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I work on foundational questions in philosophy of language and mind, especially on our linguistic and normative practices and related mental capacities.  I'm currently finishing a book about the nature of linguistic meaning. 

I also have interests in metaphysics, epistemology, metaethics, philosophy of law, philosophy of games and sport, and the history of 20th-century analytic philosophy (esp. Wittgenstein).

I completed my Ph. D. at the University of Southern California in 2014. Afterward, I worked as a Visiting Assistant Professor at Rice University, completed Postdoctoral Fellowships at Institut Jean Nicod and University of Barcelona, and taught at the University of Edinburgh. 

Currently, I am a Senior Researcher at the  University of Vienna, serving as a Principal Investigator for the project "Language Use in Humans and AI: Intention and Convention", funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF). In 2025/2026 I will be spending a year as a Core Fellow at the Helsinki Collegium of Advanced Studies.

Recent and upcoming talks:

10-12.11 - Keynote at Rule-Constituted Entities: From Games and Institutions to Artworks and Artifacts, University of Genoa

21-22.08 - XX Annual Estonian Philosophy Conference, University of Tallinn

19-20.07 - Philosophy of Language, University of Hamburg

19-20.06 - Keynote at The Normative Dimension, Vilnius University

11.01 - Annual Logic in Estonia Workshop, Estonian Academy of Sciences

Besides philosophy, I love Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, chess, dancing, and padel.

You can contact me at indrekreiland@gmail.com