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Professor Textor did his undergraduate and graduate work in Hamburg, where he wrote a PhD on Bernard Bolzano's theory of propositions (published as Bolzanos Propositionalismus, Berlin/New York 1996).  He has taught in Hamburg, Munich, Bern and Zurich.

He supports SV Werder Bremen.

His motto:

"Whoever wishes to become a philosopher must learn not to be frightened by absurdities." (Russell)

• Logic and metaphysics
• Epistemology
• Philosophy of language
• History of analytic philosophy

Professor Textor works on topics in logic and metaphysics and philosophy of language. He is also interested in the history of analytic philosophy (see his The Austrian Contribution to Analytic Philosophy).  He has just finished The Routledge Guide Book to Frege on Sense and Reference.

For further details of Professor Textor's further research activity, please see his research gateway profile.

Monographs

• The Routledge Guidebook on Frege on Sense and Reference
  London: Routledge 2010
  304 pages
  ISBN: 978-0-415-41962-8 (paperback)
• Über Sinn und Bedeutung von Eigennamen
  Paderborn: mentis, 2005.
• Bolzanos Propositionalismus
  Berlin/New York: De Gruyter, 1996.

Edited volumes

• Together with McCabe, MM. - Perception-Historical and Systematic Perspectives, Frankfurt/Lancaster 2007.
• The Austrian Contribution to Analytic Philosophy, London: Routledge, 2006.
• Neue Theorien der Referenz. Paderborn: mentis, 2004.
• Together with Siebel, M. - Semantik und Ontologie. Frankfurt: Ontos, 2004.
• Gottlob Frege, Funktion, Begriff, Bedeutung (with a new introduction and comments). Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2002.
• Together with Künne, W. and Siebel, M - Bolzano and Analytic Philosophy , Special Issue of Grazer Philosophische Studien, 1997.

Articles

• Mark Textor (2011)  'Is 'no' a force-indicator? No!' Analysis, 71  (3), pp. 448-456. [Article in print Journal]
• Mark Textor (2011)  'Knowing the Facts' Dialectica, 65 (1), pp. 75-86. Article in print Journal]
• Mark Textor (2010)  'Frege's Concept Paradox and the Mirroring Principle' Philosophical Quarterly 60  (238), pp. 126-148. [Article in print Journal]
• Mark Textor (2010)  'Frege on Acknowledging the Truth' Mind  (119) [Article in print Journal]
• Mark Textor (2010)  'Frege on Conceptual and Propositional Analysis' Grazer Philosophische Studien  (81) [Article in print Journal]
• Mark Textor (2010)  'Frege on Judging as Acknowledging the Truth' Mind, 119  (475), pp. 615-655. [Article in print Journal]
• Mark Textor (2010)  'Proper Names and Practices: On Reference without Referents' Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, 81  (1), pp. 105-118. [Article in print Journal]

Professor Textor currently teaches on the following courses

Undergraduate modules:

• 5AANB011 Philosophy of Logic & Language (convenor)
• 6AANB015 Foundations of Analytic Philosophy

Postgraduate modules:

• 7AAN2017 Foundations of Analytic Philosophy
• 7AAN2037 Intentionality & Perception in Phenomenology & Ancient Philosophy

He also supervises BA and MA dissertations, and a number of MPhilSt and PhD research students.

Professor Textor currently supervises a number of MPhilSt and PhD research students, details of whom can be found on his research gateway profile.

He welcomes enquiries from prospective students seeking supervision in areas connected to his research interests.

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