B.Sc.(Edinburgh), M.Sc., Ph.D (London) Professor Peter Milne joined the division at Stirling as Professor in 2007, coming from the University of Edinburgh at which he had taught since 1993. Prior to that he had taught at Birkbeck College (University of London), and before that held lecturing positions at the University of Liverpool and Heythrop College (University of London), and a research position at Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand.
Philosophy of Logic, Formal Logic, Confirmation Theory, Foundations of Probability, History of Modern Logic and Analytic Philosophy
What is the Normative Role of Logic?. Annual Joint Session of the Aristotelian Society and the Mind Association
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Methodological and conceptual challenges in rare and severe event forecast verification
Ebert PA & Milne P (2022) Methodological and conceptual challenges in rare and severe event forecast verification. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 22 (2), pp. 539-557. https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-22-539-2022
Book Chapter
Assertion, Inference and the Conditional
Milne P (2018) Assertion, Inference and the Conditional. In: Beran O, Kolman V & Koren L (eds.) From Rules to Meanings: New Essays on Inferentialism. Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 219 - 235.
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Milne P (2017) A refinement of the Craig-Lyndon Interpolation Theorem for classical first-order logic (with identity). Logique et Analyse, 60 (240), pp. 389-420. https://doi.org/10.2143/LEA.240.0.3254088
Conference Paper (published)
Classical Logic through the Looking-Glass
Milne P (2016) Classical Logic through the Looking-Glass. In: Arazim P & Dancak M (eds.) Logica Yearbook 2015. Logica 2015, Hejnice, Czech Republic, 15.06.2015-19.06.2015. London: College Publications. http://www.collegepublications.co.uk/logica/?00029
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A non-classical refinement of the interpolation property for classical propositional logic
Milne P (2016) A non-classical refinement of the interpolation property for classical propositional logic. Logique et Analyse, 59 (235), pp. 273-281. http://virthost.vub.ac.be/lnaweb/ojs/index.php/LogiqueEtAnalyse/article/view/1856; https://doi.org/10.2143/LEA.235.0.3170109
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Inversion principles and introduction rules
Milne P (2015) Inversion principles and introduction rules. In: Wansing H (ed.) Dag Prawitz on Proofs and Meaning. first ed. Outstanding Contributions to Logic, 7. Cham, Heidelberg, New York, Dordrecht, London: Springer, pp. 189-224. http://www.springer.com/us/book/9783319110400
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Structures, homomorphisms, and the needs of model theory
Milne P (2015) Structures, homomorphisms, and the needs of model theory. In: Arazim P & Dancak M (eds.) Logica Yearbook 2014. The Logica Yearbook. London: College Publications, pp. 215-231. http://logika.flu.cas.cz/en/logica-yearbook/logica-yearbook
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Information, Confirmation, and Conditionals
Milne P (2014) Information, Confirmation, and Conditionals. Journal of Applied Logic, 12 (3), pp. 252-262. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jal.2014.05.003
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Not every truth has a truthmaker II
Milne P (2013) Not every truth has a truthmaker II. Analysis, 73 (3), pp. 473-481. https://doi.org/10.1093/analys/ant037
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Tractatus 5.4611: 'Signs for logical operations are punctuation marks'
Milne P (2013) Tractatus 5.4611: 'Signs for logical operations are punctuation marks'. In: Sullivan P & Potter M (eds.) Wittgenstein's Tractatus : History & Interpretation. Mind Association Occasional Series. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 97-124. http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780199665785.do
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Probability as a Measure of Information Added
Milne P (2012) Probability as a Measure of Information Added. Journal of Logic, Language and Information, 21 (2), pp. 163-188. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?partnerID=yv4JPVwI&eid=2-s2.0-84858745390&md5=4bed76ec97860ab2a63e88d5e07ce9cd; https://doi.org/10.1007/s10849-011-9142-0
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Inferring, splicing, and the Stoic analysis of argument
Milne P (2012) Inferring, splicing, and the Stoic analysis of argument. In: Dutilh Novaes C & Hjortland O (eds.) Insolubles and Consequences: Essays in Honour of Stephen Read. Tributes, 18. London: College Publications, pp. 135-154. http://www.collegepublications.co.uk/tributes/?00018
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Belief, Degrees of Belief, and Assertion
Milne P (2012) Belief, Degrees of Belief, and Assertion. Dialectica, 66 (3), pp. 331-349. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1746-8361.2012.01309.x
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Milne P (2012) Indicative conditionals, conditional probabilities, and the "defective truth-table": A request for more experiments. Thinking and Reasoning, 18 (2), pp. 196-224. https://doi.org/10.1080/13546783.2012.670754
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Subformula and separation properties in natural deduction via small Kripke models
Milne P (2010) Subformula and separation properties in natural deduction via small Kripke models. The Review of Symbolic Logic, 3 (2), pp. 175-227. https://doi.org/10.1017/S175502030999030X
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Frege's folly: bearerless names and Basic Law V
Milne P (2010) Frege's folly: bearerless names and Basic Law V. In: Ricketts T & Potter M (eds.) The Cambridge Companion to Frege. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 465-508. http://www.cambridge.org/gb/knowledge/isbn/item5708351/?site_locale=en_GB
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The Mathematical Pull of Temptation Revisited
Fulda JS & Milne P (2009) The Mathematical Pull of Temptation Revisited. Acta Analytica, 24 (2), pp. 91-96. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12136-009-0047-3
Conference Paper (published)
What is the Normative Role of Logic?
Milne P (2009) What is the Normative Role of Logic?. In: volume 83. Annual Joint Session of the Aristotelian Society and the Mind Association, University of East Anglia, 10.07.2009-12.07.2009. Wiley-Blackwell / Aristotelian Society, pp. 269-298. http://www.aristoteliansociety.org.uk/jsessions/jsess_programme.html; https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8349.2009.00182.x
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Betting on Fuzzy and Many–valued Propositions
Milne P (2009) Betting on Fuzzy and Many–valued Propositions. In: Peliš M (ed.) The Logica Yearbook 2008. The Logica Yearbook. London: College Publications, pp. 145-154. http://www.collegepublications.co.uk/other/?00012
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Bets and Boundaries: Assigning Probabilities to Imprecisely Specified Events
Milne P (2008) Bets and Boundaries: Assigning Probabilities to Imprecisely Specified Events. Studia Logica, 90 (3), pp. 425-453. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11225-008-9160-3
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Milne P (2008) Russell's Completeness Proof. History and Philosophy of Logic, 29 (1), pp. 31-62. https://doi.org/10.1080/01445340701414295
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Existence and identity in free logic: Two comments
Milne P (2007) Existence and identity in free logic: Two comments. Mind, 116 (464), pp. 1079-1082. https://doi.org/10.1093/mind/fzm1079
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Omniscient beings are dialetheists
Milne P (2007) Omniscient beings are dialetheists. Analysis, 67 (295), pp. 250-251.
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On Godel Sentences and What They Say
Milne P (2007) On Godel Sentences and What They Say. Philosophia Mathematica, 15 (2), pp. 193-226. https://doi.org/10.1093/philmat/nkm015
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Not every truth has a truthmaker
Milne P (2005) Not every truth has a truthmaker. Analysis, 65 (287), pp. 221-224. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8284.2005.00553.x
