Ken Taylor

Kenneth Allen Taylor (November 4, 1954 – December 2, 2019) was an American philosopher and co-host of the radio program *Philosophy Talk*. Taylor received his A.B. from the University of Notre Dame in 1977 and his Ph.D. in 1984 from the University of Chicago. He taught at various universities before joining Stanford University, where he chaired the philosophy department from 2001 to 2009. Taylor's specialization was in the philosophy of language and philosophy of mind, with interests in semantics, reference, naturalism, and relativism. He authored numerous articles and three books: *Truth and Meaning: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Language*, *Reference and the Rational Mind*, and *Meaning Diminished: Toward Metaphysically Modest Semantics*. He died from a heart attack on December 2, 2019.