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Kathy Bohstedt

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My Ph.D. is from Ohio State University and I joined the department in the fall of 1973.

Research Interests

Philosophy of anthropology, philosophy of language, Wittgenstein, philosophy of mind

Recent, representative publications

  • Book
    • Philosophical Issues in Cultural Anthropology (now under review)

  • Articles
    • "Necessity and Convention in Wittgenstein’s Later Philosophy," Essays in Philosophy, Vol 1, no 2 (2000).
    • "Must Intentional States Be IntenSional?" Behaviorism, Vol. 17, no 2 (1989): 129-136.
    • "Slips of the Tongue," Philosophical Psychology, Vol. 2, no 2 (1989): 203-222.
    • "Meaning and Mental States," Behaviorism, Vol. 16, no 2 (1988): 99-107.

Teaching Interests

Undergraduate courses in introductory philosophy (metaphysics and epistemology), philosophy of anthropology, logic, and critical thinking.

Graduate courses in philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, Wittgenstein, phenomenology and analytic philosophy

Kathy Bohstedt

Contact Information

Kathy Bohstedt
Retired Associate Professor
815 McClung Tower
Knoxville, TN 37996-0480

Phone: 865-974-7215
Fax: 865-974-3509

Email: kbohsted@utk.edu