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. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Knowledge. ... Philosophy of logic is the branch of philosophy that is concerned with the nature and justification of systems of 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... A Phrenological mapping of the brain. ... 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. ... Stanford redirects here. ... Lovett Hall William Marsh Rice University, commonly called Rice University and opened in 1912 as Rice Institute, is one of the United Statess elite institutions of higher education. ... The University of Salzburg, or Paris Lodron University (German Universität Salzburg) after its founder, the Prince Archbishop Paris Lodron, is located in the Austrian city of Salzburg, home of Mozart. ... The University of Auckland is New Zealands largest research-based university. ... Wiktionary has related dictionary definitions, such as: country In political geography and international politics a country is a geographical territory. ...

Zalta is also the Principal Editor of the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. An 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. ...

Zalta's most notable philosophical position is descended from the position of Alexius Meinong and Ernst Mally, who suggested that there are many non-existent objects. On Zalta's account, some objects (the ordinary concrete ones around us, like tables and chairs) "exemplify" properties, while others (abstract objects like numbers, and what others would call "non-existent objects", like the round square, and the mountain made entirely of gold) merely "encode" them. While the objects that exemplify properties are discovered through traditional empirical means, a simple set of axioms allows us to know about objects that encode properties. For every set of properties, there is exactly one object that encodes exactly that set of properties and no others. This allows for a formalized ontology. Alexius Meinong (July 17, 1853 - November 27, 1920) was an Austrian philosopher. ... Ernst Mally (1879 - 1944) was an Austrian philosopher and student of Alexius Meinong. ... In philosophy, ontology (from the Greek , genitive : of being (part. ...