Kenneth A Taylor
Biographic Data
| ID | 3748449 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kenneth A Taylor |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kenneth A |
| FAMILY NAME | Taylor |
| SIGNATURE | TAYLOR K A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Stanford University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3205-9280 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Factors associated with lower quarter performance-based balance and strength tests
Objectives Physical performance tests are predictive of mortality and may screen for certain health conditions (e.g., sarcopenia); however, their diagnostic and/or prognostic value has primarily been studied in age-limited or disease-specific cohorts. Our objective was to identify the most salient characteristics associated with three lower quarter balance and strength tests in a cohort of community-dwelling adults. Methods We applied a stacked e…
Meaning Diminished
"Meaning Diminished examines the complex relationship between semantic analysis and metaphysical inquiry. Kenneth A. Taylor argues that we should expect linguistic and conceptual analysis of natural language to yield far less metaphysical insight into what there is - and the nature of what there is - than many philosophers have imagined. Taking a strong stand against the so-called linguistic turn in philosophy, Taylor contends that philosophers a…
Neither a populist nor a vanguardist be! Respecting the wisdom and will of the people
In this essay, I consider three different conceptions of ‘the people’ and what it means to ‘respect’ their collective will and wisdom: (a) the democratic conception of the people as a sprawling demos, (b) the populist conception of the people as an authentic folk (c) and, finally, the vanguardist conception of the people as the semi-mute masses who stand in need of revolutionary transformation. Although my ultimate aim is to defend the democratic…
On King, Resistance, Faith, and Despair
Martin Luther King, Jr.'s deep and abiding religious faith led him to believe that “the arc of the moral universe is long, but ... bends toward justice.” Though he believed that God exercises providential guidance over the universe, he did not think that the work of bending the arc of the universe belongs to God alone, with no need for human agency. We humans are urgently called by God to cooperate in the struggle for justice through “vigorous an…
Sign, Sign, Everywhere a Sign
De Re And De Dicto
Conventional wisdom has it that there is a class of attitude ascriptions such that in making an ascription of that sort, the ascriber undertakes a commitment to specify the contents of the ascribee’s head in what might be called a notionally sensitive, ascribee-centered way. In making such an ascription, the ascriber is supposed to undertake a commitment to specify the modes of presentation, concepts or notions under which the ascribee cognizes t…
Sex, Breakfast, And Descriptus Interruptus
What In Nature Is The Compulsion Of Reason
Language and Reality
Belief, information and semantic content
Sex, Breakfast, And Descriptus Interruptus
Belief, information and semantic content
Neither a populist nor a vanguardist be! Respecting the wisdom and will of the people
In this essay, I consider three different conceptions of ‘the people’ and what it means to ‘respect’ their collective will and wisdom: (a) the democratic conception of the people as a sprawling demos, (b) the populist conception of the people as an authentic folk (c) and, finally, the vanguardist conception of the people as the semi-mute masses who stand in need of revolutionary transformation. Although my ultimate aim is to defend the democratic…
Belief, information and semantic content
Language and Reality
What In Nature Is The Compulsion Of Reason
Sex, Breakfast, And Descriptus Interruptus
De Re And De Dicto
Conventional wisdom has it that there is a class of attitude ascriptions such that in making an ascription of that sort, the ascriber undertakes a commitment to specify the contents of the ascribee’s head in what might be called a notionally sensitive, ascribee-centered way. In making such an ascription, the ascriber is supposed to undertake a commitment to specify the modes of presentation, concepts or notions under which the ascribee cognizes t…
Sign, Sign, Everywhere a Sign
On King, Resistance, Faith, and Despair
Martin Luther King, Jr.'s deep and abiding religious faith led him to believe that “the arc of the moral universe is long, but ... bends toward justice.” Though he believed that God exercises providential guidance over the universe, he did not think that the work of bending the arc of the universe belongs to God alone, with no need for human agency. We humans are urgently called by God to cooperate in the struggle for justice through “vigorous an…
Meaning Diminished
"Meaning Diminished examines the complex relationship between semantic analysis and metaphysical inquiry. Kenneth A. Taylor argues that we should expect linguistic and conceptual analysis of natural language to yield far less metaphysical insight into what there is - and the nature of what there is - than many philosophers have imagined. Taking a strong stand against the so-called linguistic turn in philosophy, Taylor contends that philosophers a…
Neither a populist nor a vanguardist be! Respecting the wisdom and will of the people
In this essay, I consider three different conceptions of ‘the people’ and what it means to ‘respect’ their collective will and wisdom: (a) the democratic conception of the people as a sprawling demos, (b) the populist conception of the people as an authentic folk (c) and, finally, the vanguardist conception of the people as the semi-mute masses who stand in need of revolutionary transformation. Although my ultimate aim is to defend the democratic…
Factors associated with lower quarter performance-based balance and strength tests
Objectives Physical performance tests are predictive of mortality and may screen for certain health conditions (e.g., sarcopenia); however, their diagnostic and/or prognostic value has primarily been studied in age-limited or disease-specific cohorts. Our objective was to identify the most salient characteristics associated with three lower quarter balance and strength tests in a cohort of community-dwelling adults. Methods We applied a stacked e…
Epistemology (7 works) · Philosophy (7 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Metaphysics (4 works) · Classical Philosophy and Thought (3 works) · Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (3 works) · Mathematics (3 works) · Philosophy and Theoretical Science (3 works) · Philosophy of language (3 works) · Philosophy of science (3 works)