David is currently working on his dissertation The Synthesis of Concepts: Inferentialism and Semantic Theory in Hume, Kant and Hegel. He there argues--through a critical examination of the relevant views of these three philosophers, and their contemporary counterparts--that the content of any conceptual representation is essentially inferentially articulated.

In addition to the work of these philosophers, David also has research interests in Plato, Wittgenstein, Sellars, and Sellars' 20th-century heirs (e.g., Brandom, Millikan, Rosenberg, McDowell). He mostly concentrates on issues in the philosophy of mind, the philosophy of language, and metaphysics, but also has interests in the philosophy of science, epistemology, and meta-ethics.

phone: (919) 962-3329
email: landy@email.unc.edu
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