# Kit Fine > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Kit_Fine > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Kit_Fine.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kit_Fine > Source revision: 1345160283 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|British philosopher (born 1946)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2017}} {{Use British English|date=January 2017}} {{Infobox philosopher | name = Kit Fine | image = | caption = | education = [University of Oxford](/source/University_of_Oxford) ([B.A.](/source/B.A.), 1967)
[University of Warwick](/source/University_of_Warwick) ([Ph.D.](/source/Ph.D.), 1969) | thesis_title = For Some Proposition and So Many Possible Worlds | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1946|03|26|df=yes}} | birth_place = | doctoral_advisor = [A. N. Prior](/source/A._N._Prior) | spouse = [Anne Fine](/source/Anne_Fine) (divorced) | children = [Cordelia Fine](/source/Cordelia_Fine)
[Ione Fine](/source/Ione_Fine) | website = {{URL|http://as.nyu.edu/content/nyu-as/as/faculty/kit-fine.html}} | region = [Western philosophy](/source/Western_philosophy) | era = [Contemporary philosophy](/source/Contemporary_philosophy) | thesis_url = https://www.proquest.com/docview/1797582466 | thesis_year = 1969 | school_tradition = [Analytic](/source/Analytic_philosophy) | institutions = [New York University](/source/New_York_University) | main_interests = [Philosophical logic](/source/Philosophical_logic), [metaphysics](/source/metaphysics), [philosophy of language](/source/philosophy_of_language) | notable_ideas = Defense of [modal actualism](/source/modal_actualism), [ontological dependence](/source/ontological_dependence), [arbitrary object](/source/arbitrary_object)s, defence of [semantic](/source/semantic) relationism{{efn|Semantic relationism is the thesis that the content of utterances is not entirely a matter of their intrinsic semantic features.}} against semantic intrinsicalism{{efn|Semantic intrinsicalism is the thesis that the content of utterances is fully determined by semantic features intrinsic to them.}}Kit Fine, ''Semantic Relationism''. Blackwell, 2007. }} '''Kit Fine''' (born 26 March 1946) is a British philosopher who is the Silver Professor of [Philosophy](/source/Philosophy) and [Mathematics](/source/Mathematics) at [New York University](/source/New_York_University). Prior to joining the [philosophy department](/source/New_York_University_Department_of_Philosophy) of NYU in 1997, he taught at the [University of Edinburgh](/source/University_of_Edinburgh), [University of California, Irvine](/source/University_of_California%2C_Irvine), [University of Michigan](/source/University_of_Michigan) and [UCLA](/source/UCLA). The author of multiple books and over 100 articles in international academic journals, he has made notable contributions to the fields of [philosophical logic](/source/philosophical_logic), [metaphysics](/source/metaphysics), and the [philosophy of language](/source/philosophy_of_language) and also has written on [ancient philosophy](/source/ancient_philosophy), in particular on [Aristotle](/source/Aristotle)'s account of logic and [modality](/source/Modal_logic). He is also a distinguished research professor in the Department of Philosophy, [University of Birmingham](/source/University_of_Birmingham), UK.{{cite web|url=http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/profiles/philosophy/fine-kit.aspx |title=Professor Kit Fine - Department of Philosophy - University of Birmingham |publisher=Birmingham.ac.uk |date= |accessdate=2015-10-19}} Since 2018, Fine is visiting professor at the [University of Italian Switzerland](/source/University_of_Italian_Switzerland).{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2020|title=Professors|url=https://www.usi.ch/en/education/master/philosophy/professors|access-date=November 11, 2020|website=usi.ch - Master in Philosophy}} ==Education, family and career== After graduating from [Balliol College, Oxford](/source/Balliol_College%2C_Oxford) (B.A. in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics, 1967), Fine received his Ph.D. from the [University of Warwick](/source/University_of_Warwick) in 1969, under the supervision of [A. N. Prior](/source/A._N._Prior). He then taught at the [University of Edinburgh](/source/University_of_Edinburgh), [University of California, Irvine](/source/University_of_California%2C_Irvine), [University of Michigan](/source/University_of_Michigan), and [UCLA](/source/UCLA), before moving to [New York University](/source/New_York_University) as the Silver Professor and University Professor of Philosophy and Mathematics. He was elected a Corresponding Fellow of the [British Academy](/source/British_Academy) in 2005{{cite web|url=http://www.britac.ac.uk/fellowship/elections/2005/index.cfm |title=British Academy | Elections to the Fellowship 2005 - British Academy |publisher=Britac.ac.uk |accessdate=2015-10-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203144558/http://www.britac.ac.uk/fellowship/elections/2005/index.cfm |archivedate= 3 February 2016 }} and a Fellow of the [American Academy of Arts & Sciences](/source/American_Academy_of_Arts_%26_Sciences) in 2006.{{cite web|url=http://leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2006/04/new_philosophy__1.html |title=Leiter Reports: A Philosophy Blog: New Philosophy Fellows of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences (Leiter) |publisher=Leiterreports.typepad.com |date=2006-04-22 |accessdate=2015-10-19}} He has held fellowships from the [John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation](/source/John_Simon_Guggenheim_Memorial_Foundation) and the [American Council of Learned Societies](/source/American_Council_of_Learned_Societies) and is a former editor of the ''[Journal of Symbolic Logic](/source/Journal_of_Symbolic_Logic)''. Fine has two daughters from his former marriage to [Anne Fine](/source/Anne_Fine). Anne Fine is an author of children's books; [Cordelia Fine](/source/Cordelia_Fine) is a professor of philosophy at the [University of Melbourne](/source/University_of_Melbourne); [Ione Fine](/source/Ione_Fine) is a professor at the [University of Washington](/source/University_of_Washington).{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/authorinterviews/7992667/Anne-Fine-author.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100918102411/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/authorinterviews/7992667/Anne-Fine-author.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 September 2010|title=World of Anne Fine, author|last=Salter|first=Jessica|date=14 September 2010|work=[The Daily Telegraph](/source/The_Daily_Telegraph)|location=London}}{{cite web|url=http://faculty.washington.edu/ionefine/|title=FineLab homepage|date=|publisher=Faculty.washington.edu|accessdate=2015-07-15}} ==Philosophical work== In addition to his primary areas of research, he has written papers in [ancient philosophy](/source/ancient_philosophy), [linguistics](/source/linguistics), [computer science](/source/computer_science), and [economic theory](/source/economic_theory).{{cite web|url=http://as.nyu.edu/content/nyu-as/as/faculty/kit-fine.html|title=Kit Fine, Faculty of Philosophy | NYU|author=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=Philosophy.fas.nyu.edu|accessdate=2015-10-19}} Fine has described his general approach to philosophy as follows: "I’m firmly of the opinion that real progress in philosophy can only come from taking common sense seriously. A departure from common sense is usually an indication that a mistake has been made."{{cite web |url=https://www.3-16am.co.uk/articles/metaphysical-kit |title=Metaphysical Kit » 3:AM Magazine |publisher=3ammagazine.com |date=2012-03-23 |accessdate=2022-03-08}} == Awards == In 2013, Fine held the [Gödel Lecture](/source/G%C3%B6del_Lecture), titled ''Truthmaker semantics.''{{Cite web|url=https://aslonline.org/other-information/prizes-and-awards/godel-lecturers/|title=Gödel Lecturers|website=Association for Symbolic Logic|access-date=8 March 2022|archive-date=8 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211108212958/https://aslonline.org/other-information/prizes-and-awards/godel-lecturers/|url-status=dead}} ==Bibliography== * ''Worlds, Times, and Selves'' (with [A. N. Prior](/source/A._N._Prior)). [University of Massachusetts Press](/source/University_of_Massachusetts_Press), 1977. {{ISBN|0-87023-227-4}} * ''Reasoning With Arbitrary Objects''. Blackwell, 1986. {{ISBN|0-631-13844-7}} * ''The Limits of Abstraction''. Oxford University Press, 2002. {{ISBN|0-19-924618-1}} * ''Modality and Tense: Philosophical Papers''. Oxford University Press, 2005. {{ISBN|0-19-927871-7}} * ''Semantic Relationism''. Blackwell, 2007. {{ISBN|978-1-4051-0844-7}} * ''Vagueness: A Global Approach'', Oxford University Press, 2020. {{ISBN|978-0-1975-1495-5}} For a full 2023 listing of publications see [https://web.archive.org/web/20231128064411/https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/bbm:978-3-031-29415-0/1?pdf=chapter%20toc "Bibliography of Kit Fine"] (back matter from ''Kit Fine on Truthmakers, Relevance, and Non-classical Logic'').{{Cite book |url=https://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-031-29415-0 |title=Kit Fine on Truthmakers, Relevance, and Non-classical Logic |date=2023 |publisher=Springer International Publishing |isbn=978-3-031-29414-3 |editor-last=Faroldi |editor-first=Federico L. G. |series=Outstanding Contributions to Logic |volume=26 |location=Cham |language=en |doi=10.1007/978-3-031-29415-0 |editor-last2=Van De Putte |editor-first2=Frederik}} ==Notes== {{notelist}} ==References== {{reflist}} ==Sources== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20100613055357/http://silverdialogues.fas.nyu.edu/page/Kit_Fine Silver Dialogues: Kit Fine] *[https://nyu.academia.edu/KitFine/CurriculumVitae Kit Fine's CV] ==External links== * [http://as.nyu.edu/content/nyu-as/as/faculty/kit-fine.html Kit Fine's web page] at [New York University](/source/New_York_University) * [https://iep.utm.edu/fine-k/ KIt Fine (1946-) Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy] * [https://www.ontology.co/biblio/finek-biblio.htm Annotated Bibliography of Kit Fine's Writings] * [https://www.ontology.co/biblio/finek-studies.htm Kit Fine. Annotated Bibliography of the Studies on His Philosophy] * [https://www.3-16am.co.uk/articles/metaphysical-kit Interview with 3AM Magazine] {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Fine, Kit}} Category:Living people Category:1946 births Category:British philosophers of language Category:British metaphysicians Category:Analytic philosophers Category:American logicians Category:Corresponding fellows of the British Academy Category:Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Category:Alumni of the University of Warwick Category:University of Michigan faculty Category:Silver professors --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Kit Fine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kit_Fine) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kit_Fine?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.