Professor Max de Gaynesford

Email:
r.m.degaynesford@reading.ac.uk
Phone:
+44 118 378 6679
Job title:
Professor of Philosophy

Postgraduate supervision

I offer supervision to postgraduates and doctoral students in the following areas: Philosophy of Mind and Language; Philosophy of Logic; Epistemology; History of 20th Century Philosophy (especially Heidegger; Wittgenstein; Putnam; McDowell); Poetry; Film.

Teaching

I mostly teach ethics, but also some medieval philosophy and occasionally logic.

Research projects

Poetry, The Self, Integrity, Film

Websites/blogs

Professor Max de Gaynesford's personal page

Selected publications

He is the author of I: The Meaning of the First Person Term; Hilary Putnam; John McDowell.

Publications

De Gaynesford, M. (2022) How To Be Radical In Philosophy. Bloomsbury , London. pp 256. (In Press) ISBN: 9781350337008
De Gaynesford, M. (2022) Metaphysical Exile: on J. M. Coetzee’s Jesus Fiction, by Robert Pippin. Mind , 39 ISSN: 1460-2113 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mind/fzac039
De Gaynesford, M. (2022) Balance in the golden bowl: attuning philosophy and literary criticism. In: Conant, J. and Chakraborty, S. , (eds.) Engaging Putnam. Berlin Studies in Knowledge Research Engaging Putnam (17). pp. 309-331. ISBN: 9783110769166 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9783110769210-014

De Gaynesford, M. (2021) 'Pledging my time'. In: Browning, G. and Sandis, C. , (eds.) Dylan at 80. Imprint Academic , Exeter. ISBN: 9781788360456
De Gaynesford, M. (2021) Attuning film and philosophy: the space-time continuum. In: Fox, C. and Harrison, B. , (eds.) Philosophy of film without theory. Philosophy of Film Without Theory
De Gaynesford, M. (2021) The mind of Pope Francis: a review article by Professor Max De Gaynesford (t86). Ampleforth Journal , 124 pp. 8-13.

De Gaynesford, M. (2020) The old quarrel. Forum For Philosophy

De Gaynesford, M. (2018) The sonnets and attunement. In: Bourne, C. and Caddick Bourne, E. , (eds.) The Routledge Companion to Shakespeare and Philosophy. Routledge ISBN: 9781138936126

De Gaynesford, M. (2017) Wittgenstein on 'I' and the self. In: Glock, H. and Hyman, J. , (eds.) The Blackwell Companion to Wittgenstein. Wiley-Blackwell pp. 478-490. ISBN: 9781118641163 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781118884607.ch30
De Gaynesford, M. (2017) Attuning philosophy and literary criticism: a response to 'In the Heart of the Country'. In: Hayes, P. and Wilm, J. , (eds.) Beyond th Ancient Quarrel: Literature, Philosophy, and J.M. Coetzee. Oxford University Press , Oxford. ISBN: 9780198805281
De Gaynesford, M. (2017) Uptake in action. In: Tsohatzidis, S. , (eds.) Interpreting J.L. Austin: critical essays. Cambridge University Press , Cambridge. | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/9781316421840.005
De Gaynesford, M. (2017) The rift in the lute: attuning poetry and philosophy. Oxford University Press , Oxford. ISBN: 9780198797265

De Gaynesford, M. (2016) Poetic utterances: attuning poetry and philosophy. In: Selleri, A. and Gaydon, P. , (eds.) Literary Studies and Philosophy of Literature. Palgrave Macmillan , London.

De Gaynesford, M. (2013) Ne rien laisser en arrière, tr. Jeanne-Marie Roux. In: Al-Salah, C. and Le Goff, A. , (eds.) Autour de 'l’Esprit et le monde' de John McDowell. Vrin , Paris. pp. 117-136. ISBN: 9782711624652
De Gaynesford, M. (2013) Speech acts, responsibility and commitment in poetry. In: Robinson, P. , (eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Contemporary British and Irish Poetry. Oxford University Press , Oxford. pp. 617-637. ISBN: 9780199596805 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199596805.013.038
De Gaynesford, M. (2013) 'Eyes in Each Other’s Eyes’: Beckett, Kleist and the Fencing Bear. In: Bryden, M. , (eds.) Beckett and Animals. Cambridge University Press , Cambridge. pp. 203-211. ISBN: 9781107019607
De Gaynesford, M. (2013) Geoffrey Hill and performative utterance. British Journal of Aesthetics , 53 (3). pp. 359-364. ISSN: 1468-2842 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/aesthj/ayt018

De Gaynesford, M. (2012) Integrity and grace. In: Fortuna, S. and Scuriatti, L. , (eds.) On Dogville. Dekalog Columbia University Press (5). , Columbia. pp. 81-96. ISBN: 9780231163118
De Gaynesford, M. (2012) Integrity over time: Korsgaard and the unity criterion. Harvard Review of Philosophy , 18 pp. 50-72. ISSN: 1062-6239

De Gaynesford, M. (2011) Speech, action and uptake. In: De Gaynesford, M. , (eds.) Agents and their actions. in Maximilian de Gaynesford (ed.) Agents And Their Actions pp. 121-137. ISBN: 9781444339086
De Gaynesford, M. , eds. (2011) Agents and their actions. Blackwell , Oxford. pp 152. ISBN: 9781444339086
De Gaynesford, M. (2011) Putnam's model-theoretic argument. In: Hales, S. , (eds.) A Companion to Relativism. Blackwells , Oxford. pp. 569-587. ISBN: 9781405190213
De Gaynesford, M. (2011) How not to do things with words. British Journal of Aesthetics , 51 (1). pp. 31-49. ISSN: 1468-2842 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/aesthj/ayq045

De Gaynesford, M. (2010) The bishop, the chambermaid, the wife and the ass: what difference does it make if something is mine?. In: Feltham, B. and Cottingham, J. , (eds.) Partiality and impartiality: morality, special relationships and the wider world. Oxford University Press , Oxford. ISBN: 9780199579952
De Gaynesford, M. (2010) Speech acts and poetry. Analysis , 70 (4). pp. 644-646. ISSN: 1467-8284 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/analys/anq077

De Gaynesford, M. (2009) Incense and insensibility: Austin on the 'non-seriousness' of poetry. Ratio , 22 (4). pp. 464-485. ISSN: 1467-9329 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9329.2009.00445.x
De Gaynesford, M. (2009) The seriousness of poetry. Essays in Criticism , 59 (1). pp. 1-21. ISSN: 1471-6852 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/escrit/cgn025
De Gaynesford, M. (2009) Illocutionary acts, subordination and silencing. Analysis , 69 (3). pp. 488-490. ISSN: 1467-8284 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/analys/anp068

De Gaynesford, M. (2008) On referring to oneself. Theoria , 70 (2-3). pp. 121-161. ISSN: 1755-2567 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1755-2567.2004.tb00986.x
De Gaynesford, R. (2008) Thucydides on the cool hour. Ratio , 21 (3). pp. 360-367. ISSN: 0034-0006 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9329.2008.00407.x
De Gaynesford, R. (2008) Rationality and situatedness. In: Alsaleh, C. and Laugier, S. , (eds.) McDowell, L'Esprit et Le Monde. Vrin , Paris. pp 238. ISBN: 9782711619351
De Gaynesford, M. (2008) Integrity and contempt. In: Athanassoulis, N. and Vice, S. , (eds.) The moral life: essays in honour of John Cottingham. Palgrave Macmillan , London. pp. 31-57. ISBN: 9780230527560

De Gaynesford, R. (2007) No direction home? Wittgensteinian therapy and the private language arguments. Language and Communication , 27 (2). pp. 178-203. ISSN: 0271-5309 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.langcom.2006.05.002
De Gaynesford, R. (2007) Knowing how to go on ending. In: Nixon, M. , (eds.) Beckett: "All Sturm and no Drang": Beckett and romanticism: Beckett at Reading 2006. Rodopi , Amsterdam. pp. 285-296. ISBN: 9789042023017
De Gaynesford, R. (2007) Being at home: human beings and human bodies. In: Leiter, B. and Rosen, M. , (eds.) The Oxford history of continental philosophy. Oxford University Press , Oxford. pp. 523-550. ISBN: 9780199234097

De Gaynesford, R. (2006) Space, matter, and the conditions on objective thought. In: Pinedo, M. , (eds.) Gareth Evans: the coming of age. Papeles de Filosofia , Santiago. pp. 231-255.
De Gaynesford, R. (2006) Spinning threads: Peacocke on moderate rationalism. Philosophical Books , 47 (2). pp. 111-119. ISSN: 1468-0149 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0149.2006.391-3.x
De Gaynesford, R. (2006) All's well that ends: Wittgenstein on language and the limits of philosophy. Language and Communication , 26 ISSN: 0271-5309
De Gaynesford, R. (2006) Naturalist semantics and the appeal to structure. Southern Journal of Philosophy , 44 (1). pp. 57-74. ISSN: 2041-6962 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.2041-6962.2006.tb00003.x
De Gaynesford, R. (2006) Hilary Putnam. Philosopy now McGill-Queens University Press (6). ISBN: 9780773530874
De Gaynesford, R. (2006) I: the meaning of the first person term. Oxford University Press , Oxford. pp 212. ISBN: 9780199287826

De Gaynesford, M. (2004) John McDowell. Polity Press , Cambridge. pp 232. ISBN: 9780745630373

De Gaynesford, M. (2003) Is I guaranteed to refer?. Pacific Philosophical Quarterly , 84 (2). pp. 138-156. ISSN: 1468-0114 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1468-0114.00165
De Gaynesford, M. (2003) Kant and Strawson on the first person. In: Glock, H. , (eds.) Strawson and Kant. Strawson And Kant ISSN: 0-19-9252823 ISBN: 9780199252824

De Gaynesford, M. (2002) Corporeal objects and the interdependence of action and perception. Ratio , 15 (4). pp. 335-353. ISSN: 1467-9329 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-9329.00196
De Gaynesford, M. (2002) Blue Book ways of telling: criteria, openness and other minds. Philosophical Investigations , 25 (4). pp. 319-330. ISSN: 1467-9205 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-9205.00178

De Gaynesford, M. (2001) Object-dependence in language and thought. Language and Communication , 21 (2). pp. 183-207. ISSN: 0271-5309 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0271-5309(00)00021-5

De Gaynesford, M. (1998) Philosophical works as objects of aesthetic judgement. Ratio , 11 pp. 1-13. ISSN: 1467-9329 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-9329.00048

De Gaynesford, M. (1996) How wrong can one be?. Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society , 96 pp. 387-394. ISSN: 1467-9264

Professor Max de Gaynesford

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