Prof Franz Berto
Professor of Logic and Metaphysics
- Phone
- +44 (0)1334 46 2415
- fb96@st-andrews.ac.uk
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Biography
Franz works on logic, ontology, formal epistemology, the philosophy of language, the philosophy of computation. He joined the Department and the Arché Research CentreÌýat the University of 58³Ô¹Ï in 2018, and he also works at the (ILLC), University of Amsterdam, where he has taught at the . Before this, he was at the , at the , at the in Paris, at the Universities of Padua, Venice and Milan-San Raffaele in Italy. His research has been funded by the , the , and the Franz is a and currently serves as the editor-in-chief of .
Research areas
Logic: non-classical logics; non-normal modal logics; logical paradoxes.
Metaphysics:Ìý meta-ontology and the methodology of ontology; theories of existence; modal metaphysics.
Epistemology: belief revision; epistemic logic; imagination and suppositional thinking; modal epistemology.
Philosophy of language: formal semantics; theories of propositional content; hyperintensional semantics.
Philosophy of computation: non-standard and parallel computation; cellular automata.
PhD supervision
- MartaÌýCampa
- AlbertoÌýCarrascon
- CamilleÌýFouche
- Pak HimÌýLai
- SophieÌýNagler
- HughÌýReilly
- GiuliaÌýSchirripa
- HarryÌýVincent
- EliasÌýYuan
Selected publications
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Open access
Berto, F., 25 Aug 2022, Oxford: Oxford University Press. 229 p. (Oxford scholarship online)
Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Open access
Berto, F. & Jago, M., 13 Jun 2019, Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press. 336 p.
Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Open access
Berto, F., Sept 2024, In: ±·´Çû²õ. 58, 3, p. 717-729 13 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
Hornischer, L. & Berto, F., 28 May 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Mind. Advance articles, fzaf012.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Berto, F. & Özgün, A., 10 Jul 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Philosophy.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
Berto, F. & Hawke, P., Jan 2021, In: Mind. 130, 517, p. 1-33 33 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Berto, F., Jul 2015, In: Mind. 124, 495, p. 761-793 33 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
Berto, F. & Hornischer, L., 1 Sept 2023, In: Philosophical Studies. 180, p. 2727-2752 26 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
Berto, F., Aug 2018, In: Philosophical Studies. 175, 8, p. 1871-1886 16 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
Berto, F. & Özgün, A., Jun 2023, In: Journal of Philosophical Logic. 52, 3, p. 939-952 24 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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