scholarly output includes numerous publications in philosophy of language, though specific recent articles aren't detailed in the available information.
- Elected to the Royal Society of Canada (2012)
Stainton has been actively involved in departmental and faculty-level service tasks including graduate admissions, comprehensive exams, strategic planning, and graduate education council work. Despite facing significant mental health challenges with bipolar disorder, he has maintained an active research agenda with multiple writing projects underway simultaneously. He is also participating in a Recovery College project developing materials on living with chronic suicidal thoughts.
