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50What does “Experiencing Meaning” Mean?In Danièle Moyal-Sharrock (ed.), The Third Wittgenstein. Ashgate Wittgenstin Studies, Ashgate. pp. 107-123. 2004.Wittgenstein links the strange phenomenon of experiencing meaning to the more familiar phenomenon of seeing-as, or noticing an aspect. His interest in the subject seems to have been sparked by the work of William James, and this chapter examines both what he has to say on the matter (some of which long pre-dates the 'third' Wittgenstein stage) and its relevance to language-learning, prose, poetry and puns.
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130A Unified Pyrrhonian Resolution of the Toxin Problem, The Surprise Examination and Newcomb’s PuzzleAmerican Philosophical Quarterly 45 (4). 2008.The three puzzles here considered are shown to have a common structure. And in each, an agent is thrust into a cleverly contrived deliberatively unstable situation. The paper advocates a resolutely Pyrrhonian abandonment of the futile reasoning in which the agent is trapped and advocates an alternative strategy for escape.
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87Letters to Russell, Keynes and Moore.Philosophical GrammarPhilosophical Quarterly 25 (100): 279. 1975.
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185Spandrels of Truth * By JC BEALLAnalysis 70 (3): 586-589. 2010.No abstract is available for this citation
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38Gardner-Inspired Design of Teaching MaterialsDiscourse: Learning and Teaching in Philosophical and Religious Studies 10 (1): 173-202. 2010.
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53The Imagination as Glory: The Poetry of James DickeyJournal of Aesthetic Education 22 (2): 118. 1988.
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97The general aim of this project is to fundamentally re-think the design of teaching materials in view of what is now known about cognitive deficits and about what Howard Gardner has termed ‘multiple intelligences’. The applicant has implemented this strategy in two distinct areas, the first involving the writing of an English language programme for Chinese speakers, the second involving the construction of specialized equipment for teaching elementary logic to blind students. The next phase (for…Read more
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11I was commissioned by Barry Smith, Editor of The Monist , to act as Advisory Editor for issue 88.1, January 2005 on the topic Humor, and we drafted the appended description. The deadline for submissions is January 31, 2004, and you are welcome to submit an article to me for consideration (word limit 7,500 words, including footnotes). What the Editor and I are, hoping for, is some serious and seriously good philosophical writing on this topic.
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100Why the substitution of co-referential expressions in a statement may result in change of truth-value (Concluding Part)The Reasoner 1 (2): 6-7. 2007.
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76Clear and queer thinking: Wittgenstein's development and his relevance to modern thought (edited book)Duckworth. 1999.Laurence Goldstein gives a straightforward and lively account of some of the central themes of Wittgenstein's writings on meaning, mind, and mathematics.
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38Review of béla Szabados, Ludwig Wittgenstein on Race, Gender and Cultural Identity (review)Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews 2010 (8). 2010.
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University of KentRegular Faculty
University of St. Andrews
PhD, 1977