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Paul A. Gregory, Quine's Naturalism: Language, Theory and the Knowing Subject (review)Philosophy in Review 29 (4): 257. 2009.
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64The philosophical significance of triangulation: Locating Davidson's non-reductive naturalismMetaphilosophy 36 (5): 708-728. 2005.Donald Davidson has emphasized the importance of what he calls “triangulation” for clarifying the conditions that make thought possible. Various critics have questioned whether this triangular causal interaction between two individuals and a shared environment can provide necessary conditions for the emergence of thought. I argue that these critical responses all suffer from a lack of appreciation for the way triangulation is responsive to the philosophical commitments of Davidson's naturalism. …Read more
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99Quine's Naturalized Epistemology and the Third Dogma of EmpiricismSouthern Journal of Philosophy 45 (3): 455-472. 2007.This essay reconsiders Davidson's critical attribution of the scheme‐content distinction to Quine's naturalized epistemology. It focuses on Davidson's complaint that the presence of this distinction leads Quine to mistakenly construe neural input as evidence. While committed to this distinction, Quine's epistemology does not attempt to locate a justificatory foundation in sensory experience and does not then equate neural intake with evidence. Quine's central epistemological task is an explanato…Read more
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23Huw Price , Naturalism Without Mirrors . Reviewed by (review)Philosophy in Review 32 (3): 222-224. 2012.
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26Dewey, Religion, and the New AtheismContemporary Pragmatism 7 (1): 93-106. 2010.This article explores the conflict between those who find value in religious commitment and others who recommend the complete abandonment of religion. It examines John Dewey's reflections on religion in order to assess its possible resources for addressing this specific conflict. Dewey's discussion highlights deep human impulses that a secular perspective should address. But this should be accomplished not through his proposed broadening of religious life, but by promoting these impulses and the…Read more
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26The themes of quine’s philosophy: Meaning, reference, and knowledgeedward Becker cambridge: Cambridge university press, 2012; 314 pp.; $96.95 (review)Dialogue 53 (2): 358-360. 2014.
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22Philip Kitcher, Life After Faith: The Case for Secular Humanism. Reviewed by (review)Philosophy in Review 36 (1): 17-19. 2016.
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33Becoming John Dewey: Dilemmas of a Philosopher and Naturalist Thomas C. Dalton Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2002, xi + 377 pp. $45.00 (review)Dialogue 44 (1): 176-. 2005.
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22Quine on the indeterminacy of translationIn Michael Bruce & Steven Barbone (eds.), Just the Arguments: 100 of the Most Important Arguments in Western Philosophy, Wiley-blackwell. 2011.
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33Murray G. Murphey , The Development of Quine's Philosophy . Reviewed by (review)Philosophy in Review 33 (3). 2013.
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97Why Quine is Not an ExternalistJournal of Philosophical Research 34 279-304. 2009.This essay reconsiders the place of meaning within Quine’s naturalism. It takes as its point of departure Davidson’s claim that Quine’s linguistic behaviorism entails a form of semantic externalism. It then further locates this claim within the Davidson-Quine debate concerning whether the proximal or distal stimulus is the relevant determinant of semantic content. An interpretation of Quine’s developing views on translation and epistemology is defended that rejects Davidson’s view that Quine be …Read more
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6Quine's epistemology naturalizedIn Michael Bruce & Steven Barbone (eds.), Just the Arguments: 100 of the Most Important Arguments in Western Philosophy, Wiley-blackwell. 2011.
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25Dewey and the Problem of ReligionProceedings of the Xxii World Congress of Philosophy 45 321-327. 2008.This essay explores the tension between those who find value in the example of the religious life and others who take the intellectual bankruptcy of religious doctrines as recommending the complete abandonment of religion. It briefly describes John Dewey’s attempt to overcome this tension through a rethinking of the religious life and the sources of its continuing value and purpose. Dewey responds to this conflict over religion by attempting to emancipate its fundamental valuefrom the constraint…Read more