Gary Kemp

Biographic Data

ID460604
NAMEGary Kemp
GIVEN NAMESGary
FAMILY NAMEKemp
SIGNATUREKEMP G
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Glasgow
ORCID0000-0002-9890-2445
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS49
TOTAL CITATIONS46
AUTHOR COUNT49
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1967
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX3

  • The Place for Form in Wollheim's Lectures on Formalism and Pictorial Organization

    Open AccessGary KempARTICLEEuropean Journal of Philosophy2026

    At the time of his death, Richard Wollheim was writing a short book on Formalism and Pictorial Organization. Much of it, but by no means all of it, had been published before (it has come out posthumously in its entirety in late 2025). Here I do two things. First, I have provided a rather detailed exegesis concentrating on the parts of the book of most importance; the subject is relatively obscure in comparison with his well‐known views of represe…

  • Propositions as Made of Words

    Open AccessGary KempARTICLEErkenntnis2024

    I argue that the principal roles standardly envisaged for abstract propositions can be discharged to the sentences themselves (and similarly for the meanings or senses of words). I discuss: (1) Cognitive Value: Hesperus-Phosphorus; (2) Indirect Sense and Propositional Attitudes; (3) the Paradox of Analysis; (4) the Picture Theory of the Tractatus; (5) Syntactical Diagrams and Meaning; (6) Quantifying-in. (7) Patterns of Use. I end with comparison…

  • Quine, evidence, and our science

    Open AccessGary KempARTICLEPhilosophical Studies2024

    As is reasonably well-appreciated, Quine struggled with his definition of the all-important notion of an observation sentence; especially in order to make them bear out his commitment to language’s being a ‘social art’. In an earlier article ( Mind 131(523):805–825, 2022), I proposed a certain repair, which here I will explain, justify and articulate further. But it also infects the definition of observation categoricals, and furthermore makes it…

  • Quine's Philosophy: An Introduction

    Gary KempBOOKQuine's Philosophy2023

    W.V. Quine is one of the leading figures of 20th century analytic philosophy, and still among the most influential. But his work can be challenging and complex, and indeed often misunderstood. In this updated introduction to Quine’s thought, Gary Kemp examines his seemingly disparate views as a unified whole and offers a valuable guide for anyone approaching Quine for the first time. Informed by current debates and updated throughout, this editio…

  • Trust and the appreciation of art

    Open AccessDaniel Abrahams, Gary KempARTICLERatio2022

    Does trust play a significant role in the appreciation of art? If so, how does it operate? We argue that it does, and that the mechanics of trust operate both at a general and a particular level. After outlining the general notion of ‘art‐trust’—the notion sketched is consistent with most notions of trust on the market—and considering certain objections to the model proposed, we consider specific examples to show in some detail that the experienc…

  • A Unified Account: Pictorial, Photographic and Sculptural Seeing as Spectral Seeing

    Open AccessGary KempARTICLETheoria2020

    I extend my account involving the notion of “spectral seeing” from representation in painting (and drawing, etching, etc.) to representation in photography and sculpture. The account is psychological, but it steers clear of the psychological complexity often found in Wollheim‐derived accounts of pictorial representation; indeed no extra‐ordinary special sensory capacity is involved. That the account extends so naturally to these other non‐linguis…

  • The Future of U.S. Engagement in the Middle East

    Open AccessJoan Polaschik, Gary Kemp et al.ARTICLEMiddle East Policy2019

  • Critical Thinking

    Tracy Bowell, Gary KempBOOKCritical Thinking2019

  • On Looking through Wollheim's Bifocals: Depiction, Twofolded Seeing and the Trompe-l'œil

    Open AccessGary KempARTICLEThe British Journal of Aesthetics2018Cited by: 2References: 1

    Richard Wollheim was hardly alone in supposing that his account of pictorial depiction implies that a trompe-l’œil is not a depiction. I recommend removing this apparent implication by inserting a Kant-style version of aspect-perception into his account. I characterize the result as Neo-Wollheimian and retain the centrality of Wollheim’s notion of twofoldedness in the theory of depiction, but I demote it to a contingent feature of depictions and …

  • Is Everything a Set? Quine and (Hyper)Pythagoreanism

    Gary KempARTICLEThe Monist2017

    Every student of Quine knows that his ontology consists in physical objects plus the entities required by mathematics, i.e., sets or classes. He came to this view after trying out nominalism, the view that there are only physical objects, and concluding that it cannot be made to work. Less well known is his having tried out, and ultimately rejected, the seemingly outlandish view that everything is a set or class, called “Pythagoreanism” or “(Hype…

  • Quine, Publicity, and Pre-Established Harmony

    Gary Kemp, ProtoSociology ProjectARTICLEProtoSociology2017

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  • What is this thing called Philosophy of Language?

    Gary KempBOOKWhat Is This Thing Called…2013

    Philosophy of language explores some of the fundamental yet most technical problems in philosophy, such as meaning and reference, semantics, and propositional attitudes. Some of its greatest exponents, including Gottlob Frege, Ludwig Wittgenstein and Bertrand Russell are amongst the major figures in the history of philosophy. In this clear and carefully structured introduction to the subject Gary Kemp explains the following key topics: the basic …

  • The ‘End of Censorship’ and the Politics of Toleration, from Locke to Sacheverell

    Open AccessGary Kemp, GEOFF KEMPARTICLEParliamentary History2012

    The end of pre‐publication censorship in England in 1695 is a milestone in the historical self‐image of modern liberal democracy, although historians since at least Macaulay have seen the fall of the Licensing Act as preceding, rather than proceeding from, a principled commitment to press freedom. One outcome has been a routine assumption that the multiple attempts to pass printing legislation in the decade after 1695 tried to restore press licen…

  • Beauty and Language

    Gary KempARTICLEThe British Journal of Aesthetics2007

    Journal Article Beauty and Language Get access Gary Kemp Gary Kemp Gary Kemp, Department of Philosophy, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The British Journal of Aesthetics, Volume 47, Issue 3, July 2007, Pages 258–267, https://doi.org/10.1093/aesthj/aym006 Published: 01 July 2007

  • Quine: A Guide for the Perplexed (Guides for the Perplexed)

    Gary KempBOOKQuine2006

  • Critical Thinking: A Concise Guide

    Tracy Bowell, Gary KempBOOKCritical Thinking2005

  • Europe's Middle East challenges

    Gary Kemp, Geoffrey KempARTICLEThe Washington Quarterly2003Cited by: 2

    Europe's deep involvement with the Middle East will grow and become increasingly political. It is therefore essential that the Europeans resolve their own regional policy disputes, on four issues in particular, and work with the United States on at least three key problems

  • War with Iraq: A Cost–Benefit Analysis

    Open AccessAnthony H Cordesman, Joseph Wilson et al.ARTICLEMiddle East Policy2002

    The following is an edited transcript of the thirtieth in a series of Capitol Hill conferences convened by the Middle East Policy Council. The meeting was held on October 9, 2002, in the Dirksen Senate Office Building with Chas. W. Freeman, Jr., moderating

  • Reply to Heck on Meaning and Truth-Conditions

    Gary KempARTICLEThe Philosophical Quarterly2002References: 5

    Richard Heck has contested my argument that the equation of the meaning of a sentence with its truth‐condition implies deflationism, on the ground that the argument does not go through if truth‐conditions are understood, in Davidson’s style, to be stated by T‐sentences. My reply is that Davidsonian theories of meaning do not equate the meaning of a sentence with its truth‐condition, and thus that Heck’s point does not actually obstruct my argumen…

  • The Routledge Companion to Aesthetics

    Gary KempARTICLEThe British Journal of Aesthetics2002

    Journal Article The Routledge Companion to Aesthetics Get access Gary Kemp Gary Kemp Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The British Journal of Aesthetics, Volume 42, Issue 3, July 2002, Pages 323–327, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjaesthetics/42.3.323 Published: 01 July 2002

  • Philosophies of Art and Beauty

    Gary KempARTICLEThe British Journal of Aesthetics2002Cited by: 6

    1University of Glasgow Philosophies of Art and Beauty HughBredinLiberatoSantoro‐Brienza Edinburgh U.P. 2000xiv + 226£14.95

  • Symposium: U.S. Policy Toward Iran: Time for a Change

    Open AccessRichard Allan Roth, Suzanne Maloney et al.ARTICLEMiddle East Policy2001

  • Iran: Can the United States do a deal

    Gary Kemp, Geoffrey KempARTICLEThe Washington Quarterly2001Cited by: 1

    A rapprochement is in the long‐term interests of Washington and Tehran, but reestablishing diplomatic relations in the coming months is unthinkable, at least in Iran. The new U.S. administration is also unlikely to change its policy until two conditions are met

  • Symposium: Policy Implications of the Price of Oil

    Open AccessRobert R Copaken, Nathaniel Kern et al.ARTICLEMiddle East Policy1999

    The following is an edited transcript of the eighteenth in a series of Capitol Hill conferences convened by the Middle East Policy Council. The meeting was held on March SO, 1999, in the Dirksen Senate Office Building

  • The Persian Gulf remains the strategic prize

    Gary KempARTICLESurvival1998

    The Persian Gulf's security remains a strategic challenge for the global economy. Asia's need for more Gulf oil coincides with further proliferation of weapons of mass destruction; declining support for American policy towards Iraq; and the Caspian Basin's emergence as a region of geopolitical competition. Today, low oil prices are one of the most serious sources of instability in the Gulf. The continued crisis over Iraq and the US stand-off with…