Alex Oliver
Biographic Data
| ID | 3973725 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alex Oliver |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alex |
| FAMILY NAME | Oliver |
| SIGNATURE | OLIVER A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Cambridge |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8447-8930 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Countering “Fake News” Through Public Education and Advertisements
This paper examines whether proactive efforts to educate people about disinformation through advertisements can successfully increase skepticism towards false headlines or if such efforts do more harm than good by inadvertently increasing belief in false information. We analyze a survey experiment that employed three different advertisements that directly addressed “fake news.” We find that all advertisements were effective at increasing skeptici…
The Rhetorical Post-presidency
Former presidents are not resigned to quiet anonymity but instead can remain prominent political actors long after exiting the White House. From Jimmy Carter's personal diplomacy to Donald Trump's caustic social media posts, ex-presidents continue to exercise considerable political power despite lacking any official role or governing authority. We argue that this continued post-presidential influence is an outgrowth of the informal powers of the …
Travelling responsibly, but further to go
This article considers the transformations taking place in the consular landscape and the resulting pressures on departments of foreign affairs both in Australia and elsewhere. For Australia, the challenges are particularly compelling. As the Lowy Institute has observed in successive reports, Australia’s anaemic overseas representation renders the growing consular load an even more formidable problem. When crises strike, resources are diverted bo…
What Are Sets and What Are They For
Strategies for a Logic of Plurals
English has plural terms (e.g., ‘Oliver and Smiley’, ‘the co‐authors of this paper’) as well as singular terms. But our standard formal languages, e.g., the predicate calculus, feature only singular terms. How can the plural idiom be formalized?‘Changing the subject’ is by far the most common plurals strategy among both philosophers and linguists: a plural term is replaced by a singular term standing for some complex object (a set or an aggregate…
Logic, Mathematics and Philosophy
XI—A Few More Remarks on Logical Form
XI—A Few More Remarks on Logical Form Get access Alex Oliver Alex Oliver Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, Volume 99, Issue 1, 1 June 1999, Pages 247–272, https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9264.00059 Published: 09 September 2015
Frege and Dummett are Two
Journal Article Frege and Dummett are Two Get access Alex Oliver Alex Oliver Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 44, Issue 174, January 1994, Pages 74–82, https://doi.org/10.2307/2220148 Published: 01 January 1994
Strategies for a Logic of Plurals
English has plural terms (e.g., ‘Oliver and Smiley’, ‘the co‐authors of this paper’) as well as singular terms. But our standard formal languages, e.g., the predicate calculus, feature only singular terms. How can the plural idiom be formalized?‘Changing the subject’ is by far the most common plurals strategy among both philosophers and linguists: a plural term is replaced by a singular term standing for some complex object (a set or an aggregate…
Logic, Mathematics and Philosophy
Countering “Fake News” Through Public Education and Advertisements
This paper examines whether proactive efforts to educate people about disinformation through advertisements can successfully increase skepticism towards false headlines or if such efforts do more harm than good by inadvertently increasing belief in false information. We analyze a survey experiment that employed three different advertisements that directly addressed “fake news.” We find that all advertisements were effective at increasing skeptici…
The Rhetorical Post-presidency
Former presidents are not resigned to quiet anonymity but instead can remain prominent political actors long after exiting the White House. From Jimmy Carter's personal diplomacy to Donald Trump's caustic social media posts, ex-presidents continue to exercise considerable political power despite lacking any official role or governing authority. We argue that this continued post-presidential influence is an outgrowth of the informal powers of the …
Travelling responsibly, but further to go
This article considers the transformations taking place in the consular landscape and the resulting pressures on departments of foreign affairs both in Australia and elsewhere. For Australia, the challenges are particularly compelling. As the Lowy Institute has observed in successive reports, Australia’s anaemic overseas representation renders the growing consular load an even more formidable problem. When crises strike, resources are diverted bo…
Frege and Dummett are Two
Journal Article Frege and Dummett are Two Get access Alex Oliver Alex Oliver Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 44, Issue 174, January 1994, Pages 74–82, https://doi.org/10.2307/2220148 Published: 01 January 1994
Frege and Dummett are Two
Journal Article Frege and Dummett are Two Get access Alex Oliver Alex Oliver Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 44, Issue 174, January 1994, Pages 74–82, https://doi.org/10.2307/2220148 Published: 01 January 1994
XI—A Few More Remarks on Logical Form
XI—A Few More Remarks on Logical Form Get access Alex Oliver Alex Oliver Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, Volume 99, Issue 1, 1 June 1999, Pages 247–272, https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9264.00059 Published: 09 September 2015
Logic, Mathematics and Philosophy
Strategies for a Logic of Plurals
English has plural terms (e.g., ‘Oliver and Smiley’, ‘the co‐authors of this paper’) as well as singular terms. But our standard formal languages, e.g., the predicate calculus, feature only singular terms. How can the plural idiom be formalized?‘Changing the subject’ is by far the most common plurals strategy among both philosophers and linguists: a plural term is replaced by a singular term standing for some complex object (a set or an aggregate…
What Are Sets and What Are They For
Travelling responsibly, but further to go
This article considers the transformations taking place in the consular landscape and the resulting pressures on departments of foreign affairs both in Australia and elsewhere. For Australia, the challenges are particularly compelling. As the Lowy Institute has observed in successive reports, Australia’s anaemic overseas representation renders the growing consular load an even more formidable problem. When crises strike, resources are diverted bo…
Countering “Fake News” Through Public Education and Advertisements
This paper examines whether proactive efforts to educate people about disinformation through advertisements can successfully increase skepticism towards false headlines or if such efforts do more harm than good by inadvertently increasing belief in false information. We analyze a survey experiment that employed three different advertisements that directly addressed “fake news.” We find that all advertisements were effective at increasing skeptici…
The Rhetorical Post-presidency
Former presidents are not resigned to quiet anonymity but instead can remain prominent political actors long after exiting the White House. From Jimmy Carter's personal diplomacy to Donald Trump's caustic social media posts, ex-presidents continue to exercise considerable political power despite lacking any official role or governing authority. We argue that this continued post-presidential influence is an outgrowth of the informal powers of the …
Philosophy (6 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Epistemology (4 works) · Philosophy and Theoretical Science (4 works) · Classical Philosophy and Thought (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Linguistics (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Classics (2 works)