Kit Fine
Biographic Data
| ID | 3866019 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kit Fine |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kit |
| FAMILY NAME | Fine |
| SIGNATURE | FINE K |
| AFFILIATIONS | New York University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9438-4900 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 51 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 316 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 50 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1970 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Is Self‐Reference Possible
I consider a view under which expressions are endowed with meaning rather than being assigned a meaning. I argue that self‐reference is still possible under such a view but that it requires fundamental changes in our understanding of quotation, definition and the principle of compositionality
Some Remarks on the Role of Essence in Kripke's “Naming and Necessity”
I discuss the use Kripke makes of the concept of essence in “Naming and Necessity”
Truthmaking and the is–ought gap
Ignorance of ignorance
A Theory of Truthmaker Content I
Truthmaker Semantics
A Theory of Truthmaker Content II
The possibility of vagueness
Unified Foundations for Essence and Ground
I argue in favor of a distinctive generic form of essence and ground and show how the two notions thereby complement one another as forms of necessary and sufficient condition.
Fundamental Truth and Fundamental Terms
Guide to ground
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The Pure Logic of Ground
I lay down a system of structural rules for various notions of ground and establish soundness and completeness.
Counterfactuals Without Possible Worlds
A difficulty for the possible worlds analysis of counterfactuals
Contemporary Aristotelian Metaphysics
Aristotelian (or neo-Aristotelian) metaphysics is currently undergoing something of a renaissance. This volume brings together fourteen essays from leading philosophers who are sympathetic to this conception of metaphysics, which takes its cue from the idea that metaphysics is the first philosophy. The primary input from Aristotle is methodological, but many themes familiar from his metaphysics will be discussed, including ontological categories,…
An Abstract Characterization of the Determinate/Determinable Distinction
Some Puzzles of Ground
I describe some paradoxes of ground and relate them to the semantic paradoxes.
Reply to Lawlor’s ‘Varieties of Coreference’
Towards a Theory of Part
The Impossibility of Vagueness
I wish to present a proof that vagueness is impossible. Of course, vagueness is possible; and so there must be something wrong with the proof. But it is far from clear where the error lies and, indeed, all of the assumptions upon which the proof depends are ones that have commonly been accepted. This suggests that we may have to radically alter our current conception of vagueness if we are to make proper sense of what it is. The present investiga…
Semantic Relationism
Written by a respected philosopher, this text argues for a fundamentally new approach to the study of representation in language and thought.
Semantic relationism
The RealIty of Tense
The Problem of De Re Modality
It is maintained that Quine had two arguments against quantified modal logic; one rooted in an opposition to the idea of an essential property; and the other rooted in an opposition to the idea that one might intelligibly quantify into opaque contexts. These arguments are critically examined and shown to lead to very different conclusions and considerations.
Modality and tense
Essence and Modality
Vagueness, truth and logic
Towards a Theory of Part
Neutral Relations
Research Article| January 01 2000 Neutral Relations Kit Fine Kit Fine Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google The Philosophical Review (2000) 109 (1): 1–33. https://doi.org/10.1215/00318108-109-1-1 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Tools Icon Tools Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Kit Fine; Neutral Relatio…
Fundamental Truth and Fundamental Terms
The RealIty of Tense
Ignorance of ignorance
First-order modal theories III — Facts
A difficulty for the possible worlds analysis of counterfactuals
The Impossibility of Vagueness
I wish to present a proof that vagueness is impossible. Of course, vagueness is possible; and so there must be something wrong with the proof. But it is far from clear where the error lies and, indeed, all of the assumptions upon which the proof depends are ones that have commonly been accepted. This suggests that we may have to radically alter our current conception of vagueness if we are to make proper sense of what it is. The present investiga…
Reply to Lawlor’s ‘Varieties of Coreference’
The possibility of vagueness
An Abstract Characterization of the Determinate/Determinable Distinction
The Logic of Decision and Action
Journal Article Book Reviews Get access The Logic of Decision and Action. Edited by Nicholas Rescher. ( University of Pittsburgh Press. 1968. Pp. ix + 226. Price $7.50) K. Fine K. Fine Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 20, Issue 80, July 1970, Pages 287–288, https://doi.org/10.2307/2218419 Published: 01 July 1970
Propositional quantifiers in modal logic 1
The Logic of Decision and Action
Journal Article Book Reviews Get access The Logic of Decision and Action. Edited by Nicholas Rescher. ( University of Pittsburgh Press. 1968. Pp. ix + 226. Price $7.50) K. Fine K. Fine Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 20, Issue 80, July 1970, Pages 287–288, https://doi.org/10.2307/2218419 Published: 01 July 1970
Temporal Logic
Journal Article Book Reviews Get access Temporal Logic. By Nicholas Rescheb and Alasdair Urquhart. (Wien & New York: Springer. 1971. Pp. xviii + 273. Price £19.80) Kit Fine Kit Fine Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 22, Issue 89, October 1972, Pages 370–371, https://doi.org/10.2307/2218321 Published: 01 October 1972
Objects of Thought
An incomplete logic containing S4
Vagueness, truth and logic
Beyond Marx and Tito
Sharon Zukin. Beyond Marx and Tito: Theory and Practice in Yugoslav Socialism. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1975
The Nature of Necessity
The Logic of Significance and Context
Journal Article Book Reviews Get access The Logic of Significance and Context. By L. Goddard and R. Routley. (Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press. 1973. Pp. xii + 642. Price £11.00) K. Fine K. Fine Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 28, Issue 113, October 1978, Pages 362–364, https://doi.org/10.2307/2219097 Published: 01 October 1978
First-order modal theories III — Facts
Reasoning with arbitrary objects
Handbook of Metaphysics and Ontology
Plantinga on Essentialism, Sklar on Space-Time, Stroll on Surfaces and Walton on Fiction are all examples.This two-volume work is clearly printed and well constructed, being likely to withstand the wear a reference text can be expected to suffer.It is a delight to dip into; the phrase 'hard to put down' is certainly apt.At £210, however, it is not likely to appeal to individual buyers and, notwithstanding its merits, I cannot say that the conside…
Aristotle on Matter
A Puzzle Concerning Matter and Form
Montgomery Furth has written,1 ‘given a suitable pair of individualsߪ there is no reason of Aristotelian metaphysics why the very fire and earth that this noon composes Callias and distinguishes him from Socrates could not, by a set of utterly curious chances, twenty years from now compose Socrates ߪ ‘. He does not specify what these ‘curious chances’ might be. But we may suppose that Socrates eats Callias for his lunch and that, owing to the sup…
Essence and Modality
The logic of essence
XIV—Ontological Dependence
XIV—Ontological Dependence Get access Kit Fine Kit Fine Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, Volume 95, Issue 1, 1 June 1995, Pages 269–290, https://doi.org/10.1093/aristotelian/95.1.269 Published: 09 September 2015
Vagueness, truth and logic
Mixing Matters
Aristotle raised a puzzle about the possibility of mixing whose solution is by no means obvious. I here explicate his solution to the puzzle and attempt to make it plausible within the context of his thought. Although we now know that his specific views on mixing were mistaken, his discussion of the topic raises questions concerning the role of capacities and the relationship of part to whole that are still of interest.
Things and Their Parts
Neutral Relations
Neutral Relations
Research Article| January 01 2000 Neutral Relations Kit Fine Kit Fine Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google The Philosophical Review (2000) 109 (1): 1–33. https://doi.org/10.1215/00318108-109-1-1 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Tools Icon Tools Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Kit Fine; Neutral Relatio…
The Varieties of Necessity
Necessity abounds. There are the necessary truths of logic, mathematics, and metaphysics, the necessary connections among events in the natural world, the necessary or unconditional principles of ethics, and many other forms of necessary truth or connection.
The Question of Realism
The Limits of Abstraction
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