Professor Frederick William Kroon

MA (Auckland), PhD (Princeton)

Professor » Philosophy

Organisational units

Faculty of Arts » Humanities » Philosophy

Research | Current

Logic, philosophy of language, philosophical logic, metaphysics, epistemology.

Philosophical logic, especially theories of reference and truth; the nature of rationality; realism; fictionalism and "non-existent objects".

Associate Professor Fred Kroon's Research

Teaching | Current

Department: Arts Faculty Office, Department of Philosophy

Course	Title	Availability in 2012
Philosophy
PHIL 202	Philosophy of Language	Semester 1
PHIL 222	Intermediate Logic	Semester 2
PHIL 305	Advanced Logic	Semester 1
PHIL 306	Language, Truth and Meaning	Availability to be advised
PHIL 322	Philosophy of Language	Semester 1
PHIL 737	Logic 2	Semester 2
PHIL 747	Epistemology 1	Not offered in 2012.

Associate Professor Fred Kroon's Teaching

Selected publications and creative works (Research Outputs)

Kroon, F. W. (2013). Kripke's 'Reference and Existence' Forty Years On. Paper presented at Australasian Association of Philosophy NZ Conference, Auckland, New Zealand. 8 December - 12 December 2013.
Kroon, F. W. (2013). Kripke's 'Reference and Existence' Forty Years On. Paper presented at 23rd World Congress of Philosophy, Athens, Greece. 4 August - 10 August 2013.
Kroon, F. W. (2013). Phenomenal Intentionality and the Role of Intentional Objects. In U. Kriegel (Ed.) Phenomenal Intentionality (pp. 137-155). New York (NY), Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Kroon, F. W. (2013). The Social Character of Fictional Entities. In C. Barbero, M. Ferraris, A. Voltolini (Eds.) From Fictionalism to Realism (pp. 87-110). Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Kroon, F. W. (2013). Intentional Objects, Pretence, and the Quasi-relational Nature of Mental Phenomena: A new look at Brentano on Intentionality. International Journal of Philosophical Studies, 21 (3), 377-393.
Kroon, B., Kroon, F. W., Holt, S., Wong, B., & Yazdani, A. (2012). Post-mortem Sperm Retrieval in Australasia. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 52 (5), 487-490. 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2012.01469.x
Kroon, F. W. (2012). Characterization and Existence in Modal Meinongianism. Grazer Philosophische Studien: Internationale Zeitschrift fuer analytische Philosophie, 86, 23-34.
Kroon, F. W. (2011). Fictionalism in metaphysics. Philosophy Compass, 6 (11), 786-803. 10.1111/j.1747-9991.2011.00442.x