Tyrus Fisher

Position Title

Lecturer

1233 Social Sciences and Humanities

Education

PhD Philosophy, University of California, Davis, Winter 2019.
MA Philosophy, San Francisco State University, Spring 2011.

About

Areas of Specialization: Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Logic, History of Analytic Philosophy, Philosophy of Science.

For more information about me including a teaching portfolio, publications, and research interests, please visit my website at tkfisher.net. Selected publications are hosted at tkfisher.net and at my academia.edu page.

Research Focus

My research has been driven by a desire to understand whether and how (if at all) facts about the languages we use should impact what we believe about the world. In the philosophy of language, this has motivated my research into the meanings and logics of conditionals. In history of analytic philosophy, this has motivated my work on Quine's views about meaning and language and how those views shaped his views in the philosophy of science.

Publications

Fisher, Tyrus; Sennet Adam. (2017) "Critical Review: Ludlow's Living Words". Canadian Journal of Philosophy, DOI: 10.1080/00455091.2017.1321911

Fisher, Tyrus. (2016) "Counterlegal Dependence and Causation's Arrows: Causal models for backtrackers and counterlegals". Synthese, DOI: 10.1007/s11229-016-1189-7.

Fisher, Tyrus. (2016) "Causal Counterfactuals are not Interventionist Counterfactuals". Synthese, DOI 10.1007/s11229-016-1183-0.

Fisher, Tyrus; Sennet, Adam; Fisher. (2014) "Quine on Paraphrase and Regimentation". In Harman and Lepore (Eds.) A Companion to W.V.O. Quine. Malden: Wiley Blackwell, pp. 89-113.

Teaching

Spring 2022: I am teaching Intermediate Symbolic Logic and Introduction to the Philosophy of Science. For my office hours or to meet by appointment feel free to email me at tkfisher@ucdavis.edu.