Biography

Sarah Sawyer graduated from Kings College London with a PhD in Philosophy in 1998. She has since taught at the University of St. Andrews, the University of Kansas, and the University of Nebraska. After 7 years in the Midwest she returned to the UK in 2006, taking up a position as Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at Sussex.

Role

Sarah Sawyer is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy

My research interests lie in Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Language, Epistemology and Metaphysics. My published work focuses primarily on the implications of anti-individualism and on empty singular terms.

Papers can be downloaded from: http://sussex.academia.edu/SarahSawyer/Papers

 

Autumn Term:

Epistemology; Figures in Analytic Philosophy

Spring Term:

Elementary Logic; Philosophy of Mind; Language and Truth (MA)

Student Consultation

Summer Term 2012 Office Hours Mondays 1pm -2.45pm.

Sawyer, Sarah (2012) Cognitivism: A New Theory of Singular Thought. Mind and Language. ISSN 0268-1064 (In Press)

Sawyer, Sarah (2011) Internalism and Externalism in Mind. In: The Continuum Companion to the Philosophy of Mind. Continuum Press. ISBN 9780826431882

Sawyer, Sarah (2010) The Modified Predicate Theory of Proper Names. In: New Waves in Philosophy of Language. Palgrave MacMillan Press. ISBN 9780230224377

Sawyer, Dr Sarah, ed. (2010) New Waves in Philosophy of Language. New Waves in Philosophy . Palgrave MacMillan Press. ISBN 9780230224377

Sawyer, Sarah (2007) There is No Viable Notion of Narrow Content. In: Contemporary Debates in the Philosophy of Mind. Blackwell Publishers Ltd, pp. 20-34. ISBN 9781405117616

Majors, Brad and Sawyer, Sarah (2007) Entitlement, Opacity and Connection. In: Internalism and externalism in semantics and epistemology. Oxford University Press, pp. 131-159. ISBN 9780199275755

Sawyer, Sarah (2006) Externalism, Apriority and Transmission of Warrant. In: What Determines Content? The Internalism / Externalism Dispute. Cambridge Scholars Press, pp. 142-153. ISBN 9781847180117

Sawyer, Sarah (2006) The Role of Object-Dependent Content in Psychological Explanation. Teorema, XXV (1). pp. 181-192. ISSN 0210-1602

Majors, Brad and Sawyer, Sarah (2005) The Epistemological Argument for Content Externalism. Philosophical Perspectives, 19 (1). pp. 257-280. ISSN 1520-8583

Sawyer, Sarah (2004) Absences, Presences and Sufficient Conditions. Analysis, 64 (284). pp. 354-357. ISSN 0003-2638

Sawyer, Sarah (2003) Sufficient Absences. Analysis, 63 (279). pp. 202-208. ISSN 0003-2638

Sawyer, Sarah (2003) Conceptual Errors and Social Externalism. Philosophical Quarterly, 53 (211). pp. 265-273. ISSN 0031-8094

Sawyer, Sarah (2002) Reflecting on Content Skepticism. Southwest Philosophy Review, 18 (2). pp. 89-94. ISSN 0897-2346

Sawyer, Sarah (2002) Abstract Artifacts in Pretence. Philosophical Papers, 31 (2). pp. 183-198. ISSN 0556-8641

Sawyer, Sarah (2002) In Defence of Burge's Thesis. Philosophical Studies, 107 (2). pp. 109-128. ISSN 0031-8116

Sawyer, Sarah (2001) The Epistemic Divide. The Southern Journal of Philosophy, 39 (3). pp. 385-401. ISSN 0031-8116

Sawyer, Sarah (1999) My Language Disquotes. Analysis, 59 (3). pp. 206-211. ISSN 0003-2638

Sawyer, Sarah (1999) An Externalist Account of Introspective Knowledge. Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, 80. pp. 358-378.

Sawyer, Sarah (1998) Privileged Access to the World. Australasian Journal of Philosophy, 76. pp. 523-533.