Edward N. Zalta is a Senior Research Scholar at the Center for the Study of Language and Information. The Center for the Study of Language and Information (CSLI) is an independent research center at Stanford University. ...

His research specialties include:

• Metaphysics and Epistemology
• Philosophy of Logic
• Philosophy of language and Intensional logic
• Philosophy of mathematics
• Philosophy of mind/Intentionality

Zalta has taught courses at Stanford University, Rice University, the University of Salzburg, and the University of Auckland, and has lectured in various universities in more than ten countries. Metaphysics (Greek words meta = after/beyond and physics = nature) is a branch of philosophy concerned with the study of first principles and being (ontology). ... Epistemology, from the Greek words episteme (knowledge) and logos (word/speech) is the branch of philosophy that deals with the nature, origin and scope of knowledge. ... Philosophical logic is the study of the more specifically philosophical aspects of logic: the term contrasts with mathematical logic. ... Philosophy of language is the branch of philosophy that studies language. ... Modal logic, or (less commonly) intensional logic is the branch of logic that deals with sentences that are qualified by modalities such as can, could, might, may, must, possibly, and necessarily, and others. ... Philosophy of mathematics is that branch of philosophy which attempts to answer questions such as: why is mathematics useful in describing nature?, in which sense(s), if any, do mathematical entities such as numbers exist? and why and how are mathematical statements true?. Various approaches to answering these questions will... Philosophy of mind is the philosophical study of the nature of the mind, mental events, mental functions, mental properties, and consciousness. ... Intentionality, originally a concept from scholastic philosophy, was reintroduced in contemporary philosophy by the philosopher and psychologist Franz Brentano in his work Psychologie vom Empirischen Standpunkte. ... For other meanings of Stanford, see Stanford (disambiguation). ... Rice University William Marsh Rice University, commonly called Rice University, but formerly known as Rice Institute, is located in the Museum District of Houston, Texas. ... The University of Salzburg, or Paris Londron University after its founder, the Prince Archbishop Paris Londron, is located in the Austrian city of Salzburg, home of Mozart. ... The University of Auckland is New Zealands largest research-based university by student numbers. ... A country, a land, is a geographical area that connotes an independent political entity, with its own government, administration, laws, often a constitution, police, military, tax rules, and population, who are one anothers countrymen. ...

Zalta is also the Principal Editor of the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. do i even know who you are??? // Headline text Bold textAn Editor is a person who prepares text—typically language, but also images and sounds—for publication by correcting, condensing, or otherwise modifying it. ... The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (hereafter SEP) is a free online encyclopedia of philosophy run and maintained by Stanford University. ...