About

David Jeffrey Manley

Assistant Professor of Philosophy

Contact Information
E-mail: dmanley8@gmail.com
Phone: (949) 241-1520
Office: STO 99

LINKS
Personal Website
 

Education
Ph.D. Philosophy, Rutgers, 2005
 

Description of Research

Summary Statement of Research Interests
I work on the metaphysics of properties, meta-ontology, philosophical semantics, apriority and analyticity, singular thought, and puzzles in confirmation theory.
 

Research Specialties
Metaphysics, Epistemology, Philosophy of Language and Mind
 

Publications

Book
Chalmers, David; Manley, David; Wasserman, Ryan (Ed.). (2009). Metametaphysics: New Essays on the Foundations of Ontology. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
 

Book Chapter
Manley, D. (2009). 'Metametaphysics: A Guided Tour' in Metametaphysics, ed. Chalmers et. al. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
 

Journal Article
Manley, D. (2009). When Best Theories Go Bad. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. Vol. forthcoming
Manley, D., Wasserman, R. (2008). On Linking Dispositions with Conditionals. Mind. Vol. 117, pp. 59-84.
Manley, D. (2007). Safety, Content, Apriority, Self-Knowledge. The Journal of Philosophy. Vol. 104 (8), pp. 403-423.
Manley, D., Wasserman, R. (2007). A Gradable Approach to Dispositions. Philosophical Quarterly. Vol. 57, pp. 68-75.
Hawthorne, J., Manley, D. (2005). Critical study of S. Mumford, Dispositions. Nous. Vol. 39, pp. 179-195.
Manley, D. (2002). Properties and Resemblance Classes. Nous. Vol. 36, pp. 75-96.
 
 
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