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26The Two Greatest Ideas: How Our Grasp of the Universe and of Our Minds Changed EverythingAmerican Catholic Philosophical Quarterly 97 (3): 428-430. 2023.
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26Will as Commitment and Resolve (review)American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly 84 (4): 811-814. 2010.
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24John F. Crosby, A. Schopf, Brigitte Weisshaupt, Charles HartshomePhilosophie Et Culture: Actes du XVIIe Congrès Mondial de Philosophie 5 608-608. 1988.
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24How Is It Possible Knowingly To Do Wrong?Proceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association 74 325-333. 2000.
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23Chapter 2 Personal Individuality: Dietrich von Hildebrand in Debate with Harry FrankfurtIn Cheikh Mbacke Gueye (ed.), Ethical Personalism, De Gruyter. pp. 19-32. 2011.
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22There Is No Moral Authority in Medicine: Response to Cowdin and Tuohey1Christian Bioethics 4 (1): 63-82. 1998.Central to the Cowdin-Tuohey paper is the concept of a moral authority proper to medical practitioners. Much as I agree with the authors in refusing to degrade doctors to the status of mere technicians, I argue that one does not succeed in retrieving the moral dimension of medical practice by investing doctors with moral authority. I show that none of the cases brought forth by Cowdin-Tuohey really amounts to a case of moral authority. Then I try to explain why no such cases can be found. Develo…Read more
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21By what authority? On what grounds does humanism disavow the supernatural?Essays in the Philosophy of Humanism 18 (2): 17-24. 2010.The authority of humanism is emphatically not an authority based on intuition, spiritual awakening, personal revelation or epiphanies, scriptural witness of whatever faith, pseudo science, astrology, consensus, endorsements, testimony of enlightened gurus, swamis, pastors, priests, ayatollahs, Buddhist monks, or even justices of the Supreme Court of the United States. The central thesis of this essay is to identify the specific authority underlying the humanist claim which states that “Humanism …Read more
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20Radical constructivism and theological epistemologyEssays in the Philosophy of Humanism 18 (1): 1-16. 2010.Theology and religious beliefs, including issues dealing with theism, deism, creedal statements, dogma, and spiritualism are considered to be constructed reality. They are herein identified as first order truth. First order truth is personal truth and, as such, it becomes part of the reality of the believer. Constructed theological and religious belief is considered to be a legitimate part of radical constructivism irrespective of the validity and viability of the constructed reality. Second ord…Read more
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18Response to Mark C. Murphy’s “Suárez’s ‘Best Argument’ and the Dependence of Morality on God”Quaestiones Disputatae 5 (1): 43-46. 2014.
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16Theodicy for All Creatures Great and Small: Review of Trent Dougherty, The Problem of Animal Pain: a Theodicy for All Creatures Great and Small (review)Roczniki Filozoficzne 64 (3): 147-155. 2016.
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16The Heart: An Analysis of Human and Divine AffectationSt. Augustine's Press. 2007.This new edition of The Heart is the flagship volume in a series of Dietrich von Hildebrand's works to be published by St. Augustine's Press in collaboration with the Dietrich von Hildebrand Legacy Project. Founded in 2004, the Legacy Project exists in the first place to translate the many German writings of von Hildebrand into English. While many revere von Hildebrand as a religious author, few realize that he was a philosopher of great stature and importance. Those who knew von Hildebrand as p…Read more
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14A Brief Biography of Adolf ReinachIn Adolf Reinach & John Crosby (eds.), The a Priori Foundations of the Civil Law [1913], De Gruyter. 2012.
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13Introduction to the Reprint of Two Works of Adolf ReinachIn Adolf Reinach & John Crosby (eds.), The a Priori Foundations of the Civil Law [1913], De Gruyter. 2012.
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11Preface to Special Issue: The Philosophical Legacy of John Henry NewmanAmerican Catholic Philosophical Quarterly 94 (1): 1-3. 2020.
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11Conscience and Superego: A Phenomenological Analysis of Their Difference and RelationLogos. Anales Del Seminario de Metafísica [Universidad Complutense de Madrid, España] 1 (4). 1998.
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10The Estrangement of Persons from Their BodiesLogos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture 1 (2): 125-139. 1997.
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10Critique of Value RelativismPhilosophie Et Culture: Actes du XVIIe Congrès Mondial de Philosophie 3 387-391. 1988.
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9How Is It Possible Knowingly To Do Wrong?Proceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association 74 325-333. 2000.
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8Inference and Intuition in the understanding of Other PersonsProceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association 73 137-146. 1999.
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7Karola Wojtyły - Jana Pawła II komunionlatyezna wizja kulturyRoczniki Filozoficzne 33 (2): 121-139. 1985.
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5Osoba jako byt i norma w filozofii kardynała Karola WojtyłyRoczniki Filozoficzne 33 (2): 173-180. 1985.
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Phenomenology |
Persons |
Areas of Interest
Value Theory |