Jason Stanley published a book in formal semantics and philosophy of language in 2023.
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Robinson's PodcastSep 23, 2026
Jason Stanley co-authored The Politics of Language with David Beaver, published by Princeton University Press in November 2023 (US date Nov 7, 2023), and it is a work on the theory of meaning and philosophy of language. The claim's book, year, and subject match the sources; the book is co-authored, which the claim does not contradict.
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… was to be, you know, teach courses on formal semantics and, you know, philosophy of language and, ah, and the occasional philosophy of mathematics course, but now my job is to be the person I was in my, in, in the work that was gradually taking over my life. Though, as I said, you know, I, I published a, a book in formal semantics and philosophy of language in 2023, but, uh, but now my main job is to be a public intellectual working on U.S. Democracy. And so, so that was also part of the switch, like, I completely changed jobs, and so, and my remit changed. …
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Supports. Stanley's Yale page says his book The Politics of Language, co-authored with David Beaver and published by Princeton University Press, came out in November 2023 as the product of almost a decade of work rewriting the foundations of the theory of meaning.[1]
Supports. The Princeton University Press listing gives the publication date as Nov 7, 2023 (US) and copyright 2023, with Beaver and Stanley as authors.[2]
Supports. The Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews review (Princeton UP, 2023) treats the book as a revisionary work in the philosophy of language on meaning and communication, consistent with the claim's subject area.[3]
Context. The claim's 'formal semantics' framing is a reasonable description of the book's approach; the sources do not use that exact label, and the book is co-authored rather than solo, a detail the claim does not state otherwise.[2][3]
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- 1Jason Stanley - Yale Universitycampuspress.yale.edu · primary source · cited for: supports
- 2The Politics of Language - Princeton University Presspress.princeton.edu · primary source · cited for: supports, context
- 3The Politics of Language - Notre Dame Philosophical Reviewsndpr.nd.edu · primary source · cited for: supports, context
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