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16The Conduct of Inquiry is a practical introduction to logic and scientific method. It provides a comprehensive and current discussion of the logic of scientific method and scientific reasoning. The author places consistent stress on the evaluation of actual scientific reasoning and the development of critical thinking skills by employing numerous examples that require the application of the principles discussed in the text. Each chapter lays out basic, underlying principles of logic and scientif…Read more
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20Genetic epistemology and the prospects for a cognitive sociology of science: A critical synthesisSocial Epistemology 3 (2). 1989.
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10Willard O. Eddy 1908-1993Proceedings and Addresses of the American Philosophical Association 68 (2). 1994.
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39Bertrand Russell's Flirtation with BehaviorismBehavior and Philosophy 32 (2). 2004.Although numerous aspects of Bertrand Russell's philosophical views have been discussed, his views about the nature of the mind and the place of psychology within modern science have received less attention. In particular, there has been little discussion of what I will call "Russell's flirtation with behaviorism." Although some individuals have mentioned this phase in Russell's philosophical career, they have not adequately situated it within Russell's changing philosophical views, in particula…Read more
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26RezensionenJournal for General Philosophy of Science / Zeitschrift für Allgemeine Wissenschaftstheorie 19 (1). 1988.
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64The ethical foundations of behavior therapyEthics and Behavior 1 (4). 1991.In this article, I am concerned with the ethical foundations of behavior therapy, that is, with the normative ethics and the meta-ethics underlying behavior therapy. In particular, I am concerned with questions concerning the very possibility of providing an ethical justification for things done in the context of therapy. Because behavior therapists must be able to provide an ethical justification for various actions (if the need arises), certain meta-ethical views widely accepted by behavior th…Read more
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47Piaget's epistemic subject and science education: Epistemological vs. psychological issuesScience & Education 2 (2): 137-148. 1993.
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15Genetic epistemology and cognitive psychology of scienceIn William T. O'Donohue & Richard F. Kitchener (eds.), The philosophy of psychology, Sage Publications. pp. 66. 1996.
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8Psychology and Philosophy: Interdisciplinary Problems and Responses (edited book)Allyn & Bacon. 1995.
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5Review of Muriel Seltman: Piaget's logic: a critique of genetic epistemology (review)British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 42 (2): 285-290. 1991.
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238Is genetic epistemology possible?British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 38 (3): 283-299. 1987.Several philosophers have questioned the possibility of a genetic epistemology, an epistemology concerned with the developmental transitions between successive states of knowledge in the individual person. Since most arguments against the possibility of a genetic epistemology crucially depend upon a sharp distinction between the genesis of an idea and its justification, I argue that current philosophy of science raises serious questions about the universal validity of this distinction. Then I di…Read more
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77Bertrand Russell's naturalistic epistemologyPhilosophy 82 (1): 115-146. 2007.Bertrand Russell is widely considered to be one of the founders of analytic philosophy, epistemology, and philosophy of science. Individuals have usually stressed his early philosophical contributions as seminal in this regards. But Russell also had another side–a naturalistic side–leading him towards a naturalistic epistemology and naturalistic philosophy of science of the type Quine later made famous. My goal is to provide an outline of Russell's naturalistic epistemology and the underlying ph…Read more
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Areas of Interest
Epistemology |
Meta-Ethics |
Philosophy of Cognitive Science |
General Philosophy of Science |