Wayne A Davis
Title
Chair and Professor
President, Faculty Senate
President, Faculty Senate
Department
Georgetown College
Publications
Publications
Books
- Wayne Davis. Nondescriptive Meaning and Reference. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005.
- Wayne Davis. Meaning, Expression, and Thought. : Cambridge University Press, 2003.
- Wayne Davis. Implicature: Intention, Convention, and Principle in the Failure of Gricean Theory. Cambridge: Camridge University Press, 1998.
- Wayne Davis. An Introduction to Logic. : Prentice-Hall, 1986.
- Wayne Davis. Study Guide to An Introduction to Logic. : Prentice-Hall, 1986.
Articles in journals
- Wayne A. Davis and Christoph Jäger. "Reliabilism and the Extra Value of Knowledge." Philosophical Studies (2012).
- Wayne A. Davis. "Meaning, Implicature and Linguistic Variabilty." Intercultural Pragmatics 9.2 (2012): 245-269.
- Wayne A. Davis. "Metalnguistic’ Negations, Denial, and Idioms." Journal of Pragmatics 43 (2011): 2548-2577.
- Wayne A. Davis. "Symposium on Meaning, Expression, and Thought: Precis, with replies to M. Green, Z. Szabo, R. Jeshion, and M. Siebel." Philosophical Studies 137 (2008): 383-7, 427-445.
- Wayne A. Davis. "Expressing, Meaning, Showing, and Intending to Indicate." Intercultural Pragmatics 5 (2008): 111-129.
- Wayne A. Davis. "Thought Structure, Belief Content, and Possession Conditions." Acta Analytica 23 (2008): 207-232.
- Wayne Davis. "Knowledge Claims and Context: Loose Use." Philosophical Studies 132.3 (2007): 395-438.
- Wayne A. Davis. "How Normative is Implicature?." Journal of Pragmatics 39 (2007): 1655-1672.
- Wayne A. Davis. "Grice’s Meaning Project." Teorema 26 (2007): 41-58.
- Wayne Davis. "Concepts and Epistemic Individuation." Philosophy and Phenomenological Research (2005).
- Wayne Davis. "Psychologism and Humeanism." Philosophy and Phenomenological Research (2005).
- Wayne Davis. "Concept Individual, Possession Conditions, and Propositional Attitudes." Nous (2005).
- Wayne Davis. "Reasons and Psychological Causes." Philosophical Studies (2005).
- Wayne Davis. "Reason, Emotion, and the Importance of Philosophy." The Journal of Ayn Rand Studies 4 (2002): 1-24.
- Wayne Davis. "Communication, Telling, and Informing." Philosophical Inquiry 21 (1999): 21-43.
- Wayne Davis. "Davidson’s Conceptual Argument for Rational Cognition." Legal Theory 3 (1997): 205-210.
- Wayne Davis. "Speaker Meaning ." Linguistics and Philosophy 15 (1992): 223-253.
- Wayne Davis. "Cogitative and Cognitive Speaker Meaning." Philosophical Studies 67 (1992): 71-88.
- Wayne Davis. "The World Shift Theory of Free Choice." Australasian Journal of Philosophy 69 (1991): 206-11.
- Wayne Davis. "Reply to Blum." Philosophia 21 (1991): 211-218.
- Wayne Davis with J.W. Bender. "Technical Flaws in the Coherence Theory." Synthese 79 (1989): 257-78.
- Wayne Davis. "Knowledge, Acceptance, and Belief." Southern Journal of Philosophy 26 (1988): 169-78.
- Wayne Davis. "Causal Theory of Experiential Fear." Canadian Journal of Philosophy 18 (1988): 459-83.
- Wayne Davis . "Expression of Emotion." American Philosophical Quarterly 25 (1988): 279-291.
- Wayne Davis with J. W. Bender. "Coherence is Insufficient for Epistemic Justification." Proceedings of the Ohio Philosophical Association (1988): 1-12.
- Wayne Davis. "The Varieties of Fear ." Philosophical Studies 51 (1987): 287-310.
- Wayne Davis. "Miller on Enjoyment: A Rejoinder." Philosophy Research Archives 12 (1987): 553-555.
- Wayne Davis. "A Causal Theory of Intending." American Philosophical Quarterly 21 (1984): 43-54.
- Wayne Davis. "The Two Senses of Desire." Philosophical Studies 45 (1984): 181-195.
- Wayne Davis. "Weak and Strong Conditionals." Pacific Philosophical Quarterly 64 (1983): 57-71.
- Wayne Davis. "A Causal Theory of Enjoyment." Mind 91 (1982): 240-56.
- Wayne Davis. "Miller on Wanting, Intending, and Being Willing." Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 43 (1982): 107-110.
- Wayne Davis. "Weirich on Conditional and Expected Utility." Journal of Philosophy 79 (1982): 342-350.
- Wayne Davis. "A Theory of Happiness." American Philosophical Quarterly 18 (1981): 111-120.
- Wayne Davis. "Pleasure and Happiness ." Philosophical Studies 39 (1981): 305-317.
- Wayne Davis. "Jackson on Counterfactuals." Australasian Journal of Philosophy 58 (1980): 62-65.
- Wayne Davis. "Swain’s Counterfactual Analysis of Causation." Philosophical Studies 38 (1980): 169-176.
- Wayne Davis. "Lowe on Indicative and Counterfactual Conditionals." Analysis 40 (1980): 184-186.
- Wayne Davis. "Indicative and Subjunctive Conditionals." Philosophical Review 88 (1979): 544-63.
Articles in books
- Wayne A. Davis. "Indexicals and De Se Attitudes." De Se Attitudes. Ed. A. Capone & N. Feit. : CSLI, 2012.
- Wayne A. Davis. "Irregular Negations: Pragmatic Explicature Theories." Perspectives on Pragmatics and Philosophy. Ed. A. Capone. : Springer, 2012.
- Wayne A. Davis. "Indexicals." The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the Language Sciences. Ed. P. C. Hogan. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press , 2011: 382-383
- Wayne L. Davis. "The Causal Theory of Action." The Companion to the Philosophy of Action. Ed. T. O’Connor and C. Sandis. : Blackwell , 2010: 32-40
- Wayne A. Davis. "Irregular Negations: Implicature and Idiom Theory." Meaning and Analysis: New Essays on H. Paul Grice. Ed. K. Petrus. : Palgrave Macmillan , 2010: 103-137
- Wayne Davis. "Implicature." Stanford Encyclopedia (Invited). Ed. n/a. : n/a, 2010.
- Davis, W. A.. "Searle on Proper Names." Force, Meaning, and Thought . Ed. Tsohatzidis, S.. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007: 102-124
- Wayne Davis. "Searle on Proper Names." Force, Meaning, and Thought. Ed. S. Tsohatzidis. : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
- Wayne Davis. "The Analytic-Synthetic Distinction, Inferential Knowledge, Counterfactuals, and David K. Lewis." The Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy. Ed. R. Audi. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005.
- Wayne Davis. "Meaning and Implicature ." Proceedings of the GAP4 Conference. Ed. G. Meggle and C. Plunze. : Leipzig University Press, 2005.
- Wayne Davis. "Implicature." Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Ed. n/a. London: Routledge, 1998.
- Wayne Davis. "A Causal Theory of Intending." Readings in the Philosophy of Action. Ed. A. Mele. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997.
- Wayne Davis. "Measurement, Magnitude, Physicalism, Term, Judgement, Flaccid Designator, and Propositional Function." The Oxford Companion to Philosophy. Ed. T. Honderich. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995.
- Wayne Davis with J.W. Bender. "Fundamental Troubles with Coherence ." The Current State of Coherence Theory, Philosophical Studies Series. Ed. Bender. : Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1989: 52-68
- Wayne Davis. "Probabilistic Theories of Causation." Probability and Causation: Essays in Honor of Wesley C. Salmon. Ed. James H. Fetzer. : D. Reidel, 1988: 133-160
- Wayne Davis. "The Two Senses of Desire." Ways of Desire. Ed. Joel Marks. : Precedent Press, 1986: 63-82
Book reviews
- Wayne A. Davis. "Review of Keith DeRose: The Case for Contextualism: Knowledge, Skepticism, and Context, Vol. 1." Mind 119 (2010): 1152-1156.
- Wayne A. Davis. "Review of Tim Schroeder: The Three Faces of Desire." Mind 116 (2007): 220-225.
- Wayne A. davis. "Review of Timothy Schroeder’s The Three Faces of Desire." Mind 116 (2007): 220-225.
- Wayne A. Davis. "Review of Contextualism in Philosophy: Knowledge, Meaning, and Truth, ed. by G. Preyer and G. Peter." Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews (2006).
- Wayne Davis. "Freedom, Enjoyment, and Happiness: An Essay in Moral Psychology by Richard Warner." Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 99 (1989): 758-61.
- Wayne A. Davis. "Review of Freedom, Enjoyment, and Happiness: An Essay in Moral Psychology by R. Warner." Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 99 (1989): 758-61.
- Wayne A, Davis. "Review of Scientific Knowledge: Causation, Explanation, and Corroboration by J. H. Fetzer." Review of Metaphysics (1987): 136-37.
- Wayne Davis. "Scientific Knowledge: Causation, Explanation, and Corroboration by J. H. Fetzer." Review of Metaphysics (1987): 136-37.
- Wayne A. Davis. "Review of Risk: A Philosophical Introduction to the Theory of Risk Evaluation and Management by Nicholas Rescher." Review of Metaphysics (1986): 579-80.
- Wayne Davis. "Risk: A Philosophical Introduction to the Theory of Risk Evaluation and Management by Nicholas Rescher." Review of Metaphysics (1986): 579-80.
- Wayne Davis. "The Science of Philosophy by F. H. George." Review of Metaphysics (1983): 929-930.
- Wayne A. Davis. "Review of The Science of Philosophy ." Review of Metaphysics (1983): 929-930.