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29Temporary Necessities and Permanent PossibilitiesThe Proceedings of the Twentieth World Congress of Philosophy 8 57-65. 2000.How is it possible to speak of structuralism at the end of the millennium, except in the past tense—historically? But has structuralism really sung its swan song? It is hard not to fall prey to the historicism that has been so pervasive in Western thought in the last two hundred years. Yet this is a congress of philosophy, not history nor sociology. What philosophy looks for in structuralism is quite different from what history, or sociology, or even anthropology may find. Therefore, I begin fro…Read more
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1The methods of contemporary thoughtRevue Philosophique de la France Et de l'Etranger 157 424-425. 1965.
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63The functions of definition in sciencePhilosophy of Science 26 (3): 201-228. 1959.Definition is viewed in this paper as a cohesive element of theory, providing links between scientific constructs. The problem is approached first in terms of three orders--the historical, the logical, and the heuristic--in which the structure of science may be put together; a study of these is necessary if difficulties about priority of definition are to be resolved. The main part of the paper is devoted to an exercise in theory-construction which illustrates the five principal functions of def…Read more
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5Naturality and Intentional Structures of SexualityBulletin de la Société Américaine de Philosophie de Langue Française 13 (1): 45-67. 2001.none.
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Consciousness: No Dogs or Philosophers AllowedDVD. forthcoming.So who is that behind the face in the mirror? Better yet, what is that? What is the uncanny sense that one is an experiencing agent, a reflecting self? Can we explain consciousness? With Jay Lambert, Peter Caws, and Floyd Tesmer.
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56Jusqu'au moment de la mort, tout le monde est immortelJournal of French and Francophone Philosophy 5 (1): 39-45. 1993.none.
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6S. Dockx and P. Bernays's "Information and Prediction in Science" (review)Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 27 (3): 452. 1967.
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14Univers physique, mondes culturels: le meme et les differentBulletin de la Société Américaine de Philosophie de Langue Française 3 (2): 106-113. 1991.- none -
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104Commentary on" Affect, Agency, and Engagement"Philosophy, Psychiatry, and Psychology 1 (1): 25-26. 1994.
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5Thought, Language and PhilosophyIn Don Ihde & Richard M. Zaner (eds.), Dialogues in phenomenology, Martinus Nijhoff. pp. 49--63. 1975.
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4On the Concept of a “Domain of Praxis”Proceedings of the XVth World Congress of Philosophy 3 329-332. 1974.
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25Minimal ConsequentialismPhilosophy 70 (273). 1995.In this paper I propose to set out, and argue for, a theory of what makes acts morally permissible. The claims about morality that I shall be advancing will be minimalist. By this I mean that the scope of the theory will be restricted to as small a class of acts or courses of action as possible, and its bearing on the members of that class to as narrow a range of characteristics as possible. My starting point is that, as Dostoevsky put it, 'everything is permitted'– unless there prove to be good…Read more
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12Sartrean Structuralism?In William Leon McBride (ed.), Sartre's French contemporaries and enduring influences, Garland. pp. 8--297. 1997.
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379Committees and consensus: How many heads are better than one?Journal of Medicine and Philosophy 16 (4): 375-391. 1991.The first section of this paper asks why the notion of consensus has recently come to the fore in the medical humanities, and suggests that the answer is a function of growing technological and professional complexity. The next two sections examine the concept of consensus analytically, citing some of the recent philosophical literature. The fourth section looks at committee deliberations and their desirable outcomes, and questions the degree to which consensus serves those outcomes. In the fift…Read more
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Tragedies of beliefIn Peter Caws & Stefani Jones (eds.), Religious Upbringing and the Costs of Freedom: Personal and Philosophical Essays, Pennsylvania State University Press. 2010.
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